The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hounslow region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hounslow - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Hounslow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
50 60 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hounslow 75.76% 98.36% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 31 56 73
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £37,500 £25,450
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
London

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the Hounslow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hounslow Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the Hounslow region.

Hounslow Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hounslow region that cited Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Tester in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hounslow region that cited Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree