The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Hull 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 24 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 Hull region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank - 10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 0 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hull - 7.018% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 7.547% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £34,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Hull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
69 53 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hull 100.00% 92.98% 82.02%
Number of salaries quoted 53 42 69
Average salary £26,000 £30,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £17,500 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £32,500 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
East Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hull 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 Hull region.

Hull Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hull 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%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hull 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft