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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 52 46 51
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.593% 0.368% 0.664%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.617% 0.369% 0.702%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -18.51%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
324 271 285
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 96.14% 99.63% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 303 241 266
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Suffolk

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) SpecFlow
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 (66.67%) .NET
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) SpecFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft