The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 86 68 85
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 4 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.086% 0.558% 1.599%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.612% 1.677%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 17
Average salary £35,000 £25,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.25% -8.92%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1087 654 1014
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.95% 91.21% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 930 583 931
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,500 £48,650
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
South East

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Kent Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidstone -3 1 £35,000 +150.00%
Rochester -8 1 £35,000 +48.93%
West Malling - 1 £35,000 -
Dartford - 1 £35,000 -
Software Tester
South East

Software Tester
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Sahi
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) PHPUnit
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) soapUI
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) RUP
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) soapUI
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Sahi
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) PHPUnit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Dartford, South East
A successful web design/development agency based in Dartford, Kent is looking to recruit a Junior Software Tester / Support Assistant. They are expanding their web development team and...
Salary: £20000 - £24000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013