The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Kingston Upon Thames 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 19 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 35 - 27
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 1.316% - 6.803%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.515% - 7.042%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
Average salary £26,000 - £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
132 176 142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 86.84% 97.78% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 129 174 141
Average salary £40,000 £38,750 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.22% -22.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
London

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Big Data
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Social Network
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) OO

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA