The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 131 121 111
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -10
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 17 13 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.654% 0.623% 0.486%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.826% 0.785% 0.667%
Number of salaries quoted 15 12 9
Average salary £27,500 £24,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.24% -5.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,200 £19,200 £23,300
10% offered a salary of more than £32,100 £32,500 £31,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2058 1657 1350
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.21% 79.43% 72.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1628 1411 1150
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
West Yorkshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing.

1 13 (52.00%) ISEB
2 12 (48.00%) .NET
2 12 (48.00%) QA
2 12 (48.00%) Test Scripting
3 10 (40.00%) Selenium
4 9 (36.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (32.00%) MVC
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
6 7 (28.00%) SQL
6 7 (28.00%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (28.00%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (28.00%) WebDriver
7 5 (20.00%) Automation Testing
7 5 (20.00%) E-Commerce
8 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
8 4 (16.00%) MySQL
8 4 (16.00%) Web Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Test Management
9 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
9 3 (12.00%) Regression Testing
9 3 (12.00%) jQuery
9 3 (12.00%) JPA
9 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio Team System
9 3 (12.00%) Oracle
9 3 (12.00%) Ant
9 3 (12.00%) WebLogic
9 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio
9 3 (12.00%) Perl
9 3 (12.00%) CSS
9 3 (12.00%) JDBC

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (48.00%) .NET
2 3 (12.00%) jQuery
2 3 (12.00%) JPA
2 3 (12.00%) CSS
2 3 (12.00%) JDBC
2 3 (12.00%) Hibernate
3 1 (4.000%) HTML5
3 1 (4.000%) HTML
3 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.000%) J2EE
3 1 (4.000%) Flash
3 1 (4.000%) XML
3 1 (4.000%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (12.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) MySQL
2 2 (8.000%) GIS
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Selenium
2 7 (28.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (28.00%) WebDriver
3 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio Team System
3 3 (12.00%) Ant
3 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (12.00%) Maven
4 1 (4.000%) Flex Builder
4 1 (4.000%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (8.000%) Retail
2 1 (4.000%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Analyst
1 17 (68.00%) Test Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Tester
3 3 (12.00%) Software Tester
3 3 (12.00%) Java Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Software Test Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Automated Test Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) QA Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Web Test Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Web Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Senior J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
2 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Test Scripting
2 9 (36.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (32.00%) MVC
4 7 (28.00%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (20.00%) Automation Testing
5 5 (20.00%) E-Commerce
6 4 (16.00%) Web Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Test Management
7 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
7 3 (12.00%) Regression Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Information Management
8 2 (8.000%) Scrum
8 2 (8.000%) Automated Testing
8 2 (8.000%) V-Model
8 2 (8.000%) System Testing
9 1 (4.000%) Test Strategy
9 1 (4.000%) Test Automation
9 1 (4.000%) Stress Testing
9 1 (4.000%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (12.00%) Perl
3 3 (12.00%) Ruby
3 3 (12.00%) Java
4 2 (8.000%) C#
5 1 (4.000%) PHP
5 1 (4.000%) VB
5 1 (4.000%) ActionScript
5 1 (4.000%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (48.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 3 (12.00%) JBoss
2 3 (12.00%) Remedy
3 1 (4.000%) Adobe
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They need someone to implement and maintain Automated Test systems, so you need excellent skills in maintaining, designing and building these systems. This role will involve working on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
I am recruiting for a number of Senior and Principal Software Testers to join a leading blue chip organisation based in West YorkshireKey Skills:-Automation and/or Manual...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 4 May 2013