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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 79 80 53
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -27
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.440% 0.259% 0.746%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.583% 0.337% 1.114%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 4
Average salary £27,500 £34,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.28% -1.42%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +9.37%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
515 593 359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 75.51% 76.81% 66.98%
Number of salaries quoted 457 515 319
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,500 £23,050
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
East Midlands

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Leicestershire Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 4 (66.67%) SQL
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (33.33%) ISEB
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (16.67%) Retail

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (50.00%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Tester
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Software Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Software Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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