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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 385 420 447
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +27
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 222 224 192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.494% 0.421% 0.324%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.624% 0.546% 0.425%
Number of salaries quoted 199 201 168
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
35586 41047 45226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.25% 77.16% 76.34%
Number of salaries quoted 29560 35373 37835
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the London region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

London Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the London region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +15 55 £40,000 -5.88% 10
Docklands, London +9 3 £80,000 +6.66%
Kingston Upon Thames +2 3 £40,000 -33.33%
Wembley +8 1 £50,000 +35.59%
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
Hammersmith - 1 £32,500 -
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 297 (62.26%) QA
2 207 (43.40%) SQL
3 189 (39.62%) Selenium
4 163 (34.17%) Agile Software Development
5 140 (29.35%) Automated Testing
6 135 (28.30%) C#
7 122 (25.58%) Finance
8 120 (25.16%) Degree
9 118 (24.74%) QuickTest Pro
9 118 (24.74%) Java
10 113 (23.69%) Test Scripting
11 112 (23.48%) ISEB
12 109 (22.85%) E-Commerce
13 82 (17.19%) Automation Testing
14 79 (16.56%) Software Testing
15 77 (16.14%) .NET
16 70 (14.68%) Banking
17 69 (14.47%) TDD
17 69 (14.47%) User Acceptance Testing
18 67 (14.05%) JIRA
19 66 (13.84%) Agile Testing
20 65 (13.63%) Scrum
21 64 (13.42%) HP Quality Center
22 61 (12.79%) Unit Testing
23 57 (11.95%) WebDriver
23 57 (11.95%) BDD
24 56 (11.74%) ISTQB
25 55 (11.53%) Performance Testing
26 54 (11.32%) Visual Studio
27 53 (11.11%) Microsoft

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 77 (16.14%) .NET
2 47 (9.853%) XML
3 43 (9.015%) soapUI
4 38 (7.966%) SOAP
5 35 (7.338%) Web Services
6 25 (5.241%) HTML
7 24 (5.031%) REST
8 23 (4.822%) CSS
9 22 (4.612%) RabbitMQ
10 15 (3.145%) Gherkin
11 12 (2.516%) jQuery
11 12 (2.516%) Ajax
12 5 (1.048%) JSON
12 5 (1.048%) J2EE
12 5 (1.048%) X-Windows
12 5 (1.048%) LAMP
13 4 (0.839%) XML Messaging
13 4 (0.839%) CherryPy
14 3 (0.629%) .NET Framework
14 3 (0.629%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 13 (2.725%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.258%) CMS
3 2 (0.419%) Apache
3 2 (0.419%) Confluence
4 1 (0.210%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.210%) Drupal
4 1 (0.210%) WordPress
4 1 (0.210%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (6.709%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.419%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.210%) MS Office
3 1 (0.210%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.839%) LatentZero
1 4 (0.839%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.629%) Eagle PACE
3 2 (0.419%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.210%) Global One
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.128%) Internet
2 24 (5.031%) HTTP
3 13 (2.725%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.839%) BSS
5 2 (0.419%) Wireless
6 1 (0.210%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.210%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.210%) Intranet
6 1 (0.210%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.660%) SQL Server
1 27 (5.660%) Hadoop
2 22 (4.612%) MongoDB
3 11 (2.306%) TOAD
4 9 (1.887%) MySQL
5 5 (1.048%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.048%) Big Data
6 3 (0.629%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (0.419%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.419%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.419%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.210%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 189 (39.62%) Selenium
2 118 (24.74%) QuickTest Pro
3 67 (14.05%) JIRA
4 57 (11.95%) WebDriver
5 54 (11.32%) Visual Studio
6 44 (9.224%) FitNesse
7 40 (8.386%) Cucumber
8 34 (7.128%) LoadRunner
9 29 (6.080%) WinRunner
10 19 (3.983%) Hudson
10 19 (3.983%) Team Foundation Server
11 14 (2.935%) JUnit
12 13 (2.725%) WATIR
13 12 (2.516%) SpecFlow
14 11 (2.306%) AppScan
15 9 (1.887%) TestComplete
15 9 (1.887%) Jenkins
16 7 (1.468%) Subversion
16 7 (1.468%) Sahi
16 7 (1.468%) RSpec
General
1 122 (25.58%) Finance
2 70 (14.68%) Banking
3 32 (6.709%) Investment Banking
4 28 (5.870%) Telecoms
5 18 (3.774%) Front Office
6 14 (2.935%) Retail
7 11 (2.306%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.887%) Law
9 5 (1.048%) Billing
10 4 (0.839%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.839%) Back Office
11 3 (0.629%) Advertising
11 3 (0.629%) Publishing
12 2 (0.419%) Games
13 1 (0.210%) Military
13 1 (0.210%) Electronics
13 1 (0.210%) Legal
13 1 (0.210%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.210%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 186 (38.99%) Analyst
2 126 (26.42%) Test Analyst
3 106 (22.22%) Tester
4 82 (17.19%) QA Analyst
5 63 (13.21%) QA Engineer
6 45 (9.434%) QA Tester
7 35 (7.338%) Senior Analyst
8 33 (6.918%) Developer
9 32 (6.709%) Test Manager
10 26 (5.451%) C# Developer
11 24 (5.031%) Senior Test Analyst
12 21 (4.403%) Agile Test Analyst
13 20 (4.193%) Manual Tester
14 18 (3.774%) QA Test Analyst
15 16 (3.354%) Test Leader
16 15 (3.145%) Senior Tester
16 15 (3.145%) Test Engineer
17 14 (2.935%) Graduate
17 14 (2.935%) Consultant
18 13 (2.725%) Senior QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.434%) Computer Science
2 42 (8.805%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 40 (8.386%) Open Source
4 35 (7.338%) Derivative
5 27 (5.660%) Equities
6 22 (4.612%) Spread Betting
6 22 (4.612%) Mobile App
7 16 (3.354%) Mathematics
8 15 (3.145%) Client/Server
9 10 (2.096%) Social Media
10 9 (1.887%) Blackberry
11 7 (1.468%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.258%) Smartphone
12 6 (1.258%) iPhone
13 5 (1.048%) Physics
14 4 (0.839%) Wiki
14 4 (0.839%) SWIFT
15 3 (0.629%) Digital Media
15 3 (0.629%) Social Network
15 3 (0.629%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.386%) Windows
2 27 (5.660%) Linux
3 23 (4.822%) UNIX
4 18 (3.774%) Apple iOS
5 16 (3.354%) Android
6 6 (1.258%) Mac OS X
7 5 (1.048%) Windows Phone
8 4 (0.839%) OpenBSD
8 4 (0.839%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.210%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (34.17%) Agile Software Development
2 140 (29.35%) Automated Testing
3 113 (23.69%) Test Scripting
4 109 (22.85%) E-Commerce
5 82 (17.19%) Automation Testing
6 79 (16.56%) Software Testing
7 69 (14.47%) User Acceptance Testing
7 69 (14.47%) TDD
8 66 (13.84%) Agile Testing
9 65 (13.63%) Scrum
10 61 (12.79%) Unit Testing
11 57 (11.95%) BDD
12 55 (11.53%) Performance Testing
13 53 (11.11%) Integration Testing
14 50 (10.48%) Web Testing
14 50 (10.48%) Security Testing
14 50 (10.48%) Test Strategy
15 47 (9.853%) Test Automation
16 45 (9.434%) V-Model
17 43 (9.015%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 207 (43.40%) SQL
2 135 (28.30%) C#
3 118 (24.74%) Java
4 43 (9.015%) Ruby
5 34 (7.128%) JavaScript
6 31 (6.499%) Python
7 30 (6.289%) VBScript
8 25 (5.241%) PHP
9 23 (4.822%) F#
10 18 (3.774%) Shell Script
11 17 (3.564%) VB
12 16 (3.354%) C++
13 11 (2.306%) T-SQL
14 10 (2.096%) C
15 9 (1.887%) Perl
16 8 (1.677%) VBA
17 7 (1.468%) AWK
17 7 (1.468%) Bash shell
17 7 (1.468%) sed
18 6 (1.258%) XPath
Qualifications
1 120 (25.16%) Degree
2 112 (23.48%) ISEB
3 56 (11.74%) ISTQB
4 14 (2.935%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.887%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.210%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (62.26%) QA
2 7 (1.468%) SLA
3 3 (0.629%) GxP
4 1 (0.210%) WCAG
4 1 (0.210%) WAI
System Software
1 2 (0.419%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (13.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 53 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.709%) HP
3 24 (5.031%) Oracle
4 11 (2.306%) IBM
5 8 (1.677%) SAP
6 6 (1.258%) ATG
7 4 (0.839%) Salesforce.com
7 4 (0.839%) Mercator
7 4 (0.839%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.839%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.839%) Cerillion
8 3 (0.629%) Cadis
9 2 (0.419%) VMware
9 2 (0.419%) Google
9 2 (0.419%) Twitter
9 2 (0.419%) Zend
9 2 (0.419%) Citrix
9 2 (0.419%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.210%) MicroStrategy
10 1 (0.210%) Business Objects
City of London
QA Software Tester - Automated - Financial - £35,000 + Pension + Healthcare - London KEY SKILLS: QA, QUALITY ASSURANCE, TEST, TESTER, SELENIUM, MANUAL, AUTOMATION, AUTOMATEDAn opportunity has arisen in central London for...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Job Role: QA Test Analyst / Technical Lead Tester Location: London, CitySalary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefitsQA Test Analyst / Technical Lead Tester (Microsoft ISEB / ISTQB Agile). Global financial services...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
QA Test Analyst / Tester London to £55k. QA Test Analyst / Technical Lead Tester (Microsoft ISEB / ISTQB Agile)... Requirements: Both manual and automated QA Testing experience in a Microsoft...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Job Role: Tester / Test EngineerLocation: London, EC1Salary: £24k to £30k + benefitsTester / Manual Testing / Test Engineer (Team Foundation Server 2010 .Net Agile)... You will work alongside one other Tester...
Client Server
Salary: £24k to £30k + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Tester / Manual Testing London to £30k. Tester / Manual Testing / Test Engineer (Team Foundation Server 2010 .Net Agile)... You will work alongside one other Tester within an agile development...
Client Server
Salary: £24k to £30k + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £58,000 per annum + Bonus + Extensive Benefits + Disco
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £28000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
South West London
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £45k + options + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £45k + options + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £25k to £30k + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Central London / West End
Client Server
Salary: £25k to £30k + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £50k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
City, London
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £50k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
London, Angel, EC1 4EX
Expedia
Salary: Market competitive which includes a Base, Bonus and an extensive benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
South East London
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
The People Network
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Pension, Health, Life
Posted: 11 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Central London / West End
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Central London / West End
DeepMind Technologies
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum Dependent on experience
Posted: 22 May 2013