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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Tester
Rank 604 628 638
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Tester 3 17 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.007% 0.032% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.034% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 11
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £39,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-2.56% +6.84%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41358 50112 55964
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.45% 94.20% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34786 43619 47333
Average salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Senior Software Tester
England

Senior Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Senior Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

London Senior Software Tester Salary Trend

Senior Software Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Senior Software Tester Salary Histogram

Senior Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 19 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 -1 2 £37,500 -16.66%
Senior Software Tester
England

Senior Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Tester in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (83.33%) Selenium
3 4 (66.67%) JIRA
3 4 (66.67%) QA
3 4 (66.67%) Automation Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Scrum
4 3 (50.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (50.00%) PRINCE
4 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (33.33%) Android
5 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (33.33%) ATG
5 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
5 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Test Management
5 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (33.33%) User Stories
5 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
5 2 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (33.33%) ISEB
5 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (33.33%) RAD
6 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
6 1 (16.67%) TDD

Senior Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Selenium
2 4 (66.67%) JIRA
3 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (16.67%) JMeter
4 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Automation Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (50.00%) PRINCE
3 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Test Management
4 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (33.33%) User Stories
4 2 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (33.33%) RAD
5 1 (16.67%) TDD
5 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) ATG
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft