Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the 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 Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

 Software Tester
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank432386584
Rank change year-on-year
Down-46Up+198
Matching permanent IT job ads525572
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.134 %0.173 %0.085 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.145 %0.186 %0.091 %
Salaries quoted504871
Average salary£33,000£40,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50 %+33.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£34,100£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£45,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£27,500£28,500£30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.500 %-5.000 %
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
359252961179166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London92.30 %93.25 %93.89 %
Salaries quoted292862402864073
Average salary£52,500£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Tester EnglandSoftware Tester
England

Software Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Tester across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Software Tester Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

London Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-6218£32,000-20.00 %
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1£40,000-
Software Tester EnglandSoftware Tester
England

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London region that cited 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 Software Tester in their job title.

124 (34.29 %)QA
222 (31.43 %)Test Scripting
321 (30.00 %)Software Testing
420 (28.57 %)ISEB
420 (28.57 %)C#
518 (25.71 %)Test Management
617 (24.29 %)Web Services
716 (22.86 %)SQL
716 (22.86 %).NET
716 (22.86 %)Agile Software Development
716 (22.86 %)Validation
716 (22.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
815 (21.43 %)SQL Server
914 (20.00 %)CSS
1013 (18.57 %)JavaScript
1013 (18.57 %)HTML
1013 (18.57 %)Social Network
1013 (18.57 %)Degree
1112 (17.14 %)Regression Testing
1211 (15.71 %)Selenium
1211 (15.71 %)Games
1310 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
1310 (14.29 %)Project Management
1310 (14.29 %)XHTML
149 (12.86 %)RAD
149 (12.86 %)Photoshop
149 (12.86 %)Intranet
149 (12.86 %)Extranet
149 (12.86 %)Adobe
149 (12.86 %)Fireworks

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London region that cited 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
117 (24.29 %)Web Services
216 (22.86 %).NET
314 (20.00 %)CSS
413 (18.57 %)HTML
510 (14.29 %)XHTML
69 (12.86 %)jQuery
73 (4.286 %)Django
73 (4.286 %)XML
73 (4.286 %)XSLT
82 (2.857 %)J2EE
82 (2.857 %)Middleware
91 (1.429 %)LAMP
91 (1.429 %)WebSphere
91 (1.429 %)WCF
91 (1.429 %)ASP.NET
91 (1.429 %)J2ME
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (12.86 %)SharePoint
19 (12.86 %)CMS
27 (10.00 %)EPiServer
31 (1.429 %)Confluence
31 (1.429 %)Apache
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (12.86 %)Photoshop
19 (12.86 %)Fireworks
26 (8.571 %)MS Excel
32 (2.857 %)MS Office
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (12.86 %)Intranet
19 (12.86 %)Extranet
22 (2.857 %)TCP/IP
31 (1.429 %)Internet
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (21.43 %)SQL Server
22 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (1.429 %)MySQL
31 (1.429 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.429 %)SQL Server Integration Services
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (15.71 %)Selenium
24 (5.714 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (5.714 %)LoadRunner
33 (4.286 %)WinRunner
42 (2.857 %)JUnit
42 (2.857 %)TestPartner
42 (2.857 %)SilkPerformer
42 (2.857 %)SilkTest
51 (1.429 %)JIRA
51 (1.429 %)Maven
51 (1.429 %)Atlassian Bamboo
51 (1.429 %)Eclipse
51 (1.429 %)TestDirector
51 (1.429 %)JMeter
51 (1.429 %)Subversion
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (15.71 %)Games
28 (11.43 %)Pensions
28 (11.43 %)Finance
28 (11.43 %)Marketing
34 (5.714 %)Education
42 (2.857 %)Front Office
42 (2.857 %)Back Office
42 (2.857 %)Online Games
42 (2.857 %)Health
51 (1.429 %)Government
51 (1.429 %)Retail Banking
51 (1.429 %)Banking
51 (1.429 %)Retail
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (18.57 %)Social Network
29 (12.86 %)Spread Betting
29 (12.86 %)Computer Science
32 (2.857 %)Mathematics
32 (2.857 %)Physics
32 (2.857 %)Client/Server
41 (1.429 %)Economics
41 (1.429 %)iPhone
41 (1.429 %)Visualisation
41 (1.429 %)Chemistry
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (10.00 %)Windows
24 (5.714 %)Linux
32 (2.857 %)UNIX
41 (1.429 %)Solaris
41 (1.429 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.429 %)Windows Mobile
41 (1.429 %)Android
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (31.43 %)Test Scripting
221 (30.00 %)Software Testing
318 (25.71 %)Test Management
416 (22.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
416 (22.86 %)Validation
416 (22.86 %)Agile Software Development
512 (17.14 %)Regression Testing
610 (14.29 %)Project Management
610 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
79 (12.86 %)Resource Management
79 (12.86 %)RAD
79 (12.86 %)E-Commerce
79 (12.86 %)Stress Testing
87 (10.00 %)Unit Testing
87 (10.00 %)Data Validation
96 (8.571 %)Manual Testing
105 (7.143 %)Performance Testing
105 (7.143 %)OO
105 (7.143 %)Automated Testing
114 (5.714 %)Integration Testing
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
120 (28.57 %)C#
216 (22.86 %)SQL
313 (18.57 %)JavaScript
45 (7.143 %)Java
54 (5.714 %)C++
63 (4.286 %)Python
63 (4.286 %)Scala
71 (1.429 %)PHP
71 (1.429 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.429 %)C
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (28.57 %)ISEB
213 (18.57 %)Degree
39 (12.86 %)ISTQB
41 (1.429 %)SC Cleared
41 (1.429 %)Security Cleared
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (34.29 %)QA
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (2.857 %)Active Directory
21 (1.429 %)Oracle RAC
21 (1.429 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (12.86 %)Adobe
26 (8.571 %)Microsoft
35 (7.143 %)Oracle
42 (2.857 %)Cisco
51 (1.429 %)IBM
51 (1.429 %)JBoss
51 (1.429 %)HP
51 (1.429 %)VMware