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This section looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank198183
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads7531168
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.411 %0.490 %
As % of the category below1.112 %1.166 %
Salaries quoted650923
Average minimum salary£35,842£34,303
Average salary£39,016£37,374
% change on same period last year+4.39 %
Average maximum salary£42,190£40,445
UK excluding London average salary£32,022£32,044
% change on same period last year-0.06 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads67712100164
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.97 %42.06 %
Salaries quoted5640877161
Average minimum salary£45,798£47,393
Average salary£49,981£51,876
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum salary£54,163£56,359
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Tester EnglandTester
England

Tester
Demand Trend

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

London Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

London Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

London Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-37168£38,385-4.66 %
CroydonDown-323£26,750-9.08 %
UxbridgeNew entry-12£33,636-
WimbledonUp+184£36,625+29.07 %
BarnetNew entry-4£43,500-
LutonDown-44£37,500+34.73 %
Docklands, LondonUp+233£51,667+21.80 %
Canary WharfUp+143£52,500+26.67 %
Kingston Upon ThamesDown-12£18,500-41.92 %
IlfordNew entry-2£32,000-
BromleyNew entry-2£22,500-
HarrowDown-71£35,000+12.44 %
SurbitonDown-101£30,000-7.69 %
SouthwarkNew entry-1£42,500-
PaddingtonNew entry-1--
Tester EnglandTester
England

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1705 (42.88 %)QA
2448 (27.25 %)SQL
3441 (26.82 %)Finance
4408 (24.82 %)ISEB
5370 (22.51 %)Test Scripting
6328 (19.95 %)QuickTest Pro
7309 (18.80 %)Automated Testing
8291 (17.70 %)Java
9289 (17.58 %)Agile Software Development
10235 (14.29 %)Degree
11217 (13.20 %)TestDirector
12213 (12.96 %)UNIX
13202 (12.29 %)LoadRunner
14198 (12.04 %)User Acceptance Testing
15194 (11.80 %)Software Testing
16179 (10.89 %)Banking
17178 (10.83 %)WinRunner
18176 (10.71 %).NET
19166 (10.10 %)Windows
20161 (9.793 %)Oracle
21143 (8.698 %)XML
22139 (8.455 %)C#
22139 (8.455 %)Selenium
23135 (8.212 %)Regression Testing
24133 (8.090 %)SQL Server
25127 (7.725 %)Manual Testing
26125 (7.603 %)Insurance
27118 (7.178 %)MS Excel
28109 (6.630 %)Performance Testing
29108 (6.569 %)JavaScript

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1176 (10.71 %).NET
2143 (8.698 %)XML
379 (4.805 %)HTML
477 (4.684 %)CSS
575 (4.562 %)J2EE
636 (2.190 %)ASP.NET
636 (2.190 %)AJAX
735 (2.129 %)ASP
828 (1.703 %)XHTML
926 (1.582 %)SOAP
926 (1.582 %)WebServices
1025 (1.521 %).NET Framework
1025 (1.521 %)XSLT
1118 (1.095 %)Django
1213 (0.791 %)Silverlight
139 (0.547 %)Middleware
139 (0.547 %)LAMP
139 (0.547 %)XSL
148 (0.487 %)XSD
157 (0.426 %)WebSphere
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
128 (1.703 %)Apache
223 (1.399 %)IIS
313 (0.791 %)CMS
47 (0.426 %)Tomcat
55 (0.304 %)WebSphere Message Broker
63 (0.182 %)SharePoint
63 (0.182 %)Content Management Server
63 (0.182 %)WebLogic
71 (0.061 %)MQSeries
71 (0.061 %)JBoss
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1118 (7.178 %)MS Excel
249 (2.981 %)MS Office
318 (1.095 %)MS Visio
47 (0.426 %)MS PowerPoint
47 (0.426 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.061 %)S-PLUS
51 (0.061 %)MS Project
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.669 %)Oracle Applications
210 (0.608 %)Metrica
38 (0.487 %)Oracle Financials
45 (0.304 %)SAP SD
54 (0.243 %)Oracle EBS
54 (0.243 %)SAP FI
54 (0.243 %)SAP FI/CO
54 (0.243 %)SAP CO
63 (0.182 %)SAP MM
63 (0.182 %)SAP HR
72 (0.122 %)LongView
81 (0.061 %)Beauchamp
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
189 (5.414 %)Internet
260 (3.650 %)TCP/IP
327 (1.642 %)Wireless
421 (1.277 %)VoIP
519 (1.156 %)H.323
618 (1.095 %)Network Security
715 (0.912 %)HTTP
813 (0.791 %)Broadband
911 (0.669 %)GPRS
108 (0.487 %)CTI
108 (0.487 %)Firewall
117 (0.426 %)GSM
126 (0.365 %)LAN
126 (0.365 %)3G
126 (0.365 %)DVB
134 (0.243 %)UMTS
143 (0.182 %)WAN
143 (0.182 %)FTP
152 (0.122 %)CDMA
161 (0.061 %)Bluetooth
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1133 (8.090 %)SQL Server
238 (2.311 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (1.156 %)RDBMS
418 (1.095 %)Datawarehouse
514 (0.852 %)MySQL
514 (0.852 %)MS Access
611 (0.669 %)Informix
611 (0.669 %)SQL Server 2000
79 (0.547 %)Oracle Reports
88 (0.487 %)BusinessObjects
96 (0.365 %)ETL
104 (0.243 %)TOAD
113 (0.182 %)SAP BW
113 (0.182 %)Oracle 11g
122 (0.122 %)BusinessObjects XI
122 (0.122 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
122 (0.122 %)SQL Server Integration Services
122 (0.122 %)Oracle 10g
122 (0.122 %)Ingres
122 (0.122 %)Crystal Reports
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1328 (19.95 %)QuickTest Pro
2217 (13.20 %)TestDirector
3202 (12.29 %)LoadRunner
4178 (10.83 %)WinRunner
5139 (8.455 %)Selenium
671 (4.319 %)FitNesse
729 (1.764 %)Flash
825 (1.521 %)WATIR
922 (1.338 %)SilkTest
1021 (1.277 %)JUnit
1021 (1.277 %)JMeter
1119 (1.156 %)Paros
1119 (1.156 %)Metasploit
1218 (1.095 %)QALoad
1317 (1.034 %)Visual Studio
1415 (0.912 %)Ant
1415 (0.912 %)Bugzilla
1415 (0.912 %)Rational Robot
1512 (0.730 %)CruiseControl
1611 (0.669 %)Subversion
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1441 (26.82 %)Finance
2179 (10.89 %)Banking
3125 (7.603 %)Insurance
470 (4.258 %)Pensions
568 (4.136 %)Government
666 (4.015 %)Games
764 (3.893 %)Investment Banking
863 (3.832 %)Telecoms
952 (3.163 %)Front Office
1037 (2.251 %)Law
1133 (2.007 %)Health
1133 (2.007 %)Online Games
1232 (1.946 %)Retail
1330 (1.825 %)Education
1428 (1.703 %)Financial Institution
1523 (1.399 %)Back Office
1619 (1.156 %)Legal
1619 (1.156 %)Advertising
1619 (1.156 %)FMCG
1715 (0.912 %)Music
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
164 (3.893 %)Computer Science
254 (3.285 %)Derivative
331 (1.886 %)Equities
430 (1.825 %)Client/Server
517 (1.034 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
517 (1.034 %)Spread Betting
615 (0.912 %)Mathematics
714 (0.852 %)Web 2.0
813 (0.791 %)Fixed Income
912 (0.730 %)Handset
912 (0.730 %)French Language
1011 (0.669 %)Social Network
119 (0.547 %)Equity Derivative
128 (0.487 %)Statistics
137 (0.426 %)Exotic Derivative
137 (0.426 %)IPTV
146 (0.365 %)Credit Derivative
155 (0.304 %)Interactive TV
155 (0.304 %)STB
155 (0.304 %)Physics
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1213 (12.96 %)UNIX
2166 (10.10 %)Windows
376 (4.623 %)Linux
434 (2.068 %)Solaris
510 (0.608 %)Red Hat Linux
69 (0.547 %)Windows XP
74 (0.243 %)AIX
74 (0.243 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.122 %)Debian
91 (0.061 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.061 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.061 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.061 %)Windows CE
91 (0.061 %)MVS
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1370 (22.51 %)Test Scripting
2309 (18.80 %)Automated Testing
3289 (17.58 %)Agile Software Development
4198 (12.04 %)User Acceptance Testing
5194 (11.80 %)Software Testing
6135 (8.212 %)Regression Testing
7127 (7.725 %)Manual Testing
8109 (6.630 %)Performance Testing
9103 (6.265 %)Web Testing
1081 (4.927 %)Penetration Testing
1180 (4.866 %)Scrum
1263 (3.832 %)E-Commerce
1362 (3.771 %)Security Cleared
1455 (3.345 %)Security Testing
1553 (3.224 %)Test Management
1648 (2.920 %)System Testing
1747 (2.859 %)Load Testing
1845 (2.737 %)Integration Testing
1943 (2.616 %)V-Model
2040 (2.433 %)Risk Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1448 (27.25 %)SQL
2291 (17.70 %)Java
3139 (8.455 %)C#
4108 (6.569 %)JavaScript
5100 (6.083 %)Perl
685 (5.170 %)VB
772 (4.380 %)C++
868 (4.136 %)VBScript
952 (3.163 %)C
1044 (2.676 %)Python
1135 (2.129 %)PHP
1226 (1.582 %)DHTML
1323 (1.399 %)Transact-SQL
1422 (1.338 %)VBA
1521 (1.277 %)Shell Script
1615 (0.912 %)Ruby
1712 (0.730 %)VB.NET
1810 (0.608 %)Jython
199 (0.547 %)ActionScript
208 (0.487 %)XPath
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1408 (24.82 %)ISEB
2235 (14.29 %)Degree
332 (1.946 %)ISTQB
428 (1.703 %)CISSP
518 (1.095 %)ISEB Practitioner
67 (0.426 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (0.365 %)CISA
84 (0.243 %)CEH
92 (0.122 %)CISM
92 (0.122 %)CHFI
101 (0.061 %)MCTS
101 (0.061 %)MCSD
101 (0.061 %)HND
101 (0.061 %)MCSE
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1705 (42.88 %)QA
221 (1.277 %)PCI DSS
319 (1.156 %)PCI QSA
48 (0.487 %)ISO9001
48 (0.487 %)SLA
56 (0.365 %)ISO8583
65 (0.304 %)ISO27001
72 (0.122 %)ISO17799
81 (0.061 %)PABP
81 (0.061 %)WCAG
81 (0.061 %)WAI
81 (0.061 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
81 (0.061 %)TickIT
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
130 (1.825 %)Nmap
218 (1.095 %)Active Directory
313 (0.791 %)Terminal Services
48 (0.487 %)AquaLogic
55 (0.304 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (0.122 %)VMware ESX
62 (0.122 %)VMware Workstation
62 (0.122 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.061 %)MSMQ
71 (0.061 %)NFS
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
130 (1.825 %)Nessus
25 (0.304 %)OpenView
34 (0.243 %)OpenView Configuration Management
41 (0.061 %)AutoSys
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1161 (9.793 %)Oracle
2105 (6.387 %)Microsoft
335 (2.129 %)HP
427 (1.642 %)SAP
522 (1.338 %)Borland
621 (1.277 %)Compuware
714 (0.852 %)Citrix
714 (0.852 %)Sun
812 (0.730 %)Hummingbird
910 (0.608 %)Red Hat
910 (0.608 %)BEA
910 (0.608 %)Empirix
910 (0.608 %)Micromuse
910 (0.608 %)Remedy
109 (0.547 %)Interwoven
118 (0.487 %)Business Objects
118 (0.487 %)FileNet
118 (0.487 %)VMware
127 (0.426 %)GoldenSource
127 (0.426 %)Adobe