The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. 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 21 May 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 48 - 27
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.524% - 3.463%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.548% - 3.636%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
Average salary £37,500 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
365 375 220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.55% 96.65% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 307 290 198
Average salary £45,000 £41,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.43% +18.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,925 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Bedfordshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Luton Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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.

1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Web Development
2 3 (50.00%) QA
2 3 (50.00%) BDD
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) FogBugz
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 2 (33.33%) Bugzilla
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (33.33%) ISEB
4 1 (16.67%) Tcl
4 1 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) FogBugz
1 2 (33.33%) Bugzilla
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
1 3 (50.00%) Web Development
1 3 (50.00%) BDD
2 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Tcl
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA