The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone 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 24 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 Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 23 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 1.235% 2.174% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.266% 2.273% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £35,000 £14,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+150.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
79 44 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 97.53% 95.65% 96.61%
Number of salaries quoted 75 41 106
Average salary £35,500 £30,000 £29,859
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.33% +0.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £19,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
Kent

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Maidstone Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Sahi
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) PHPUnit
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) soapUI
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) RUP
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) soapUI
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Sahi
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) PHPUnit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA