The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 22 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 1.235% 2.041% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.282% 2.128% -
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 £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
78 47 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 96.30% 95.92% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 74 45 98
Average salary £35,250 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.50% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,600 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Kent

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 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

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) soapUI
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%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA