The first table below looks at the demand for the Manual Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Tester
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Tester 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £26,200 £30,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
-12.66% -11.11%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3875 3500 3791
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.49% 96.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3350 3122 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Manual Tester
North West

Manual Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Manual Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Tester
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Manual Tester Salary Trend

Manual Tester
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Manual 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 Manual Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software

Manual Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Manual 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 Manual Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA