The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 178 163 149
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -14
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 14 10 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.342% 0.276% 0.531%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.443% 0.378% 0.776%
Number of salaries quoted 14 10 19
Average salary £33,000 £25,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.15% -14.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,900 £23,950 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £32,550 £30,800
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3160 2649 2705
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.17% 73.10% 68.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2717 2323 2441
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
North West

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Altrincham -4 5 £55,000 +120.00%
Manual Testing
North West

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing.

1 27 (65.85%) Software Testing
2 26 (63.41%) ISEB
3 20 (48.78%) Automated Testing
3 20 (48.78%) Degree
4 17 (41.46%) QA
4 17 (41.46%) SQL
4 17 (41.46%) .NET
5 13 (31.71%) Automation Testing
6 12 (29.27%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (29.27%) SQL Server
6 12 (29.27%) SQL Server 2005
6 12 (29.27%) TestComplete
6 12 (29.27%) SQL Server 2008
7 11 (26.83%) Selenium
8 10 (24.39%) Load Testing
8 10 (24.39%) C#
9 9 (21.95%) ISTQB
10 8 (19.51%) Computer Science
11 7 (17.07%) Unit Testing
11 7 (17.07%) Web Testing
11 7 (17.07%) QuickTest Pro
11 7 (17.07%) Client/Server
12 5 (12.20%) LoadRunner
12 5 (12.20%) JUnit
12 5 (12.20%) TestPartner
12 5 (12.20%) SilkPerformer
12 5 (12.20%) CMS
12 5 (12.20%) QALoad
12 5 (12.20%) EasyMock
12 5 (12.20%) jMock

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (41.46%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.317%) SS7
1 3 (7.317%) SIGTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (29.27%) SQL Server
1 12 (29.27%) SQL Server 2005
1 12 (29.27%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (29.27%) TestComplete
2 11 (26.83%) Selenium
3 7 (17.07%) QuickTest Pro
4 5 (12.20%) LoadRunner
4 5 (12.20%) JUnit
4 5 (12.20%) TestPartner
4 5 (12.20%) SilkPerformer
4 5 (12.20%) QALoad
4 5 (12.20%) EasyMock
4 5 (12.20%) jMock
5 2 (4.878%) FitNesse
General
1 3 (7.317%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.878%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Analyst
1 26 (63.41%) Test Analyst
2 13 (31.71%) Tester
3 12 (29.27%) Software Test Analyst
4 9 (21.95%) QA Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Head of Testing
6 4 (9.756%) Web Tester
6 4 (9.756%) UAT Tester
7 3 (7.317%) Software Tester
7 3 (7.317%) Test Engineer
7 3 (7.317%) Agile Test Analyst
8 2 (4.878%) Junior Analyst
8 2 (4.878%) Junior Test Analyst
8 2 (4.878%) Junior
8 2 (4.878%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (4.878%) Systems Test Engineer
9 1 (2.439%) Senior Tester
9 1 (2.439%) Lead Tester
9 1 (2.439%) Senior Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 12 (29.27%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (19.51%) Computer Science
3 7 (17.07%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.317%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Software Testing
2 20 (48.78%) Automated Testing
3 13 (31.71%) Automation Testing
4 10 (24.39%) Load Testing
5 7 (17.07%) Unit Testing
5 7 (17.07%) Web Testing
6 5 (12.20%) QMS
7 4 (9.756%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (9.756%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (7.317%) E-Commerce
8 3 (7.317%) Test Automation
8 3 (7.317%) Test Strategy
8 3 (7.317%) System Testing
8 3 (7.317%) Agile Testing
9 2 (4.878%) V-Model
9 2 (4.878%) Test Scripting
9 2 (4.878%) Scrum
10 1 (2.439%) ETL
10 1 (2.439%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (41.46%) SQL
2 10 (24.39%) C#
3 3 (7.317%) VB
4 2 (4.878%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.439%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (63.41%) ISEB
2 20 (48.78%) Degree
3 9 (21.95%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (41.46%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (9.756%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (7.317%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.439%) HP
2 1 (2.439%) Twitter
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