The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Tester
Rank 191 172 167
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Tester 1 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.024% 0.028% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.029% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £38,750 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-12.25% +21.09%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3913 3494 3793
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.56% 96.41% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3384 3103 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 £56,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Tester
North West

Technical Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Technical Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Tester
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Technical Tester Salary Trend

Technical Tester
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Technical 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 Technical Tester in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter

Technical Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Technical 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 Technical Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Bolton, North West
My client is seeking a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function, working closely within the development team where a variety of technologies will be utilised...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + pension, holiday
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
My client is seeking a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function, working closely within the development team where a variety of technologies will be utilised...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + pension, holiday
Posted: 22 May 2013