The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands 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 21 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 22 - 38
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 3 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.449% - 0.340%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.587% - 0.348%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £35,000 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
189 293 287
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 91.30% 92.43% 97.62%
Number of salaries quoted 127 227 210
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
England

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (50.00%) .NET
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) IIS
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) OOP
1 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (50.00%) QA
1 3 (50.00%) Selenium
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) RPG IV
2 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) iSeries
2 1 (16.67%) JD Edwards
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) AS400
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) RPG
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (50.00%) Selenium
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) iSeries
2 1 (16.67%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) RPG IV
2 1 (16.67%) RPG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) JD Edwards