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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Tester
Rank - - 87
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes - - 0.104%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.111%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.96% +0.66%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1251 959 902
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.60% 93.74% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1051 779 778
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Tester
Buckinghamshire

Senior Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Senior Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Tester
Salary Trend

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

Milton Keynes Senior Tester Salary Trend

Senior Tester
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) MS Project
1 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Load Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) .NET

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Load Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft