The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 51 60 44
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -16
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 0.898% 0.389% 1.176%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.724% 0.590% 1.660%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 4
Average salary £32,500 £37,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.16% +15.62%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
174 339 241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 52.10% 65.95% 70.88%
Number of salaries quoted 160 311 186
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £38,900
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +2.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Berkshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 10 (100.00%) ISEB
1 10 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 10 (100.00%) QA
2 9 (90.00%) ISTQB
2 9 (90.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (90.00%) Scrum
2 9 (90.00%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (90.00%) Nokia
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) GSM
2 9 (90.00%) UMTS
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) QADirector
5 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) TestPartner
5 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Workflow

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) GSM
1 9 (90.00%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (10.00%) QADirector
2 1 (10.00%) TestPartner
General
1 9 (90.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) QA Test Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Tester
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Manual Tester
2 1 (10.00%) QA Tester
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Scrum
2 9 (90.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) ISEB
2 9 (90.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Nokia
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013