The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 55 63 46
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 0.617% 0.592% 1.479%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.647% 0.628% 1.629%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 5
Average salary £31,750 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.28% +18.64%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Job Titles
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
309 478 307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 95.37% 94.28% 90.83%
Number of salaries quoted 289 444 251
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £30,000 £26,000
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%
Software Tester
Berkshire

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Newbury Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Web Testing
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) JUnit
3 1 (33.33%) JDBC
3 1 (33.33%) JSP
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Swing
3 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
3 1 (33.33%) IBM

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) JDBC
1 1 (33.33%) JSP
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
1 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 1 (33.33%) Rational Robot
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Web Testing
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
Newbury, Berkshire
ISEB Foundation in Software Testing accreditation is preferred... Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Able to work with technologies such as HTML, XML, SQL and...
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013