The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 47 41 44
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 7 24 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 2.128% 4.810% 1.791%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.229% 5.106% 1.961%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 6
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% +15.25%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
314 470 306
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 95.44% 94.19% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 294 436 251
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Berkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 12 (92.31%) QA
2 8 (61.54%) SQL
3 7 (53.85%) .NET
4 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 6 (46.15%) ISEB
4 6 (46.15%) Software Testing
5 5 (38.46%) SaaS
6 4 (30.77%) ISTQB
7 3 (23.08%) VMware
7 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
7 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (23.08%) Citrix
7 3 (23.08%) C#
7 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
7 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
7 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
8 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
8 2 (15.38%) XML
8 2 (15.38%) UNIX
8 2 (15.38%) Windows
8 2 (15.38%) HTML
8 2 (15.38%) Oracle
8 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
8 2 (15.38%) OO
8 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
8 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 7 (53.85%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
3 2 (15.38%) XML
3 2 (15.38%) HTML
4 1 (7.692%) Swing
4 1 (7.692%) JDBC
4 1 (7.692%) JSP
4 1 (7.692%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) UMTS
2 1 (7.692%) 2G
2 1 (7.692%) WCDMA
2 1 (7.692%) LTE
2 1 (7.692%) GSM
2 1 (7.692%) 3G
2 1 (7.692%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) TOAD
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (15.38%) QADirector
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
1 2 (15.38%) TestPartner
2 1 (7.692%) Eclipse
2 1 (7.692%) Rational Robot
2 1 (7.692%) JUnit
2 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) SaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) UNIX
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Software Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 2 (15.38%) OO
3 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
3 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Automated Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Regression Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Workflow
4 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
4 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.692%) VB
4 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
4 1 (7.692%) Java
4 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) ISEB
2 4 (30.77%) ISTQB
3 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (92.31%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
2 3 (23.08%) Citrix
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
4 1 (7.692%) 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...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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