The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Norfolk 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 20 June 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 Norfolk region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 57 50 50
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 5 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norfolk 1.092% 0.895% 0.811%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.109% 0.915% 0.857%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 3
Average salary £35,000 £34,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.71% +15.83%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Norfolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
451 437 350
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norfolk 98.47% 97.76% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 424 389 260
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
East of England

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Norwich -2 5 £35,000 +0.71%
Tester
East of England

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Norfolk 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 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 8 (80.00%) QA
3 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (60.00%) SpecFlow
3 6 (60.00%) OO
3 6 (60.00%) .NET
3 6 (60.00%) C#
4 5 (50.00%) Selenium
5 4 (40.00%) ISEB
6 3 (30.00%) Oracle
6 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
7 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
7 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (20.00%) Scrum
7 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (20.00%) SQL
7 2 (20.00%) Windows
8 1 (10.00%) HTML
8 1 (10.00%) Java
8 1 (10.00%) SAP
8 1 (10.00%) Citrix
8 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
8 1 (10.00%) Project Management
8 1 (10.00%) HTTP
8 1 (10.00%) HP
8 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Norfolk 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 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) SpecFlow
2 5 (50.00%) Selenium
3 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 6 (60.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (60.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) ISEB
2 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) HP