The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 224 198 188
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 24 53 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.337% 0.752% 0.772%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.353% 0.783% 0.808%
Number of salaries quoted 23 49 51
Average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,100 £22,300 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,600 £35,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
England

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Manchester -26 14 £24,500 -3.92%
Cheshire -17 7 £33,000 +10.00%
Merseyside - 2 £41,750 -
Lancashire 0 1 £19,000 -1.29%
Software Tester
England

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 23 (48.94%) ISEB
1 23 (48.94%) Software Testing
2 16 (34.04%) Windows
3 15 (31.91%) .NET
4 14 (29.79%) ISTQB
4 14 (29.79%) Finance
5 13 (27.66%) Degree
5 13 (27.66%) C#
6 12 (25.53%) Automated Testing
7 11 (23.40%) SQL Server
7 11 (23.40%) Test Scripting
8 10 (21.28%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
9 9 (19.15%) HP Quality Center
10 8 (17.02%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (14.89%) System Testing
11 7 (14.89%) Time Management
11 7 (14.89%) Web Testing
11 7 (14.89%) QA
11 7 (14.89%) E-Commerce
12 6 (12.77%) HP
12 6 (12.77%) C
12 6 (12.77%) SQL
12 6 (12.77%) VB
12 6 (12.77%) Banking
12 6 (12.77%) Change Management
13 5 (10.64%) Games
13 5 (10.64%) VB.NET
13 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
13 5 (10.64%) HTML

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 15 (31.91%) .NET
2 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
2 5 (10.64%) HTML
3 2 (4.255%) CGI
4 1 (2.128%) OpenGL
4 1 (2.128%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.128%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.128%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) VoIP
1 1 (2.128%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.128%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.128%) Internet
1 1 (2.128%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.511%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (8.511%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (8.511%) Concordion
2 4 (8.511%) Selenium
3 3 (6.383%) JIRA
4 1 (2.128%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 14 (29.79%) Finance
2 6 (12.77%) Banking
3 5 (10.64%) Games
4 1 (2.128%) Music
4 1 (2.128%) Marketing
4 1 (2.128%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.255%) Animation
3 1 (2.128%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (2.128%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.128%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.128%) Linux
3 1 (2.128%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (48.94%) Software Testing
2 12 (25.53%) Automated Testing
3 11 (23.40%) Test Scripting
4 10 (21.28%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (17.02%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (14.89%) Web Testing
6 7 (14.89%) E-Commerce
6 7 (14.89%) System Testing
6 7 (14.89%) Time Management
7 6 (12.77%) Change Management
8 5 (10.64%) Manual Testing
9 3 (6.383%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (6.383%) Test Strategy
9 3 (6.383%) Performance Testing
10 2 (4.255%) Software Engineering
10 2 (4.255%) Regression Testing
10 2 (4.255%) Quality Management
10 2 (4.255%) Scrum
10 2 (4.255%) Test Automation
11 1 (2.128%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.66%) C#
2 6 (12.77%) C
2 6 (12.77%) SQL
2 6 (12.77%) VB
3 5 (10.64%) VB.NET
3 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.128%) C++
4 1 (2.128%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (48.94%) ISEB
2 14 (29.79%) ISTQB
3 13 (27.66%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.383%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (19.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) HP
2 3 (6.383%) VMware
3 1 (2.128%) IBM
Stockport, Cheshire
Main Purpose Of The Software Tester Job: To conduct manual and automated functional testing on application software in system, integration and regression testing... Key Responsibilities: -Analysing the requirements...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £18,000 - £25,000
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
Position: IT Software TesterLocation: Stockport, CheshireSalary: £18,000 - £25,000Main Purpose Of The Job:To conduct manual and automated functional testing on application software in system, integration and...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP18,000 - GBP25,000
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Performance, scalability etc.)Experience and technical skills: - Must have experience in testing native Windows applications.- Experience of Windows servers, Active Directory and Group Policy is advantageous- Experience of...
Salary: £24000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
The Software Tester will be responsible for planning, scripting, and executing system, acceptance , deployment and non-functional testing of software applications.SOFTWARE TESTER - SKILLSThe Software Tester / Test Consultant...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £30,000 + excellent bonus + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Practical experience of Test Tools (ie QACenter, Loadrunner etc) and Frameworks (ie Junit, Easymock etc) Familiarity of Quality standards ISO9001, CMMI and certification in ISEB. Some SQL experience,...
Actis Recruitment.
Salary: From £24,000 to £30,000 per annum + excellent bonus + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 18 May 2013