The first table below looks at the demand for Web Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Testing
Rank 223 218 197
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -21
Permanent jobs citing Web Testing 20 29 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.278% 0.409% 0.539%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.362% 0.557% 0.788%
Number of salaries quoted 19 22 35
Average salary £31,500 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,425 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £36,200 £31,500 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £31,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
+7.93% -
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5523 5209 4697
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.87% 73.39% 68.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4625 4554 4125
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -5.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Web Testing
England

Web Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Web Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Web Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Web Testing across the North West region.

North West Web Testing Salary Trend

Web Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Testing across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Web Testing Salary Histogram

Web Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Testing within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire +7 17 £27,750 -7.50%
Lancashire - 2 £26,250 -
Manchester -32 1 £36,000 +14.28%
Web Testing
England

Web Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Web 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 Web Testing.

1 18 (48.65%) .NET
2 16 (43.24%) C#
3 13 (35.14%) SQL
3 13 (35.14%) SQL Server
3 13 (35.14%) ASP.NET
4 12 (32.43%) User Acceptance Testing
5 11 (29.73%) Degree
6 10 (27.03%) Software Testing
7 9 (24.32%) ISEB
7 9 (24.32%) Windows
7 9 (24.32%) VB.NET
7 9 (24.32%) Manual Testing
8 8 (21.62%) JavaScript
8 8 (21.62%) E-Commerce
9 7 (18.92%) QA
10 6 (16.22%) Load Testing
10 6 (16.22%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (13.51%) Finance
11 5 (13.51%) RDBMS
11 5 (13.51%) OO
11 5 (13.51%) RAD
11 5 (13.51%) PHP
11 5 (13.51%) Delphi
11 5 (13.51%) System Testing
11 5 (13.51%) Test Scripting
11 5 (13.51%) Change Control
11 5 (13.51%) Mobile App
12 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 4 (10.81%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC

Web Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Web 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 Web Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (48.65%) .NET
2 13 (35.14%) ASP.NET
3 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (10.81%) jQuery
3 4 (10.81%) HTML
3 4 (10.81%) CSS
3 4 (10.81%) Ajax
4 1 (2.703%) LAMP
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (35.14%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.51%) RDBMS
3 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (10.81%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (10.81%) Visual Studio
2 3 (8.108%) Selenium
3 1 (2.703%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (2.703%) TestComplete
General
1 5 (13.51%) Finance
2 3 (8.108%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Tester
2 9 (24.32%) Developer
3 8 (21.62%) Analyst
3 8 (21.62%) Test Analyst
4 7 (18.92%) Web Tester
5 6 (16.22%) Software Tester
6 5 (13.51%) SQL Developer
6 5 (13.51%) Test Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Delphi Developer
7 4 (10.81%) Agile Test Analyst
7 4 (10.81%) Senior Software Tester
7 4 (10.81%) Senior Tester
7 4 (10.81%) UAT Tester
8 3 (8.108%) Quality Engineer
8 3 (8.108%) Web Developer
9 2 (5.405%) Junior Software Tester
9 2 (5.405%) Junior
9 2 (5.405%) Junior Tester
10 1 (2.703%) Graduate Developer
10 1 (2.703%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Mobile App
2 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
3 3 (8.108%) STB
3 3 (8.108%) Interactive TV
3 3 (8.108%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
2 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (27.03%) Software Testing
3 9 (24.32%) Manual Testing
4 8 (21.62%) E-Commerce
5 6 (16.22%) Load Testing
5 6 (16.22%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (13.51%) OO
6 5 (13.51%) RAD
6 5 (13.51%) System Testing
6 5 (13.51%) Test Scripting
6 5 (13.51%) Change Control
7 4 (10.81%) Unit Testing
7 4 (10.81%) MVC
7 4 (10.81%) Web Development
8 3 (8.108%) TDD
8 3 (8.108%) Regression Testing
8 3 (8.108%) Agile Testing
9 2 (5.405%) Performance Testing
9 2 (5.405%) Scrum
9 2 (5.405%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) C#
2 13 (35.14%) SQL
3 9 (24.32%) VB.NET
4 8 (21.62%) JavaScript
5 5 (13.51%) PHP
5 5 (13.51%) Delphi
6 3 (8.108%) VB
7 1 (2.703%) Java
7 1 (2.703%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Degree
2 9 (24.32%) ISEB
3 4 (10.81%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.703%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (8.108%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle
2 1 (2.703%) Twitter
Cheshire
Testing, Tester, Test Analyst, Software / Web Testing, Front-End Testing, QA Processes, Selenium, Automated testing, Javascript, HTML, CSS, QA Tester... The Ideal Web Tester /Front End Test Analyst...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will be working in a team of cross skilled Java/Objective-C developers across both platforms, with a view to helping introduce other teams to testing Android...
Laterooms Ltd
Salary: Competitive Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Web Developer C# / ASP.Net / MVC3, web developer, .Net, C#, MVC3, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, CSS, MS SQL, Unit Testing, Web testing, e-commerce, Preston up to 36K... Solid ...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £27000 - £36000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Chester, North West
Near Chester Leading manufacturer requires experienced Delphi, SQL Developer to join established team working on a variety of web and database driven business applications, web systems and mobile...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + neg + Great Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013