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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 69 60 69
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 15 21 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 1.542% 2.648% 1.425%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.627% 2.717% 1.499%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 11
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +51.16%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
North Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
922 773 867
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 94.76% 97.48% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 663 620 731
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

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

North Yorkshire Tester Salary Histogram

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 North Yorkshire 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
Harrogate 0 12 £35,000 -6.66%
York -2 1 £27,500 +12.24%
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 24 (80.00%) QA
2 21 (70.00%) Selenium
3 20 (66.67%) C#
4 19 (63.33%) QuickTest Pro
4 19 (63.33%) Test Automation
5 18 (60.00%) LoadRunner
5 18 (60.00%) Java
6 17 (56.67%) Automated Testing
7 9 (30.00%) Cucumber
8 8 (26.67%) Test Scripting
9 6 (20.00%) ISEB
10 4 (13.33%) Scrum
10 4 (13.33%) ISTQB
10 4 (13.33%) JIRA
11 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
11 3 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
11 3 (10.00%) SQL
11 3 (10.00%) Finance
12 2 (6.667%) W3C
12 2 (6.667%) JavaScript
12 2 (6.667%) HTML
12 2 (6.667%) .NET
12 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
12 2 (6.667%) CSS
12 2 (6.667%) UNIX
12 2 (6.667%) Windows
12 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
12 2 (6.667%) Fault Management
12 2 (6.667%) Performance Testing
12 2 (6.667%) Security Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 2 (6.667%) HTML
1 2 (6.667%) .NET
1 2 (6.667%) CSS
2 1 (3.333%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (70.00%) Selenium
2 19 (63.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 18 (60.00%) LoadRunner
4 9 (30.00%) Cucumber
5 4 (13.33%) JIRA
6 1 (3.333%) Bugzilla
6 1 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) W3C
1 2 (6.667%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) UNIX
1 2 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Test Automation
2 17 (56.67%) Automated Testing
3 8 (26.67%) Test Scripting
4 4 (13.33%) Scrum
5 3 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Fault Management
6 2 (6.667%) Performance Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Security Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.333%) Test Strategy
7 1 (3.333%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.333%) Test Management
7 1 (3.333%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) C#
2 18 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (10.00%) SQL
4 2 (6.667%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.333%) VBScript
5 1 (3.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) ISEB
2 4 (13.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (80.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) HP Quality Center
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
North Yorkshire
You will have a proven track record in the following area's; Proven ability to work within the Scrum framework... Proven ability to test across multiple platforms including...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013