The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 53 51 60
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 1 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 0.254% 1.092% 0.633%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.341% 1.433% 0.912%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
Average salary £32,500 £25,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% -9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
293 349 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 74.37% 76.20% 69.41%
Number of salaries quoted 252 338 309
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Northamptonshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

Northampton Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft