The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 65 61 75
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.430% 0.302% 0.733%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.587% 0.390% 1.040%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 6
Average salary £31,000 £27,000 £23,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.81% +13.68%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +9.37%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
511 513 577
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 73.21% 77.38% 70.54%
Number of salaries quoted 448 477 535
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +5.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £23,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
East Midlands

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Northampton 0 2 £31,750 +17.59%
Manual Testing
East Midlands

Manual Testing
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Software Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
Northamptonshire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a global organisation who is seeking to grow their Software Testing team. As a Software Tester / Software Escalation Engineer, you will...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £32000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 18 June 2013
View Manual Testing jobs Nationwide