The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Norwich 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 23 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 Norwich region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 45 46 38
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 7 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norwich 2.194% 1.918% 2.429%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.222% 1.975% 2.510%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
Average salary £34,000 £24,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.77% -18.33%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Norwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
315 405 239
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norwich 98.75% 97.12% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 290 363 189
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,900 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £57,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Norfolk

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Norwich 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 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
1 7 (63.64%) Regression Testing
1 7 (63.64%) QA
2 6 (54.55%) SpecFlow
2 6 (54.55%) Unit Testing
2 6 (54.55%) PowerShell
2 6 (54.55%) OO
2 6 (54.55%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) Selenium
4 2 (18.18%) ISEB
4 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
5 1 (9.091%) Degree
5 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.091%) Automated Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (9.091%) SQL
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
5 1 (9.091%) Windows
5 1 (9.091%) Scrum

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Norwich 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 6 (54.55%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) SpecFlow
2 4 (36.36%) Selenium
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Regression Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Unit Testing
2 6 (54.55%) OO
3 1 (9.091%) Automated Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) PowerShell
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
1 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle