The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Nottingham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Tester
Rank 89 81 99
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 3 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.315% 0.752% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.331% 0.807% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 1
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Job Titles
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
906 991 1132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.07% 93.14% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 795 878 901
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Tester
Nottinghamshire

Senior Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham Senior Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham Senior Tester Salary Trend

Senior Tester
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) Selenium
2 4 (80.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (80.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) VB
3 3 (60.00%) OO
3 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (60.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
4 2 (40.00%) Automation Testing
4 2 (40.00%) CruiseControl
4 2 (40.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) Smalltalk
4 2 (40.00%) JUnit
5 1 (20.00%) Web Services
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) CAE
5 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
5 1 (20.00%) WebDriver

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Selenium
2 4 (80.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (40.00%) CruiseControl
3 2 (40.00%) JUnit
4 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) OO
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (20.00%) CAE
3 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) VB
4 2 (40.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) Smalltalk
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA