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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Nottingham region.

 Software Tester
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank466798
Rank change year-on-year
Up+21Up+31
Matching permanent IT job ads837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham1.297 %0.448 %0.430 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.340 %0.464 %0.445 %
Salaries quoted837
Average salary£23,500£24,000£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.080 %-12.72 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,050£24,000£22,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,650£24,000£32,500
UK excluding London average salary£27,500£28,500£30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.500 %-5.000 %
Nottingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5976461573
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham96.76 %96.42 %96.62 %
Salaries quoted4975441430
Average salary£35,000£31,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %+5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£22,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£45,000£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Tester NottinghamshireSoftware Tester
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Software Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Tester across the Nottingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Nottingham Software Tester Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Nottingham Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Nottingham Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottingham region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

19 (64.29 %)ISEB
27 (50.00 %)SQL
27 (50.00 %)XML
35 (35.71 %)XSD
35 (35.71 %)Configuration Management
44 (28.57 %)QA
53 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
62 (14.29 %)Manual Testing
62 (14.29 %)System Testing
62 (14.29 %)DbUnit
62 (14.29 %)Degree
62 (14.29 %)QARun
62 (14.29 %)Automated Testing
62 (14.29 %)Replication
62 (14.29 %)Java
62 (14.29 %)WinRunner
62 (14.29 %)LoadRunner
62 (14.29 %)Client/Server
62 (14.29 %)Microsoft
62 (14.29 %).NET
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server
62 (14.29 %)JUnit
71 (7.143 %)J2EE
71 (7.143 %)Regression Testing
71 (7.143 %)Back Office

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottingham region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Nottingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (50.00 %)XML
25 (35.71 %)XSD
32 (14.29 %).NET
41 (7.143 %)J2EE
Nottingham IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Nottingham IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (14.29 %)JUnit
12 (14.29 %)WinRunner
12 (14.29 %)LoadRunner
12 (14.29 %)QARun
12 (14.29 %)DbUnit
Nottingham IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Back Office
Nottingham IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Client/Server
12 (14.29 %)Replication
Nottingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (35.71 %)Configuration Management
23 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
32 (14.29 %)Manual Testing
32 (14.29 %)System Testing
32 (14.29 %)Automated Testing
41 (7.143 %)Regression Testing
Nottingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (14.29 %)Java
Nottingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (64.29 %)ISEB
22 (14.29 %)Degree
Nottingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (28.57 %)QA
Nottingham IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (14.29 %)Microsoft