The first 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Nottingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 87 64 96
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 4 21 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.422% 2.023% 0.333%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.443% 2.176% 0.346%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 4
Average salary £22,750 £32,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +16.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,450 £28,300 £25,200
10% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £39,000 £29,400
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
903 965 1155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.35% 92.97% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 798 851 918
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 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £50,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
Nottinghamshire

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

This 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
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Stress Testing
3 2 (33.33%) ISEB
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) DB2
4 1 (16.67%) VB
4 1 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) WinRunner
4 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Selenium

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) WinRunner
2 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Stress Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Day to day the Software Tester (Visual Studio / C#) will be required to develop tests for the company's range of new web based and existing client-server...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Key Skills: Software, Tester, Test, Analyst, Web, Windows, win, ISEB, ISQTB, Manual, Automated, Ranorex, C#, .Net, Visual Studio, boundary testing, regression testing, stress testing A leading software house...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013