Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

 Software Tester
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank5666104
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Up+38
Matching permanent IT job ads1039
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire1.319 %0.378 %0.484 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.364 %0.393 %0.502 %
Salaries quoted1039
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£23,350£24,000£19,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£24,000£32,500
UK excluding London average salary£27,500£28,500£30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.500 %-5.000 %
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7337631794
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire96.70 %96.10 %96.40 %
Salaries quoted6226431624
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£21,000£22,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Tester East MidlandsSoftware Tester
East Midlands

Software Tester
Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

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

Nottinghamshire Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamUp+218£23,500-2.08 %
MansfieldNew entry-2£37,500-
Software Tester East MidlandsSoftware Tester
East Midlands

Software Tester
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 (52.94 %)ISEB
27 (41.18 %)SQL
27 (41.18 %)XML
27 (41.18 %)QA
35 (29.41 %)Test Scripting
35 (29.41 %)Configuration Management
35 (29.41 %)DbUnit
35 (29.41 %)XSD
35 (29.41 %)Client/Server
35 (29.41 %)Java
35 (29.41 %)JUnit
44 (23.53 %)J2EE
52 (11.76 %)Java EE
52 (11.76 %)Degree
52 (11.76 %)QARun
52 (11.76 %)Automated Testing
52 (11.76 %)Replication
52 (11.76 %)Manual Testing
52 (11.76 %)System Testing
52 (11.76 %)SQL Server
52 (11.76 %).NET
52 (11.76 %)Microsoft
52 (11.76 %)WinRunner
52 (11.76 %)LoadRunner
61 (5.882 %)Regression Testing
61 (5.882 %)Back Office

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (41.18 %)XML
25 (29.41 %)XSD
34 (23.53 %)J2EE
42 (11.76 %).NET
42 (11.76 %)Java EE
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (11.76 %)SQL Server
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (29.41 %)JUnit
15 (29.41 %)DbUnit
22 (11.76 %)WinRunner
22 (11.76 %)LoadRunner
22 (11.76 %)QARun
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (5.882 %)Back Office
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)Client/Server
22 (11.76 %)Replication
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (29.41 %)Configuration Management
15 (29.41 %)Test Scripting
22 (11.76 %)Manual Testing
22 (11.76 %)System Testing
22 (11.76 %)Automated Testing
31 (5.882 %)Regression Testing
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (41.18 %)SQL
25 (29.41 %)Java
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (52.94 %)ISEB
22 (11.76 %)Degree
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (41.18 %)QA
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (11.76 %)Microsoft