The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 20 June 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Tester
Rank 123 103 108
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 1 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.053% 0.210% 0.445%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.215% 0.468%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 6
Average salary - £43,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.35%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1793 1393 1710
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 95.37% 97.48% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1554 1262 1543
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Senior Tester
South East

Senior Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Senior Tester Salary Trend

Senior Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Wallingford - 1 - - 1
Senior Tester
South East

Senior Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 8 (88.89%) QA
2 6 (66.67%) Java
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
3 5 (55.56%) C#
3 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
3 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Selenium
5 3 (33.33%) Replication
5 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
6 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) HP
6 2 (22.22%) ISEB
6 2 (22.22%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) .NET
7 1 (11.11%) PHP
7 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) ASP
7 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
7 1 (11.11%) Middleware
7 1 (11.11%) Scrum
7 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
7 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
7 1 (11.11%) Scala
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) ASP
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Drupal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Selenium
2 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
3 1 (11.11%) FitNesse
3 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
3 1 (11.11%) Concordion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
1 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
1 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) C#
3 1 (11.11%) PHP
3 1 (11.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 2 (22.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) HP
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
The systems are developed using a number of different development technologies including Java, ASP.NET, Classic ASP, Drupal and PHP; supporting systems ranging from online applications and websites... *...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013