The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Peterborough region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 49 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 2 14 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 0.556% 4.502% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.717% 5.882% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 0
Average salary £34,000 £27,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.92% -
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
279 238 242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 77.50% 76.53% 73.33%
Number of salaries quoted 237 202 208
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Cambridgeshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Peterborough Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Peterborough region.

Peterborough Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing.

1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Testing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
Peterborough, East Anglia
Utilising the agile methodology the test analyst will be expected to work as part of a team to deliver business and development delivery goals to quality standards... Test...
Levy Associates Limited
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
ISEB/ISTQB - minimum Foundation level... Minimum of 2 years' experience of manual testing. Sound understanding of Agile Development methodology... Experience of Usability testing... Experience of testing using agile...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £32,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
i) ISEB/ISTQB - minimum Foundation level... c) Prince II certification or equivalent. d) Microsoft project... g) ISEB/ISTQB - Preferably Practitioner level, Prince II. You may have experience of...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013