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The table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the Peterborough region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4855
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads111
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.230 %1.741 %
Salaries quoted19
Average minimum salary£22,000£25,889
Average salary£22,000£27,056
% change on same period last year-18.68 %
Average maximum salary£22,000£28,222
UK excluding London average salary£32,477£31,727
% change on same period last year+2.36 %
Peterborough IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Peterborough
Matching permanent IT job ads434632
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.290 %0.282 %
Salaries quoted378503
Average minimum salary£31,439£31,717
Average salary£34,053£34,352
% change on same period last year-0.87 %
Average maximum salary£36,666£36,986
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Tester CambridgeshireTester
Cambridgeshire

Tester
Demand Trend

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

Peterborough Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Peterborough Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Peterborough region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

16 (85.71 %)ISEB
24 (57.14 %)Insurance
24 (57.14 %)QA
33 (42.86 %)Degree
33 (42.86 %)Finance
33 (42.86 %)SQL
42 (28.57 %)IBM
42 (28.57 %)Software Testing
42 (28.57 %)Test Scripting
42 (28.57 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
51 (14.29 %)Manual Testing
51 (14.29 %)System Testing
51 (14.29 %)Data Mapping
51 (14.29 %)Project Planning
51 (14.29 %)HTML
51 (14.29 %)Flash
51 (14.29 %)TestDirector
51 (14.29 %)W3C
51 (14.29 %)Project Management

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Peterborough region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Peterborough IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)HTML
Peterborough IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Flash
11 (14.29 %)TestDirector
Peterborough IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Insurance
23 (42.86 %)Finance
Peterborough IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)W3C
Peterborough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Software Testing
12 (28.57 %)User Acceptance Testing
12 (28.57 %)Test Scripting
21 (14.29 %)Manual Testing
21 (14.29 %)System Testing
21 (14.29 %)Data Mapping
21 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
21 (14.29 %)Project Planning
21 (14.29 %)Project Management
Peterborough IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)SQL
Peterborough IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (85.71 %)ISEB
23 (42.86 %)Degree
Peterborough IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (57.14 %)QA
Peterborough IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)IBM