The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 33 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.493% 1.990% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.948% 2.649% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
Average salary £23,000 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £31,750 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-9.28% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 151 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 76.62% 75.12% 67.80%
Number of salaries quoted 142 136 132
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Hampshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
2 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Automation Testing

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
1 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Tester
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Manual Tester
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) HP