The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. 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 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 31 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 2.475% 1.000% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.564% 1.047% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
Average salary £23,000 £27,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195 191 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 96.53% 95.50% 97.56%
Number of salaries quoted 184 175 192
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Hampshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Portsmouth Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

1 4 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Automation Testing
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 2 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) TestDirector
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Law

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Automation Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) HP