The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Reigate 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 19 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 Reigate region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 46 63 40
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 0.282% 1.504% 1.860%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.296% 1.535% 1.905%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 4
Average salary £54,000 £57,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.08% +64.28%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Reigate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
338 391 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 95.21% 97.99% 97.67%
Number of salaries quoted 325 379 202
Average salary £48,000 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.05% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
Surrey

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reigate 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 Reigate region.

Reigate Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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 10 (100.00%) Scrum
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 7 (70.00%) Waterfall
3 7 (70.00%) HP
3 7 (70.00%) ISEB
3 7 (70.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (70.00%) VBA
3 7 (70.00%) Regression Testing
4 6 (60.00%) Visual Studio
5 5 (50.00%) C#
5 5 (50.00%) VB.NET
6 4 (40.00%) SQL
6 4 (40.00%) XML
6 4 (40.00%) XSLT
6 4 (40.00%) TDD
6 4 (40.00%) Selenium
7 3 (30.00%) QA
7 3 (30.00%) Finance
8 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
8 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
8 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
9 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
9 1 (10.00%) HND
9 1 (10.00%) Windows
9 1 (10.00%) C++

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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.

Application Development
1 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) XML
2 4 (40.00%) XSLT
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (60.00%) Visual Studio
3 4 (40.00%) Selenium
4 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Scrum
2 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 7 (70.00%) Waterfall
3 7 (70.00%) Regression Testing
4 4 (40.00%) TDD
5 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
6 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) VBA
2 5 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (70.00%) ISEB
3 1 (10.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) HP