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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs within the Salisbury 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 Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Tester
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank23-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.769 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£22,000-
Average salary£24,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£26,000-
UK excluding London average salary£29,806£29,073
% change on same period last year+2.51 %
Salisbury IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Salisbury
Matching permanent IT job ads130162
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.070 %
Salaries quoted117149
Average minimum salary£30,597£34,202
Average salary£33,663£36,607
% change on same period last year-8.04 %
Average maximum salary£36,729£39,011
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Software Tester WiltshireSoftware Tester
Wiltshire

Software Tester
Demand Trend

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

Salisbury Software Tester Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salisbury Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Salisbury region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

11 (50.00 %)Service Management
11 (50.00 %)Government
11 (50.00 %)VMware
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (50.00 %)Software Testing
11 (50.00 %)MS PowerPoint
11 (50.00 %)QA
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)VB
11 (50.00 %)VB.NET
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
11 (50.00 %)Citrix

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Salisbury region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Salisbury IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
Salisbury IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
11 (50.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Salisbury IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Government
Salisbury IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Salisbury IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Service Management
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (50.00 %)Software Testing
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Salisbury IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)VB
11 (50.00 %)VB.NET
Salisbury IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA
Salisbury IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)VMware