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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 57 57 58
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.191% 1.118% 0.846%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.198% 1.155% 0.873%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 5
Average salary £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
506 606 573
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 96.75% 96.81% 96.95%
Number of salaries quoted 436 523 488
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
South Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 2 (50.00%) QA
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (25.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) Mingle
2 1 (25.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (25.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (25.00%) Twitter
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (25.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 1 (25.00%) Gherkin
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Mingle
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
1 1 (25.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Code Coverage
1 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Scrum
1 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Twitter
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Provide quality assurance leadership within the team... -Contribute to the continuous improvement process... -Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL... -Working knowledge of SQL... -Foundation ISEB qualification desirable.
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Their portfolio spans solutions for ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing... Tester Job Role To work as an integral member of the...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013