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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.153% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.190% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +9.37%
All Processes & Methodologies
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
526 481 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 80.55% 72.88% 81.40%
Number of salaries quoted 436 362 362
Average salary £52,500 £41,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.50% -7.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Berkshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Decision Table
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Decision Table
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
Slough, Berkshire
You need to have 2-3 years’ experience, strong manual testing skills, be ISEB qualified and have great SQL server knowledge. You will need to be able to...
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Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013