The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull 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 23 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 42 36 32
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 10 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 4.016% 0.625% 1.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.237% 0.637% 1.042%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 2
Average salary £32,000 £25,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.00% -33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,000 £39,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
236 157 192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 94.78% 98.13% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 185 118 144
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
West Midlands

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Solihull Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 11 (84.62%) .NET
2 10 (76.92%) ISEB
3 8 (61.54%) ISTQB
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
4 6 (46.15%) Retail
4 6 (46.15%) TestPartner
4 6 (46.15%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (46.15%) Rational Robot
4 6 (46.15%) VB.NET
4 6 (46.15%) Compuware
4 6 (46.15%) Software Testing
4 6 (46.15%) Rational Functional Tester
4 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) Advertising
6 2 (15.38%) Logistics
6 2 (15.38%) ETRM
6 2 (15.38%) System Testing
6 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
7 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
7 1 (7.692%) QA
7 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 11 (84.62%) .NET
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) TestPartner
1 6 (46.15%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (46.15%) Rational Robot
1 6 (46.15%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 6 (46.15%) Retail
2 2 (15.38%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Software Testing
1 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
2 2 (15.38%) Logistics
2 2 (15.38%) ETRM
2 2 (15.38%) System Testing
2 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) ISEB
2 8 (61.54%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Compuware
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
At least 4 years solid Automation experience in a tool such as QTP, Rational Robot, Compuware TestPartner or Rational Functional Tester ?At least 2 years development experience in...
Next Move IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
They are a Microsoft partner and provide software services to the energy sector specifically around energy trading, risk management and logistics. Working in there existing team you will...
Salary: £25000 - £29000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
They are a Microsoft partner and provide software to the energy sector specifically around energy trading, risk management and logistics. Working in there existing team you will be...
Salary: £24000 - £27800 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013