Software Tester Jobs in the South East
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. 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 24 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 South East region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 321 376 327
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 112 63 97
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.506% 0.265% 0.423%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.534% 0.278% 0.448%
Number of salaries quoted 107 52 85
Average salary £28,000 £28,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.88% -5.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,150 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
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South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
England

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

South East Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Surrey +26 27 £27,500 -39.22%
West Sussex +10 26 £36,000 +48.45%
Hampshire -10 22 £27,500 -
Oxfordshire -11 12 £30,000 +9.09%
Berkshire +6 10 £31,000 -11.42%
Buckinghamshire -3 10 £27,500 -8.33%
Middlesex - 4 £65,000 -
Kent -18 1 £35,000 +37.25%
Software Tester
England

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 78 (40.84%) Software Testing
2 73 (38.22%) QA
3 72 (37.70%) ISEB
4 67 (35.08%) SQL
5 55 (28.80%) .NET
6 53 (27.75%) Degree
7 51 (26.70%) Manual Testing
8 48 (25.13%) Agile Software Development
8 48 (25.13%) Automated Testing
9 44 (23.04%) Microsoft
10 40 (20.94%) XML
10 40 (20.94%) Test Scripting
11 39 (20.42%) Regression Testing
11 39 (20.42%) C++
12 38 (19.90%) Windows
13 34 (17.80%) HTML
14 33 (17.28%) SQL Server
15 32 (16.75%) Scrum
16 30 (15.71%) JavaScript
16 30 (15.71%) Web Testing
16 30 (15.71%) Performance Testing
17 28 (14.66%) Computer Science
17 28 (14.66%) Linux
18 26 (13.61%) Java
18 26 (13.61%) User Acceptance Testing
19 24 (12.57%) Web Services
20 23 (12.04%) QuickTest Pro
20 23 (12.04%) Test Automation
21 22 (11.52%) TDD
22 21 (10.99%) MySQL

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 55 (28.80%) .NET
2 40 (20.94%) XML
3 34 (17.80%) HTML
4 24 (12.57%) Web Services
5 20 (10.47%) ASP.NET
6 13 (6.806%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.712%) SOAP
8 6 (3.141%) J2EE
9 4 (2.094%) CSS
9 4 (2.094%) J2ME
10 2 (1.047%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 2 (1.047%) WPF
10 2 (1.047%) JSP
10 2 (1.047%) Swing
11 1 (0.524%) JDBC
11 1 (0.524%) Silverlight
11 1 (0.524%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 12 (6.283%) IIS
2 8 (4.188%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.047%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.047%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.047%) Apache
4 1 (0.524%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (8.901%) MS Excel
2 13 (6.806%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.853%) Ethernet
2 12 (6.283%) Internet
3 8 (4.188%) HTTP
4 4 (2.094%) Firewall
4 4 (2.094%) SMTP
5 1 (0.524%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.524%) RTP
5 1 (0.524%) Wireless
5 1 (0.524%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (17.28%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.99%) MySQL
3 1 (0.524%) TOAD
3 1 (0.524%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 23 (12.04%) QuickTest Pro
2 20 (10.47%) Selenium
3 10 (5.236%) JMeter
4 6 (3.141%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 6 (3.141%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (3.141%) Visual Studio
4 6 (3.141%) TestDirector
5 5 (2.618%) JUnit
5 5 (2.618%) WebDriver
6 4 (2.094%) JIRA
7 2 (1.047%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (1.047%) SilkTest
7 2 (1.047%) Rational Robot
8 1 (0.524%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.524%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.524%) TestPartner
8 1 (0.524%) QADirector
8 1 (0.524%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.524%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.524%) Sahi
General
1 7 (3.665%) Finance
2 6 (3.141%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (2.618%) Law
4 3 (1.571%) Automotive
5 2 (1.047%) Legal
6 1 (0.524%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.524%) Retail
6 1 (0.524%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.66%) Computer Science
2 12 (6.283%) Chemistry
2 12 (6.283%) Life Science
2 12 (6.283%) IVR
3 9 (4.712%) Mathematics
4 6 (3.141%) Biotechnology
5 5 (2.618%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.618%) SaaS
6 4 (2.094%) Mobile Payment
7 2 (1.047%) Inversion of Control
7 2 (1.047%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.524%) W3C
8 1 (0.524%) Physics
8 1 (0.524%) Social Network
8 1 (0.524%) Open Source
8 1 (0.524%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.524%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (19.90%) Windows
2 28 (14.66%) Linux
3 13 (6.806%) UNIX
3 13 (6.806%) Solaris
4 11 (5.759%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.141%) Mac OS X
6 4 (2.094%) SUSE
6 4 (2.094%) Debian
6 4 (2.094%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.094%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.571%) LynxOS
8 1 (0.524%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (40.84%) Software Testing
2 51 (26.70%) Manual Testing
3 48 (25.13%) Agile Software Development
3 48 (25.13%) Automated Testing
4 40 (20.94%) Test Scripting
5 39 (20.42%) Regression Testing
6 32 (16.75%) Scrum
7 30 (15.71%) Web Testing
7 30 (15.71%) Performance Testing
8 26 (13.61%) User Acceptance Testing
9 23 (12.04%) Test Automation
10 22 (11.52%) TDD
11 20 (10.47%) Software Engineering
12 17 (8.901%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (8.377%) BDD
13 16 (8.377%) ATDD
14 9 (4.712%) V-Model
15 7 (3.665%) Waterfall
16 6 (3.141%) Release Management
16 6 (3.141%) Bioinformatics
Programming Languages
1 67 (35.08%) SQL
2 39 (20.42%) C++
3 30 (15.71%) JavaScript
4 26 (13.61%) Java
5 16 (8.377%) C#
6 13 (6.806%) VB.NET
7 10 (5.236%) C
8 9 (4.712%) Python
9 7 (3.665%) Delphi
9 7 (3.665%) Perl
10 6 (3.141%) PL/SQL
11 5 (2.618%) PHP
12 3 (1.571%) Embedded C++
12 3 (1.571%) VB
13 2 (1.047%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.524%) VC++
14 1 (0.524%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.524%) Tcl
14 1 (0.524%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 72 (37.70%) ISEB
2 53 (27.75%) Degree
3 21 (10.99%) ISTQB
4 12 (6.283%) PhD
5 4 (2.094%) HND
6 3 (1.571%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.524%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.524%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (38.22%) QA
2 6 (3.141%) GLP
3 4 (2.094%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.524%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.524%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (3.665%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.094%) VirtualBox
2 4 (2.094%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.571%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (5.236%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.524%) WebInspect
2 1 (0.524%) AppDetective
Vendors
1 44 (23.04%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.948%) Oracle
3 7 (3.665%) VMware
4 4 (2.094%) QNX
4 4 (2.094%) Red Hat
4 4 (2.094%) HP
5 3 (1.571%) IBM
6 1 (0.524%) Telerik
6 1 (0.524%) Twitter
Software Tester
Winchester, Hampshire
Do you have good skills in Manual Software Testing?... In this role you will: Ensure high quality and accuracy is maintained through to software release Prepare a test...
Connectus
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Software Tester - Black / White Box
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Tester / Software Tester / QA Analyst ( Black & White Box, ISEB ) needed... You will be required to create testing strategies, reports test scripts and test plans... As the QA Analyst,...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Software Tester
Dorking, Surrey
You'll have a minimum of 3 years of software testing, with the ability demonstrate understanding of software design techniques. Experience with Agile (Scrum) methodologies using these to...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Software Tester - Winchester - £25,000 - £30,000
Winchester, Hampshire
Your main testing experience will be within manual testing but any experience in automated testing would also be beneficial. The majority of the software will be written in...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Graduate Software Tester
Hampshire
The Graduate Test Engineer will: *Develop test plans, procedures and schedules in support of systems *Translate system and/or subsystem requirements into test procedures *Coordinate system and/or...
LA International
Salary: £18000 - £26000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Web Tester / Software Tester / HTML / JavaScript / XML / SQL
Crawley, West Sussex
Ideally, the Web Tester will come from an extensive web testing background with knowledge of UAT, Regressing Testing and Performance Testing... Responsibilities include: The Web Tester will be...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 25 May 2013
Software Tester/Systems Tester - GUI Linux Solaris C++ - Surrey - NEW
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
Desktop Software Testing. on Windows with some Solaris 10, RHEL-5 UNIX Linux and Windows-7 basic administrative experience... Programming skills with Python, Perl and XML are desirable.
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £24,000 to £28,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Tester - Urgent - SQL
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Software Tester - Milton Keynes, Luton, Bedford - SQL Server, Windows 2008, IIS, LAN, WAN, T-SQL - £25,000 - £35,000 - Urgent. A SQL Server, Windows 2008, IIS, LAN, WAN,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Software Support Test Analyst - Agile Scrum Support Tester
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
This will be achieved by identifying requirements, writing functional specifications, communicating with the developers, assisting with project management, testing features and assisting with the release management. Working in...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Junior Software Tester / Support Assistant
Dartford, South East
A successful web design/development agency based in Dartford, Kent is looking to recruit a Junior Software Tester / Support Assistant. They are expanding their web development team and...
Salary: £20000 - £24000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
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