The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems 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
System Tester
Rank 409 431 399
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Tester 24 8 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.108% 0.034% 0.109%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.114% 0.035% 0.115%
Number of salaries quoted 23 8 23
Average salary £30,500 £20,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+52.50% -42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £28,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -18.84%
All Job Titles
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%
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Systems Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Salary Trend

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

South East Systems Tester Salary Trend

Systems Tester
Salary Histogram

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

South East Systems Tester Salary Histogram

Systems Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems 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
West Sussex -2 13 £30,500 +69.44%
Surrey +13 9 £26,000 +8.33%
Hampshire -4 1 £21,500 +19.44%
Berkshire - 1 - -
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title.

1 23 (46.00%) Linux
2 20 (40.00%) UNIX
2 20 (40.00%) Windows
3 17 (34.00%) TCP/IP
3 17 (34.00%) ISEB
4 16 (32.00%) Java
4 16 (32.00%) Perl
4 16 (32.00%) Automated Testing
4 16 (32.00%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (30.00%) Management Information System
6 14 (28.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (28.00%) Performance Testing
6 14 (28.00%) Automation Testing
7 13 (26.00%) Security Testing
7 13 (26.00%) QA
7 13 (26.00%) CISM
7 13 (26.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 13 (26.00%) CEH
7 13 (26.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 13 (26.00%) Penetration Testing
7 13 (26.00%) PHP
7 13 (26.00%) VB
7 13 (26.00%) CISSP
7 13 (26.00%) Internet
8 12 (24.00%) TDD
9 11 (22.00%) Test Scripting
9 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
9 11 (22.00%) Legal
9 11 (22.00%) Business Continuity
9 11 (22.00%) Disaster Recovery

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (18.00%) HTML
2 7 (14.00%) CSS
3 5 (10.00%) XML
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) MS Office
2 3 (6.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (34.00%) TCP/IP
2 13 (26.00%) Internet
3 4 (8.000%) IPv6
3 4 (8.000%) VLAN
3 4 (8.000%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.000%) TestDirector
2 1 (2.000%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 11 (22.00%) Legal
2 1 (2.000%) Finance
2 1 (2.000%) Marketing
2 1 (2.000%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) AS400
3 4 (8.000%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 3 (6.000%) iSeries
4 3 (6.000%) Mathematics
4 3 (6.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (46.00%) Linux
2 20 (40.00%) UNIX
2 20 (40.00%) Windows
3 3 (6.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (6.000%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.00%) Automated Testing
1 16 (32.00%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (28.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 14 (28.00%) Performance Testing
2 14 (28.00%) Automation Testing
3 13 (26.00%) Security Testing
3 13 (26.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 13 (26.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 13 (26.00%) Penetration Testing
4 12 (24.00%) TDD
5 11 (22.00%) Test Scripting
5 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
5 11 (22.00%) Business Continuity
5 11 (22.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (10.00%) System Testing
6 5 (10.00%) Software Testing
7 4 (8.000%) Product Management
8 3 (6.000%) Test Automation
9 2 (4.000%) ETL
9 2 (4.000%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) Java
1 16 (32.00%) Perl
2 13 (26.00%) PHP
2 13 (26.00%) VB
3 7 (14.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.000%) SQL
5 3 (6.000%) C
5 3 (6.000%) C++
5 3 (6.000%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) ISEB
2 13 (26.00%) CISM
2 13 (26.00%) CEH
2 13 (26.00%) CISSP
3 9 (18.00%) Degree
4 5 (10.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.000%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (8.000%) Legato
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) HP
2 4 (8.000%) Veritas
2 4 (8.000%) Hitachi
3 2 (4.000%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.000%) Informatica
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