The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 18 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 171 196 189
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -7
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 44 21 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.826% 0.374% 0.576%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.089% 0.497% 0.839%
Number of salaries quoted 31 20 34
Average salary £28,000 £32,000 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,450 £26,650
10% offered a salary of more than £38,200 £35,500 £42,550
UK excluding London average salary £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4042 4228 4290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.86% 75.30% 68.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3555 3616 3632
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bristol +10 28 £34,000 +22.52% 3
Gloucestershire +22 11 £28,000 -12.50%
Somerset -5 3 £38,000 +16.92% 1
Wiltshire +11 2 £26,250 -22.79% 3
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 47 (61.04%) QA
2 42 (54.55%) SQL
3 35 (45.45%) Test Scripting
4 34 (44.16%) Automated Testing
5 33 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
6 30 (38.96%) Agile Software Development
7 26 (33.77%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (32.47%) ETL
8 25 (32.47%) Scrum
9 22 (28.57%) Legal
10 21 (27.27%) Marketing
11 20 (25.97%) Project Management
12 19 (24.68%) Management Information System
13 18 (23.38%) Kimball Methodology
14 17 (22.08%) XML
14 17 (22.08%) VBScript
14 17 (22.08%) C#
15 16 (20.78%) Software Testing
16 14 (18.18%) Test Automation
17 13 (16.88%) Windows
18 11 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
19 10 (12.99%) ISEB
19 10 (12.99%) .NET
19 10 (12.99%) Finance
20 9 (11.69%) Oracle
20 9 (11.69%) VB
21 8 (10.39%) Java
21 8 (10.39%) Microsoft
21 8 (10.39%) PowerShell
21 8 (10.39%) Selenium

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 17 (22.08%) XML
2 10 (12.99%) .NET
3 4 (5.195%) XSD
3 4 (5.195%) XSLT
4 3 (3.896%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (3.896%) RESTful
4 3 (3.896%) Web Services
5 2 (2.597%) soapUI
5 2 (2.597%) Ajax
5 2 (2.597%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.597%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.597%) CSS
6 1 (1.299%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.896%) Magento
1 3 (3.896%) Shopify
Applications
1 6 (7.792%) MS Office
1 6 (7.792%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (33.77%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (7.792%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.896%) Hazelcast
4 1 (1.299%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.299%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.299%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
2 8 (10.39%) Selenium
3 5 (6.494%) WebDriver
3 5 (6.494%) Cucumber
4 4 (5.195%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (5.195%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.896%) FitNesse
5 3 (3.896%) NUnit
5 3 (3.896%) WATIR
6 1 (1.299%) GoogleTest
6 1 (1.299%) JIRA
6 1 (1.299%) CppUnit
6 1 (1.299%) JUnit
6 1 (1.299%) Bugzilla
General
1 22 (28.57%) Legal
2 21 (27.27%) Marketing
3 10 (12.99%) Finance
4 1 (1.299%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.299%) Games
Job Titles
1 28 (36.36%) QA Engineer
2 23 (29.87%) Senior QA Engineer
3 22 (28.57%) Tester
3 22 (28.57%) Analyst
4 18 (23.38%) Test Analyst
5 16 (20.78%) Test Engineer
6 15 (19.48%) Software Engineer
7 12 (15.58%) Software Tester
7 12 (15.58%) Software Test Engineer
8 6 (7.792%) Senior Tester
9 5 (6.494%) VB Developer
9 5 (6.494%) Developer
10 4 (5.195%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (5.195%) QA Tester
10 4 (5.195%) Senior Test Engineer
10 4 (5.195%) Systems Test Analyst
10 4 (5.195%) Quality Analyst
10 4 (5.195%) Automation Tester
11 3 (3.896%) Senior Software Test Engineer
11 3 (3.896%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.68%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.792%) N-Tier
3 5 (6.494%) Computer Science
4 3 (3.896%) SWIFT
5 1 (1.299%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.88%) Windows
2 5 (6.494%) UNIX
3 3 (3.896%) Linux
4 2 (2.597%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Test Scripting
2 34 (44.16%) Automated Testing
3 33 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 30 (38.96%) Agile Software Development
5 25 (32.47%) Scrum
5 25 (32.47%) ETL
6 20 (25.97%) Project Management
7 18 (23.38%) Kimball Methodology
8 16 (20.78%) Software Testing
9 14 (18.18%) Test Automation
10 7 (9.091%) OO
11 6 (7.792%) E-Commerce
11 6 (7.792%) System Testing
12 5 (6.494%) V-Model
12 5 (6.494%) Continuous Integration
12 5 (6.494%) Unit Testing
13 4 (5.195%) TDD
13 4 (5.195%) Analytics
13 4 (5.195%) OOP
14 3 (3.896%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 42 (54.55%) SQL
2 17 (22.08%) VBScript
2 17 (22.08%) C#
3 9 (11.69%) VB
4 8 (10.39%) Java
4 8 (10.39%) PowerShell
5 6 (7.792%) C++
6 4 (5.195%) JavaScript
6 4 (5.195%) VB.NET
6 4 (5.195%) VBA
7 2 (2.597%) Python
7 2 (2.597%) C
8 1 (1.299%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 10 (12.99%) ISEB
2 4 (5.195%) Degree
3 1 (1.299%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (61.04%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (6.494%) WMI
2 1 (1.299%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (11.69%) Oracle
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.494%) HP
4 3 (3.896%) Zend
5 2 (2.597%) Sun
Bristol, Avon
You will be tasked with managing the testing function (Systems and UAT) within a wider remit of the EMEA region... The environment utilises both manual and automated testing...
Candid8 Solutions
Salary: From £41,000 to £48,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits inc. Pension, H
Posted: 12 June 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. • Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Key Words: manual execution test cases test complex application component Writing amending functionality software specifications projects Detailed knowledge testing responsibilities processes Development Lifecycle written reports activities opportunities risks...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £30,000 Bonus: Up to 8% + VG Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Cucumber , Watir-Webdriver, Selenium or Robot Framework) A good grasp of relational databases... FitNesse) SQL knowledge... Some examples of this are Zend; connectors for eBay, Amazon, Magento and...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum £30,000 - £38,000 plus full benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
You will ensure the quality of our products by generating and executing product functionality tests, identifying and reporting issues as part of a cross-functional project team.Main...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £34,000 + Bonus: Up to 8% + VG benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £25000 to £40000 per annum - competitive
Posted: 12 June 2013
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