The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 186 190 179
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 26 24 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.493% 0.430% 0.657%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.513% 0.446% 0.691%
Number of salaries quoted 26 18 35
Average salary £30,250 £27,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £14,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £29,750 £34,600
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5065 5383 5931
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.07% 96.37% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4471 4670 5120
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 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
Gloucestershire +19 13 £28,500 +42.50%
Bristol -5 7 £34,000 +23.63% 1
Somerset -7 3 £38,000 +38.18%
Dorset -12 3 £27,500 +17.02%
Software Tester
England

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 23 (51.11%) SQL
2 21 (46.67%) Automated Testing
3 19 (42.22%) Software Testing
4 18 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 14 (31.11%) Linux
6 13 (28.89%) Windows
6 13 (28.89%) SQL Server
6 13 (28.89%) Manual Testing
7 12 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (22.22%) C
9 9 (20.00%) C++
9 9 (20.00%) Perl
9 9 (20.00%) MySQL
9 9 (20.00%) TCP/IP
9 9 (20.00%) VPN
9 9 (20.00%) RDBMS
9 9 (20.00%) Tcl
9 9 (20.00%) IGMP
9 9 (20.00%) Waterfall
9 9 (20.00%) Bash shell
10 7 (15.56%) QA
10 7 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (15.56%) C#
11 6 (13.33%) Degree
11 6 (13.33%) Finance
11 6 (13.33%) Test Scripting
12 5 (11.11%) Selenium
12 5 (11.11%) ISEB
13 4 (8.889%) E-Commerce
13 4 (8.889%) Web Services

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 4 (8.889%) Web Services
1 4 (8.889%) ActiveMQ
1 4 (8.889%) RESTful
2 3 (6.667%) XML
2 3 (6.667%) .NET
3 2 (4.444%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.222%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.889%) Magento
1 4 (8.889%) Shopify
2 1 (2.222%) Apache
2 1 (2.222%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.222%) MS Office
1 1 (2.222%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 9 (20.00%) VPN
1 9 (20.00%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.89%) SQL Server
2 9 (20.00%) MySQL
2 9 (20.00%) RDBMS
3 4 (8.889%) Hazelcast
4 3 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Selenium
2 4 (8.889%) FitNesse
2 4 (8.889%) WATIR
2 4 (8.889%) WebDriver
2 4 (8.889%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.222%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (13.33%) Finance
2 3 (6.667%) Banking
3 2 (4.444%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.667%) SWIFT
2 1 (2.222%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 14 (31.11%) Linux
2 13 (28.89%) Windows
3 4 (8.889%) UNIX
4 1 (2.222%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) Automated Testing
2 19 (42.22%) Software Testing
3 18 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 13 (28.89%) Manual Testing
5 12 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 7 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (13.33%) Test Scripting
9 4 (8.889%) E-Commerce
9 4 (8.889%) User Stories
10 3 (6.667%) V-Model
11 2 (4.444%) Scalability Testing
11 2 (4.444%) Test Strategy
12 1 (2.222%) Use Case
12 1 (2.222%) Release Management
12 1 (2.222%) System Testing
12 1 (2.222%) Time Management
12 1 (2.222%) Regression Testing
12 1 (2.222%) Data Security
12 1 (2.222%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 23 (51.11%) SQL
2 10 (22.22%) C
3 9 (20.00%) C++
3 9 (20.00%) Perl
3 9 (20.00%) Tcl
3 9 (20.00%) Bash shell
4 7 (15.56%) C#
5 2 (4.444%) VBScript
5 2 (4.444%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.222%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) ISEB
3 2 (4.444%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) QA
2 3 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (4.444%) WMI
Vendors
1 4 (8.889%) Zend
2 3 (6.667%) Oracle
3 1 (2.222%) Intergraph
3 1 (2.222%) Microsoft
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
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