The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Tester
Rank 202 209 204
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Tester 8 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.152% 0.109% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.158% 0.114% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 1
Average salary £30,250 £31,503 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.97% -7.34%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £28,474 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+22.91% -15.00%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
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 £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Systems Tester Salary Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucestershire +10 3 - -
Wiltshire - 2 £33,000 -
Bristol - 2 £27,500 -
Dorset - 1 - -
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) UNIX
2 6 (54.55%) QA
2 6 (54.55%) Performance Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
3 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
3 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
4 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
4 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 3 (27.27%) Perl
5 3 (27.27%) ITIL
5 3 (27.27%) AIX
5 3 (27.27%) Solaris
5 3 (27.27%) Linux
5 3 (27.27%) Python
5 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
5 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
5 3 (27.27%) Altiris
5 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
5 3 (27.27%) Service Management
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) HP
5 3 (27.27%) ISEB
5 3 (27.27%) Citrix
5 3 (27.27%) Waterfall

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 2 (18.18%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
2 3 (27.27%) SilkPerformer
3 1 (9.091%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) N-Tier
2 1 (9.091%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) UNIX
3 3 (27.27%) AIX
3 3 (27.27%) Solaris
3 3 (27.27%) Linux
3 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
3 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Performance Testing
1 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
2 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Usability Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Load Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
3 3 (27.27%) V-Model
3 3 (27.27%) Software Deployment
3 3 (27.27%) Test Management
4 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Agile Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Automated Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Perl
2 3 (27.27%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) VBScript
4 1 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ISEB
1 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (9.091%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (18.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) HP
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
2 3 (27.27%) Borland
2 3 (27.27%) Altiris