The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 72 78 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.556% 0.210% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.713% 0.302% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £30,000 £35,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.49% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
561 662 585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 77.92% 69.54% 67.87%
Number of salaries quoted 480 536 475
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Yorkshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +8 4 £30,000 -15.49%
Manual Testing
Yorkshire

Manual Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 5 (100.00%) ISEB
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Selenium
3 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (60.00%) JIRA
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) MySQL
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) HTML
5 1 (20.00%) Retail
5 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Management
5 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Key skills for this role include; - Good manual testing experience - Good database knowledge - MYSQL/SQL - Good understanding of internet technologies and of the quality assurance industry - Working knowledge...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £30,000 p/a
Posted: 13 May 2013