The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 74 72 68
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 10 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.138% 1.063% 1.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.143% 1.109% 1.102%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 5
Average salary £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
701 902 817
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 96.82% 95.86% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 608 743 672
Average salary £33,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

South Yorkshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +1 1 £25,000 -
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (40.00%) QA
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) Mingle
2 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (20.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Gherkin
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%) Mingle
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Twitter
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) HP
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Provide quality assurance leadership within the team... -Contribute to the continuous improvement process... -Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL... -Working knowledge of SQL... -Foundation ISEB qualification desirable.
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Their portfolio spans solutions for ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing... Tester Job Role To work as an integral member of the...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013