The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Tester
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Tester 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £38,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-12.25% +19.23%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
816 914 593
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 97.72% 97.75% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 744 857 537
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,800 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Tester
Hampshire

Technical Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton Technical Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Tester
Salary Trend

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

Southampton Technical Tester Salary Trend

Technical Tester
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region that cited Technical 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 Technical Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (100.00%) Bash shell

Technical Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region that cited Technical 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 Technical Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) HP