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This section looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the St Helens region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank11-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.632 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£35,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,000-
UK excluding London average salary£32,018£32,125
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
St Helens IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
St Helens
Matching permanent IT job ads3829
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted3728
Average minimum salary£21,551£28,019
Average salary£23,696£31,417
% change on same period last year-24.57 %
Average maximum salary£25,841£34,816
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Tester MerseysideTester
Merseyside

Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the St Helens region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

St Helens Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the St Helens region.

St Helens Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the St Helens 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.

14 (100.00 %)SQL
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)Windows
14 (100.00 %)Citrix
23 (75.00 %)Software Testing
23 (75.00 %)Degree
23 (75.00 %)Terminal Server
23 (75.00 %)Perl
23 (75.00 %)VB
23 (75.00 %)Performance Testing
32 (50.00 %)C#
41 (25.00 %)C++
41 (25.00 %)VBScript
41 (25.00 %)ISEB
41 (25.00 %)QA

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the St Helens 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.

St Helens IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
St Helens IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
St Helens IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Software Testing
13 (75.00 %)Performance Testing
St Helens IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)Perl
23 (75.00 %)VB
32 (50.00 %)C#
41 (25.00 %)C++
41 (25.00 %)VBScript
St Helens IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)Degree
21 (25.00 %)ISEB
St Helens IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)QA
St Helens IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)Terminal Server
St Helens IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Citrix