The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 64 62 59
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.511% 0.861% 0.681%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.680% 1.235% 1.008%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 4
Average salary £29,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.71% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
441 405 397
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 75.13% 69.71% 67.63%
Number of salaries quoted 382 348 317
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
West Midlands

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cannock -9 2 £29,500 -9.23%
Manual Testing
West Midlands

Manual Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) Market Research
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) WinForms
3 1 (25.00%) VBScript
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) XML

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Market Research
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Stafford, Staffordshire
Quality Assurance Engineer - Software tester - QA Analyst - ISEB... Experience across QA - functional testing, automation, manual testing. ISEB Foundation. Desirable: Experience with SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013