Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Staffordshire region.

 Software Tester
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank294266
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+24
Matching permanent IT job ads17129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire4.229 %2.367 %0.969 %
As % of the Job Titles category4.404 %2.434 %1.011 %
Salaries quoted1757
Average salary£32,000£22,000£24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.45 %-8.330 %
UK excluding London average salary£27,500£28,500£30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.500 %-5.000 %
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
386493890
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire96.02 %97.24 %95.80 %
Salaries quoted322333759
Average salary£35,000£31,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-3.070 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,750£22,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Tester West MidlandsSoftware Tester
West Midlands

Software Tester
Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire Software Tester Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Staffordshire Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Stoke-on-TrentUp+139£28,000+27.27 %
StaffordUp+52£32,000+10.34 %
Software Tester West MidlandsSoftware Tester
West Midlands

Software Tester
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

123 (82.14 %)Regression Testing
123 (82.14 %)Back Office
25 (17.86 %)VB
25 (17.86 %).NET
25 (17.86 %)VB6
25 (17.86 %)Penetration Testing
34 (14.29 %)Security Testing
34 (14.29 %)SQL
43 (10.71 %)Web Testing
43 (10.71 %)Test Scripting
43 (10.71 %)Software Testing
51 (3.571 %)VB.NET

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Staffordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (17.86 %).NET
Staffordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (82.14 %)Back Office
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (82.14 %)Regression Testing
25 (17.86 %)Penetration Testing
34 (14.29 %)Security Testing
43 (10.71 %)Web Testing
43 (10.71 %)Test Scripting
43 (10.71 %)Software Testing
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (17.86 %)VB
15 (17.86 %)VB6
24 (14.29 %)SQL
31 (3.571 %)VB.NET