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The table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the Stockport 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3832
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads316
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.132 %5.614 %
Salaries quoted311
Average minimum salary£18,667£27,091
Average salary£21,000£28,864
% change on same period last year-27.24 %
Average maximum salary£23,333£30,636
UK excluding London average salary£31,902£32,009
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
Stockport IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Stockport
Matching permanent IT job ads265285
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.147 %0.120 %
Salaries quoted231251
Average minimum salary£28,185£25,571
Average salary£31,663£29,093
% change on same period last year+8.83 %
Average maximum salary£35,141£32,616
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Tester ManchesterTester
Manchester

Tester
Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Stockport Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Stockport 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.

110 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
29 (60.00 %)QA
38 (53.33 %)Insurance
38 (53.33 %)Software Testing
47 (46.67 %)Regression Testing
56 (40.00 %)Internet
56 (40.00 %)Manual Testing
65 (33.33 %)Finance
74 (26.67 %)Project Management
74 (26.67 %)J2EE
74 (26.67 %)Compuware
74 (26.67 %)HP
74 (26.67 %)LoadRunner
83 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
83 (20.00 %)SQL
83 (20.00 %)VBScript
83 (20.00 %).NET
83 (20.00 %)System Testing
83 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
92 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
92 (13.33 %)SQL Server
92 (13.33 %)Windows
92 (13.33 %)ISEB
101 (6.667 %)Pensions
101 (6.667 %)VB6
101 (6.667 %)TestDirector
101 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
101 (6.667 %)Oracle
101 (6.667 %)C#
101 (6.667 %)VB

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (26.67 %)J2EE
23 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (20.00 %).NET
Stockport IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (40.00 %)Internet
Stockport IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)SQL Server
Stockport IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (26.67 %)LoadRunner
21 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (6.667 %)TestDirector
Stockport IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (53.33 %)Insurance
25 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (6.667 %)Pensions
Stockport IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)Windows
Stockport IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
28 (53.33 %)Software Testing
37 (46.67 %)Regression Testing
46 (40.00 %)Manual Testing
54 (26.67 %)Project Management
63 (20.00 %)System Testing
63 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
72 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
Stockport IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (20.00 %)SQL
13 (20.00 %)VBScript
21 (6.667 %)VB
21 (6.667 %)VB6
21 (6.667 %)C#
Stockport IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (13.33 %)ISEB
Stockport IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (60.00 %)QA
Stockport IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (26.67 %)Compuware
14 (26.67 %)HP
21 (6.667 %)Oracle