The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent 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 21 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 34 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 1.351% - 1.613%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.379% - 1.676%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
Average salary £34,500 - £29,000
90% offered a salary of more than £34,100 - £28,200
10% offered a salary of more than £34,900 - £29,800
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
All Job Titles
Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
145 183 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 97.97% 98.39% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 132 150 124
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
Staffordshire

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Tester across the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

1 5 (100.00%) Web Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (60.00%) JIRA
3 2 (40.00%) Back Office
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Games
4 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Back Office
2 1 (20.00%) Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Web Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB