The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Street region. 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 17 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 Street region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Street 11.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Street
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7 41 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Street 77.78% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 38 26
Average salary £47,500 £33,950 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.91% -20.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £26,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Somerset

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Street Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Street Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Street 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.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Street 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA