The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 76 52 64
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 3 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.430% 2.513% 0.773%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.442% 2.541% 0.806%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 5
Average salary £27,500 £29,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
679 551 620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 97.42% 98.92% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 626 485 543
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
East of England

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Suffolk 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
Ipswich -9 2 £27,500 -5.17%
Tester
East of England

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 7 (77.78%) QA
2 5 (55.56%) ISEB
3 4 (44.44%) Selenium
3 4 (44.44%) Automated Testing
4 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) .NET
4 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
5 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 2 (22.22%) SpecFlow
5 2 (22.22%) Automation Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) HTML
5 2 (22.22%) Java
5 2 (22.22%) MS Office
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) OO
5 2 (22.22%) Client/Server
5 2 (22.22%) Replication
5 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Marketing
5 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
6 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 1 (11.11%) ISTQB

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) HTML
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) SNMP
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Selenium
2 2 (22.22%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (22.22%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
1 2 (22.22%) Client/Server
1 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Automated Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Automation Testing
3 2 (22.22%) OO
3 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) TDD
4 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ISEB
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft