The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 243 176 181
Rank change year-on-year
-67 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1222 1785 1698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 1.131% 1.479% 1.365%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.198% 1.560% 1.449%
Number of salaries quoted 1025 1570 1470
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Tester within the UK.

Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 30 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 UK 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
England -60 1159 £35,000 -
London -78 387 £42,500 -
South East -26 271 £30,500 -12.85%
East of England -30 117 £32,500 -
Yorkshire +15 115 £35,000 +16.66%
West Yorkshire +32 105 £35,000 +20.68%
City of London -45 95 £55,000 +29.41%
North West -34 83 £32,500 +8.33%
Leeds +11 74 £35,000 +11.11%
Surrey -14 70 £27,500 -47.61%
West Midlands -17 68 £35,000 +11.11%
South West -64 60 £34,000 +13.33%
West Sussex +19 51 £30,750 +2.50%
East Midlands -6 46 £33,250 +7.25%
Hertfordshire +18 45 £37,500 -
Hampshire -12 45 £27,500 -1.78%
Cambridgeshire -8 41 £32,500 -
Manchester -22 39 £30,000 +17.64%
Berkshire -65 32 £32,500 -7.14%
Cambridge -8 31 £32,000 -1.53%
Scotland -31 28 £44,000 +22.22%
Cheshire -37 28 £33,000 -5.71%
Crawley +17 27 £28,000 -8.19%
Oxfordshire -16 26 £30,000 -14.28%
Warwickshire +12 20 £37,000 -7.50%
Buckinghamshire -4 20 £32,250 -0.76%
Bristol -12 20 £35,000 -7.89%
North East +8 19 £27,500 -11.29%
Tyne and Wear +1 19 £27,500 -11.29%
Newcastle upon Tyne -3 19 £27,500 -11.29%

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 1152 (44.41%) QA
2 769 (29.65%) SQL
3 731 (28.18%) Selenium
4 617 (23.79%) ISEB
5 596 (22.98%) Java
6 585 (22.55%) Agile Software Development
7 579 (22.32%) Automated Testing
8 576 (22.21%) Test Scripting
9 559 (21.55%) Finance
10 533 (20.55%) Software Testing
11 502 (19.35%) Degree
12 460 (17.73%) Test Automation
13 436 (16.81%) .NET
14 396 (15.27%) C#
15 394 (15.19%) Windows
16 370 (14.26%) QuickTest Pro
17 345 (13.30%) Manual Testing
18 330 (12.72%) Scrum
19 324 (12.49%) ISTQB
20 304 (11.72%) Regression Testing
21 294 (11.33%) User Acceptance Testing
22 290 (11.18%) UNIX
23 262 (10.10%) Performance Testing
24 255 (9.830%) Microsoft
25 252 (9.715%) Linux
26 231 (8.905%) SQL Server
26 231 (8.905%) TDD
27 228 (8.790%) HP Quality Center
28 227 (8.751%) Oracle
29 226 (8.712%) Automation Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 436 (16.81%) .NET
2 205 (7.903%) XML
3 178 (6.862%) HTML
4 114 (4.395%) Web Services
5 88 (3.392%) ASP.NET
6 72 (2.776%) CSS
6 72 (2.776%) SOAP
7 56 (2.159%) J2EE
8 49 (1.889%) soapUI
9 40 (1.542%) .NET Framework
10 30 (1.157%) WebSphere
11 27 (1.041%) Gherkin
12 23 (0.887%) Spring
13 21 (0.810%) Hibernate
14 17 (0.655%) CGI
15 16 (0.617%) Flash
16 15 (0.578%) JSON
16 15 (0.578%) Middleware
17 14 (0.540%) Ruby on Rails
18 13 (0.501%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 48 (1.850%) IIS
2 34 (1.311%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.272%) Tomcat
4 25 (0.964%) CMS
5 20 (0.771%) Apache
6 14 (0.540%) WebSphere Application Server
7 13 (0.501%) WebLogic
8 11 (0.424%) Confluence
8 11 (0.424%) MS Exchange
9 9 (0.347%) SharePoint 2010
9 9 (0.347%) ActiveMQ
10 7 (0.270%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (0.231%) WebLogic Portal
11 6 (0.231%) Tuxedo
12 5 (0.193%) Drupal
12 5 (0.193%) BizTalk Server
13 4 (0.154%) MQSeries
13 4 (0.154%) TIBCO EMS
14 2 (0.077%) Exchange Server 2003
14 2 (0.077%) CICS
Applications
1 160 (6.168%) MS Excel
2 75 (2.891%) MS Office
3 18 (0.694%) MS Project
4 13 (0.501%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (0.270%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.193%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.039%) Mingle
7 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (0.347%) Temenos T24
2 8 (0.308%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.270%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.193%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.193%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.154%) VisionPLUS
6 2 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.077%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.077%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.077%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.077%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.077%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
7 1 (0.039%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.039%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.039%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.039%) LatentZero
7 1 (0.039%) Sentinel
7 1 (0.039%) Sophis RISQUE
7 1 (0.039%) Summit
7 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 103 (3.971%) Internet
2 82 (3.161%) HTTP
3 54 (2.082%) TCP/IP
3 54 (2.082%) Wireless
4 42 (1.619%) Firewall
5 30 (1.157%) VPN
6 21 (0.810%) Network Security
7 18 (0.694%) LAN
7 18 (0.694%) WAN
8 15 (0.578%) Ethernet
8 15 (0.578%) Broadband
9 14 (0.540%) HTTPS
10 12 (0.463%) IGMP
11 6 (0.231%) SMTP
12 5 (0.193%) VLAN
12 5 (0.193%) NAS
13 4 (0.154%) 2G
13 4 (0.154%) IPv6
13 4 (0.154%) 3G
13 4 (0.154%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (8.905%) SQL Server
2 93 (3.585%) MySQL
3 46 (1.773%) RDBMS
4 41 (1.581%) DB2
5 38 (1.465%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (0.848%) SQL Server 2008
7 21 (0.810%) Oracle Reports
8 16 (0.617%) Big Data
9 15 (0.578%) SQL Server 2005
10 13 (0.501%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.424%) Oracle 11g
12 10 (0.386%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.386%) MS Access
13 9 (0.347%) Cognos Powerplay
14 8 (0.308%) JasperReports
14 8 (0.308%) TOAD
14 8 (0.308%) OLTP
14 8 (0.308%) Oracle 8/8i
15 5 (0.193%) QlikView
15 5 (0.193%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 731 (28.18%) Selenium
2 370 (14.26%) QuickTest Pro
3 221 (8.520%) Cucumber
4 207 (7.980%) WebDriver
5 186 (7.170%) JIRA
6 154 (5.937%) LoadRunner
7 112 (4.318%) Visual Studio
8 105 (4.048%) Team Foundation Server
9 82 (3.161%) JUnit
10 77 (2.968%) FitNesse
11 60 (2.313%) JMeter
12 47 (1.812%) SpecFlow
13 46 (1.773%) Jenkins
14 38 (1.465%) Subversion
15 37 (1.426%) RSpec
16 34 (1.311%) NUnit
16 34 (1.311%) Git (software)
17 30 (1.157%) TestDirector
18 28 (1.079%) Rational Robot
19 27 (1.041%) WinRunner
General
1 559 (21.55%) Finance
2 128 (4.934%) Banking
3 96 (3.701%) Retail
4 82 (3.161%) Games
5 52 (2.005%) Publishing
6 49 (1.889%) Telecoms
7 48 (1.850%) Law
8 39 (1.503%) Investment Banking
8 39 (1.503%) Legal
9 25 (0.964%) Financial Institution
10 24 (0.925%) Marketing
11 20 (0.771%) Pharmaceutical
12 18 (0.694%) Electronics
13 13 (0.501%) Manufacturing
14 12 (0.463%) Advertising
15 11 (0.424%) Music
15 11 (0.424%) Back Office
16 9 (0.347%) Front Office
17 6 (0.231%) Music Industry
18 4 (0.154%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 197 (7.594%) Computer Science
2 94 (3.624%) Open Source
3 83 (3.200%) Mobile App
4 50 (1.928%) Mathematics
5 42 (1.619%) Management Information System
6 39 (1.503%) Derivative
7 36 (1.388%) iPhone
8 33 (1.272%) Client/Server
9 30 (1.157%) Smartcard
10 28 (1.079%) SaaS
11 25 (0.964%) Social Network
12 24 (0.925%) Mainframe
12 24 (0.925%) Biometrics
12 24 (0.925%) iPad
13 23 (0.887%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 21 (0.810%) Blog
14 21 (0.810%) Cloud Computing
14 21 (0.810%) Equities
15 19 (0.732%) CESG
16 18 (0.694%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 394 (15.19%) Windows
2 290 (11.18%) UNIX
3 252 (9.715%) Linux
4 85 (3.277%) Android
5 56 (2.159%) Apple iOS
6 40 (1.542%) Windows XP
7 38 (1.465%) Windows Server 2003
8 33 (1.272%) Solaris
9 32 (1.234%) Windows Server 2008
10 28 (1.079%) Windows Vista
11 20 (0.771%) AIX
12 19 (0.732%) Mac OS
12 19 (0.732%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 16 (0.617%) Mac OS X
14 13 (0.501%) Windows 2000
15 12 (0.463%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.386%) Windows 7
17 9 (0.347%) SUSE
18 7 (0.270%) Windows Phone
19 6 (0.231%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (22.55%) Agile Software Development
2 579 (22.32%) Automated Testing
3 576 (22.21%) Test Scripting
4 533 (20.55%) Software Testing
5 460 (17.73%) Test Automation
6 345 (13.30%) Manual Testing
7 330 (12.72%) Scrum
8 304 (11.72%) Regression Testing
9 294 (11.33%) User Acceptance Testing
10 262 (10.10%) Performance Testing
11 231 (8.905%) TDD
12 226 (8.712%) Automation Testing
13 217 (8.365%) E-Commerce
14 201 (7.749%) Web Testing
15 172 (6.631%) BDD
16 155 (5.975%) Penetration Testing
17 147 (5.667%) Test Management
18 127 (4.896%) Test Strategy
19 125 (4.819%) System Testing
20 118 (4.549%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 769 (29.65%) SQL
2 596 (22.98%) Java
3 396 (15.27%) C#
4 198 (7.633%) JavaScript
5 174 (6.708%) Python
6 157 (6.052%) C++
7 156 (6.014%) Ruby
8 143 (5.513%) Perl
9 105 (4.048%) VB
10 103 (3.971%) C
11 85 (3.277%) PHP
12 65 (2.506%) PL/SQL
13 58 (2.236%) Shell Script
14 56 (2.159%) VB.NET
15 52 (2.005%) VBScript
16 39 (1.503%) Bash shell
16 39 (1.503%) VBA
17 24 (0.925%) PowerShell
18 17 (0.655%) Lua
19 16 (0.617%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 617 (23.79%) ISEB
2 502 (19.35%) Degree
3 324 (12.49%) ISTQB
4 82 (3.161%) Security Cleared
5 50 (1.928%) CISSP
6 45 (1.735%) CEH
7 37 (1.426%) SC Cleared
8 32 (1.234%) CISM
9 22 (0.848%) CISA
10 18 (0.694%) GWAPT
10 18 (0.694%) GPEN
10 18 (0.694%) DV Cleared
11 17 (0.655%) OSCP
11 17 (0.655%) OSCE
11 17 (0.655%) GCIH
12 15 (0.578%) HND
13 12 (0.463%) PhD
14 11 (0.424%) HNC
15 5 (0.193%) Postgraduate
16 4 (0.154%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1152 (44.41%) QA
2 18 (0.694%) HIPAA
3 13 (0.501%) PCI DSS
4 11 (0.424%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.231%) GLP
5 6 (0.231%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.193%) WAI
6 5 (0.193%) COBIT
7 3 (0.116%) ISO/IEC 17799
8 2 (0.077%) SLA
9 1 (0.039%) COSO
9 1 (0.039%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.039%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 17 (0.655%) VMware Infrastructure
1 17 (0.655%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.231%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.154%) NFS
3 4 (0.154%) VirtualBox
4 3 (0.116%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.039%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (0.039%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 228 (8.790%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (0.270%) Puppet
3 4 (0.154%) WMI
3 4 (0.154%) WebInspect
3 4 (0.154%) Legato
4 3 (0.116%) AppDetective
4 3 (0.116%) Nessus
5 2 (0.077%) CORE IMPACT
6 1 (0.039%) SCCM
6 1 (0.039%) SCOM
6 1 (0.039%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.039%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 255 (9.830%) Microsoft
2 227 (8.751%) Oracle
3 167 (6.438%) HP
4 34 (1.311%) IBM
5 29 (1.118%) Citrix
6 27 (1.041%) VMware
7 24 (0.925%) SAP
8 19 (0.732%) JBoss
9 15 (0.578%) Cognos
9 15 (0.578%) Informatica
10 13 (0.501%) Red Hat
11 12 (0.463%) Sun
11 12 (0.463%) hybris
12 11 (0.424%) RedPrairie
12 11 (0.424%) Symbian
13 8 (0.308%) Temenos
13 8 (0.308%) CODA
14 7 (0.270%) Facebook
14 7 (0.270%) Twitter
14 7 (0.270%) Progress
Bedfordshire
Ideally you will be ISEB qualified, have a proven record of delivery within testing and 2-5 years QA / testing experience with both manual and automated testing practices.
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Pension, Bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
We are looking for experienced Automation Testers to join our Testing practice to develop robust manual and automated test scripts on a variety of projects... Sogeti UK is...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent salary plus flexible benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Newport, Gwent
Manual execution of test scripts... Participates in QA Team and project meetings... ISEB foundation in software testing or similar accreditation desirable. Manual testing experience is essential with Automated...
Integrity IT Solutions
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
The position is for an experienced Test Analyst with a strong Testing background including a wide range of technical skills including Selenium, QTP, Java scripts, XML, SQL together...
Michael Rothstein
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Main Purpose Of The Software Tester Job: To conduct manual and automated functional testing on application software in system, integration and regression testing... Key Responsibilities: -Analysing the requirements...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £18,000 - £25,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
Position: IT Software TesterLocation: Stockport, CheshireSalary: £18,000 - £25,000Main Purpose Of The Job:To conduct manual and automated functional testing on application software in system, integration and...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP18,000 - GBP25,000
Posted: 15 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Tester / Software Tester / QA Analyst ( Black & White Box, ISEB ) needed... You will be required to create testing strategies, reports test scripts and test plans... As the QA Analyst,...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
New role for a 2 x Software Testers to join a leading IT Security Systems Integrator and Service Provider in West Yorkshire.Key skills:-Experience within software testing (...
Salary: £25000 per annum + benefits + structured career path
Posted: 4 May 2013
Belfast, Northern Ireland
RealTime are looking for all levels of testers to join an interesting consultancy firm in Belfast who work in the private and public sector. You will receive full...
Real Time Recruitment
Salary: £22,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
They are currently looking for a QA Tester with knowledge and understanding of testing, software testing, test scripts and the importance of detailed testing of products... The Skills...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £15000 - £18000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Tester - System - UAT - Unit - Regression - .NET - SQL. My London based client has an immediate requirement for a Systems Tester with experience working in a .NET and SQL environment...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
As a Senior QA Tester you will be helping to deliver sites that have a combined audience of close to 20 million people within a fast paced and...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Job Role: QA Tester / C# Test Automation EngineerLocation: London, Central LondonSalary: £30k to £35k + share optionsQA Tester / C# Test Automation Engineer (Junior / Graduate). Outstanding opportunity for a bright,...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £35k + share options
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
QA Tester / C# Test Automation Engineer (Junior / Graduate)... Working within a small team you will assist with developing and executing C# automated testing of their highly transactional web...
Client Server
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + share options
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chesterfield, East Midlands
Software Tester/ Test Analyst - Derbyshire, East Midlands - £30kTester, ISEB, Documentation, Technical Author, Test Script.This award winning and highly successful organisation are looking for a Software Tester/Web...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £29000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
Your main testing experience will be within manual testing but any experience in automated testing would also be beneficial. The majority of the software will be written in...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium, QTP, TestComplete) Experience of working within an Agile environment... Strong SQL knowledge and experience (Postgresql an advantage) Experience of Server OS (Linux, Windows Server, Suse and Ubuntu)...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1+ years recent experience of software testing - Recent experience of testing /developing applications based on Microsoft technologies... - Database experience using Microsoft SQL Server or other relational DB - TFS,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
E-Resourcing is recruiting for an experienced Tester to join our clients expanding development team.This is a green-field opportunity to create a new QA function to...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
Do you have good skills in Manual Software Testing?... In this role you will: Ensure high quality and accuracy is maintained through to software release Prepare a test...
Connectus
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Leading .com International Online Finance brand are rapidly expanding and seeking QA Testers. Looking for QA Testers asap for offices in Soho. Excellent packages on offer!! Here you...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + + Contract Opportunities
Posted: 20 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... N.B applicants must hold a British passport as they may be put through...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Software Tester / QA Analyst required by a global and cutting edge Business Intelligence solution provider. Excellent opportunity to gain experience of working with cutting edge BI solutions and...
Experis IT
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The two successful Agile Testers will be joining a highly proficient, successful and professional Scrum Team to work with the Product Owners, Developers and Scrum Masters on a...
Hudson
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + benefits & flexi
Posted: 22 May 2013