The first table below looks at the demand for the Web Tester role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web 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
Web Tester
Rank 777 790 732
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Tester 85 109 149
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.079% 0.090% 0.120%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.095% 0.127%
Number of salaries quoted 77 100 142
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,600 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £57,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £26,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+15.09% -18.46%
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%

Web Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Web Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Web Tester
Salary Trend

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

Web Tester Salary Trend

Web Tester
Salary Histogram

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

Web Tester Salary Histogram

Web 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 Web 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 +6 84 £32,500 -7.14%
South East +32 37 £28,000 -13.84%
London +12 22 £32,500 -27.77%
West Sussex - 15 £28,000 -
Crawley - 15 £28,000 -
East Sussex +12 13 £34,000 +0.74%
Brighton +7 12 £34,000 +0.74%
East of England +9 8 £37,500 -6.25%
Hertfordshire +15 7 £37,500 -6.25%
Yorkshire +4 6 £35,000 +40.00%
West Yorkshire +2 6 £35,000 +40.00%
North West -7 6 £22,500 -11.76%
Cheshire +8 5 £22,500 -3.22%
Leeds -10 5 £40,000 +60.00%
Berkshire - 4 £37,500 -
Welwyn Garden City - 4 £36,250 -
Northwich +4 3 £22,500 -3.22%
West Midlands -19 3 £47,500 +48.43%
Surrey +8 2 £31,750 -20.62%
City of London -5 2 £32,500 -23.52%
Buckinghamshire -7 2 £25,250 -22.30%
Crewe - 2 £35,000 -
Staffordshire - 2 £50,000 -
South West -2 1 £38,000 +21.60%
East Midlands -3 1 £65,000 +182.60%
Somerset -3 1 £38,000 +16.92%
Nottinghamshire -5 1 £65,000 +182.60%
Bath -6 1 £38,000 +16.92%
Nottingham -6 1 £65,000 +182.60%
Milton Keynes -16 1 £26,500 -18.46%

Web Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Web 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 Web Tester in their job title.

1 96 (51.34%) QA
2 87 (46.52%) Selenium
3 85 (45.45%) Web Testing
4 66 (35.29%) SQL
5 62 (33.16%) QuickTest Pro
6 61 (32.62%) Regression Testing
7 55 (29.41%) Automated Testing
8 50 (26.74%) ISEB
9 49 (26.20%) Test Scripting
10 47 (25.13%) Cucumber
11 46 (24.60%) JavaScript
11 46 (24.60%) HTML
12 39 (20.86%) XML
13 38 (20.32%) User Acceptance Testing
14 37 (19.79%) Test Management
15 36 (19.25%) Test Automation
15 36 (19.25%) Agile Software Development
16 35 (18.72%) E-Commerce
16 35 (18.72%) HP Quality Center
17 33 (17.65%) Performance Testing
18 31 (16.58%) .NET
19 28 (14.97%) Scrum
20 25 (13.37%) JIRA
21 24 (12.83%) WebDriver
22 23 (12.30%) Manual Testing
22 23 (12.30%) Java
23 22 (11.76%) Logistics
24 21 (11.23%) Degree
24 21 (11.23%) Publishing
25 17 (9.091%) Microsoft

Web Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Web 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 Web Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (24.60%) HTML
2 39 (20.86%) XML
3 31 (16.58%) .NET
4 14 (7.487%) CSS
4 14 (7.487%) Web Services
5 11 (5.882%) ASP.NET
6 10 (5.348%) SOAP
7 5 (2.674%) J2EE
8 4 (2.139%) DOM
9 2 (1.070%) ASP
9 2 (1.070%) WPF
9 2 (1.070%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.070%) HTML5
10 1 (0.535%) CSS3
10 1 (0.535%) JSON
10 1 (0.535%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.535%) Ajax
10 1 (0.535%) jQuery
10 1 (0.535%) Silverlight
10 1 (0.535%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.209%) CMS
2 3 (1.604%) Apache
3 1 (0.535%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.139%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.070%) DMZ
1 2 (1.070%) ADSL
2 1 (0.535%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.674%) MySQL
1 5 (2.674%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.139%) TOAD
3 2 (1.070%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.070%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 87 (46.52%) Selenium
2 62 (33.16%) QuickTest Pro
3 47 (25.13%) Cucumber
4 25 (13.37%) JIRA
5 24 (12.83%) WebDriver
6 11 (5.882%) Visual Studio
7 10 (5.348%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (3.743%) Jenkins
8 7 (3.743%) WinRunner
9 5 (2.674%) Git (software)
10 4 (2.139%) LabVIEW
10 4 (2.139%) Subversion
10 4 (2.139%) Firebug
10 4 (2.139%) Fiddler
10 4 (2.139%) PHPUnit
11 3 (1.604%) TestDirector
12 2 (1.070%) FitNesse
12 2 (1.070%) Hudson
12 2 (1.070%) JSUnit
13 1 (0.535%) Behat
General
1 21 (11.23%) Publishing
2 15 (8.021%) Finance
3 8 (4.278%) Retail
4 6 (3.209%) Marketing
5 3 (1.604%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.743%) Social Media
2 6 (3.209%) Open Source
3 4 (2.139%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.604%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.604%) Mathematics
4 3 (1.604%) STB
4 3 (1.604%) Interactive TV
4 3 (1.604%) DTV
5 2 (1.070%) Smartcard
5 2 (1.070%) EFT
5 2 (1.070%) EFTPOS
5 2 (1.070%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.070%) Social Network
5 2 (1.070%) Online Games
6 1 (0.535%) FMCG
6 1 (0.535%) iPhone
6 1 (0.535%) iPad
6 1 (0.535%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.535%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.882%) Windows
1 11 (5.882%) Linux
2 7 (3.743%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.209%) Android
4 2 (1.070%) UNIX
5 1 (0.535%) openSUSE
5 1 (0.535%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.535%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (45.45%) Web Testing
2 61 (32.62%) Regression Testing
3 55 (29.41%) Automated Testing
4 49 (26.20%) Test Scripting
5 38 (20.32%) User Acceptance Testing
6 37 (19.79%) Test Management
7 36 (19.25%) Test Automation
7 36 (19.25%) Agile Software Development
8 35 (18.72%) E-Commerce
9 33 (17.65%) Performance Testing
10 28 (14.97%) Scrum
11 23 (12.30%) Manual Testing
12 22 (11.76%) Logistics
13 14 (7.487%) Test Strategy
14 13 (6.952%) Agile Testing
15 12 (6.417%) TDD
16 10 (5.348%) BDD
17 9 (4.813%) Automation Testing
17 9 (4.813%) Software Testing
18 8 (4.278%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 66 (35.29%) SQL
2 46 (24.60%) JavaScript
3 23 (12.30%) Java
4 17 (9.091%) C#
5 11 (5.882%) Ruby
5 11 (5.882%) VB.NET
6 6 (3.209%) PHP
6 6 (3.209%) VB
7 5 (2.674%) Python
8 4 (2.139%) VB6
9 2 (1.070%) C
10 1 (0.535%) Perl
Qualifications
1 50 (26.74%) ISEB
2 21 (11.23%) Degree
3 14 (7.487%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (51.34%) QA
2 2 (1.070%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.535%) WAI
Systems Management
1 35 (18.72%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.535%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.021%) HP
3 5 (2.674%) Oracle
4 1 (0.535%) hybris
4 1 (0.535%) Twitter
4 1 (0.535%) Qualys
4 1 (0.535%) Sybase
4 1 (0.535%) ATG
Cheshire
Testing, Tester, Test Analyst, Software / Web Testing, Front-End Testing, QA Processes, Selenium, Automated testing, Javascript, HTML, CSS, QA Tester... The Ideal Web Tester /Front End Test Analyst...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
You will be responsible for; *Creating test strategies for functional and non-functional requirements *Working with BA's and developers to review project documentation *Defect tracking and management *...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + benefits & monthly bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Brighton, South East
Main duties will be:Work with the product team leads, technical leads and product managers to understandthe new functionality being developedCreate and execute manual and automated test plans,...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Monthly and yearly bonuses
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
Required Experience & Attributes: Web Testing experience... Strong knowledge, understanding and work history of manual testing... Understanding or experience of working in a TDD environment... Solid Academic track record...
Release Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
As a Manual/Web Tester (XML, web application, end to end) you will need to be able to have experience working in an agile environment with unit testing,...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013