The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 87 92 77
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 8 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.642% 0.791% 0.865%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.932% 1.135% 1.189%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 9
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,700 £30,800 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £35,000 £31,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
858 793 757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 68.86% 69.68% 72.72%
Number of salaries quoted 762 710 706
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,200 £52,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

Wales Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales 0 7 £28,750 -11.53%
Mid Wales - 1 £44,000 -
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing.

1 7 (70.00%) ISEB
2 6 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 5 (50.00%) QA
3 5 (50.00%) Selenium
4 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
5 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
5 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (20.00%) WebDriver
6 2 (20.00%) Performance Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Load Testing
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (20.00%) MS Office
6 2 (20.00%) C#
6 2 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (20.00%) XML
6 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
7 1 (10.00%) C
7 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
7 1 (10.00%) TDD
7 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
7 1 (10.00%) Handset
7 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
7 1 (10.00%) SOA
7 1 (10.00%) Windows

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) soapUI
2 1 (10.00%) REST
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
2 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
2 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (20.00%) WebDriver
4 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Analyst
2 7 (70.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) QA Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) QA Tester
4 1 (10.00%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) Handset
1 1 (10.00%) iPhone
1 1 (10.00%) Open Source
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Automated Testing
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Load Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
4 1 (10.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Web Testing
4 1 (10.00%) System Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (10.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ISEB
2 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle