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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 91 69 62
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 4 32 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.321% 2.812% 2.305%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.327% 2.891% 2.434%
Number of salaries quoted 3 23 19
Average salary £31,250 £31,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.79% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1222 1107 986
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 98.07% 97.28% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1106 974 905
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -2.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
UK

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 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 -24 4 £31,250 -2.34%
Tester
UK

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 9 (69.23%) Web Services
2 8 (61.54%) SOAP
3 7 (53.85%) Windows
3 7 (53.85%) Selenium
4 6 (46.15%) Test Scripting
4 6 (46.15%) Automated Testing
4 6 (46.15%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (46.15%) ISEB
5 5 (38.46%) XML
5 5 (38.46%) Waterfall
6 4 (30.77%) ISTQB
6 4 (30.77%) WebDriver
6 4 (30.77%) VME
6 4 (30.77%) soapUI
6 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (30.77%) Mainframe
6 4 (30.77%) Scrum
7 3 (23.08%) 2G
7 3 (23.08%) MS Office
7 3 (23.08%) SQL
7 3 (23.08%) 3G
7 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
7 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 3 (23.08%) 4G
7 3 (23.08%) REST
7 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
7 3 (23.08%) iPad
7 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
7 3 (23.08%) JIRA
7 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 9 (69.23%) Web Services
2 8 (61.54%) SOAP
3 5 (38.46%) XML
4 4 (30.77%) soapUI
5 3 (23.08%) REST
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) 3G
1 3 (23.08%) 2G
1 3 (23.08%) 4G
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Selenium
2 4 (30.77%) WebDriver
3 3 (23.08%) JIRA
4 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (7.692%) CruiseControl
5 1 (7.692%) Maven
5 1 (7.692%) Ant
5 1 (7.692%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Mainframe
2 3 (23.08%) iPhone
2 3 (23.08%) iPad
2 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
2 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
3 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) VME
3 3 (23.08%) Android
3 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Automated Testing
1 6 (46.15%) Test Scripting
2 5 (38.46%) Waterfall
3 4 (30.77%) Scrum
3 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.692%) SOA
5 1 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
5 1 (7.692%) TDD
5 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Unit Testing
5 1 (7.692%) BDD
5 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) VBScript
2 2 (15.38%) VB
3 1 (7.692%) Groovy
3 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) ISEB
2 4 (30.77%) ISTQB
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft