The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Wallingford 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 23 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 Wallingford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 5 10 14
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 7 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wallingford 26.92% 3.704% 2.632%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.43% 4.348% 2.632%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 1
Average salary £23,000 £17,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.29% -15.00%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Wallingford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
23 23 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wallingford 88.46% 85.19% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 23 38
Average salary £23,000 £30,432 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.42% +44.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £15,000 £20,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Oxfordshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wallingford 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 Wallingford region.

Wallingford Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wallingford 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) ISEB
1 12 (100.00%) Manual Testing
2 11 (91.67%) QA
3 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
3 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
4 5 (41.67%) Selenium
4 5 (41.67%) Drupal
4 5 (41.67%) WebDriver
4 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
4 5 (41.67%) MS Access
4 5 (41.67%) Java
4 5 (41.67%) SQL

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wallingford 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (41.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Selenium
1 5 (41.67%) WebDriver
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Manual Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Java
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (91.67%) QA