The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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 Warrington region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 50 55 34
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 11 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 0.563% 2.231% 2.768%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.601% 2.273% 3.053%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 8
Average salary £27,500 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% -14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Job Titles
Warrington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
333 484 262
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 93.80% 98.17% 90.66%
Number of salaries quoted 264 440 223
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
Cheshire

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Tester across the Warrington region.

Warrington Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
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