The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Warwick region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Warwick region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 12 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwick 5.263% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.742% - -
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
Average salary £36,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
178 135 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwick 78.07% 78.49% 76.57%
Number of salaries quoted 159 123 125
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Warwickshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwick 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 Warwick region.

Warwick Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Warwick region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Warwick Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwick 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 21 (100.00%) SQL
1 21 (100.00%) QA
1 21 (100.00%) Selenium
2 18 (85.71%) Automated Testing
3 17 (80.95%) Finance
4 9 (42.86%) HTML
4 9 (42.86%) VB
4 9 (42.86%) Oracle
4 9 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 9 (42.86%) UNIX
4 9 (42.86%) Windows
4 9 (42.86%) Windows 2000
5 8 (38.10%) ISEB
5 8 (38.10%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (33.33%) Test Scripting
7 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (19.05%) ISTQB
7 4 (19.05%) Release Management
7 4 (19.05%) Regression Testing
7 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
7 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
8 3 (14.29%) Test Strategy
8 3 (14.29%) Agile Testing
8 3 (14.29%) Automation Testing

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwick 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 9 (42.86%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 17 (80.95%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Analyst
1 16 (76.19%) Test Analyst
2 12 (57.14%) Tester
3 9 (42.86%) Systems Analyst
3 9 (42.86%) Systems Test Analyst
4 8 (38.10%) Systems Tester
5 5 (23.81%) QA Tester
6 4 (19.05%) Test Coordinator
6 4 (19.05%) Coordinator
7 3 (14.29%) UAT Test Analyst
7 3 (14.29%) UAT Analyst
8 1 (4.762%) UAT Tester
8 1 (4.762%) UAT Test Manager
8 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
8 1 (4.762%) Systems Test Engineer
8 1 (4.762%) QA Engineer
8 1 (4.762%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (4.762%) Test Manager
8 1 (4.762%) UAT Manager
8 1 (4.762%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) UNIX
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
1 9 (42.86%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) Automated Testing
2 8 (38.10%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (19.05%) Release Management
4 4 (19.05%) Regression Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 3 (14.29%) Agile Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (42.86%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) ISEB
2 4 (19.05%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Oracle