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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 33 35 32
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 8 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwick 3.509% 1.744% 1.143%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.653% 1.923% 1.163%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 2
Average salary £37,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.50% +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Warwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
219 156 172
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwick 96.05% 90.70% 98.29%
Number of salaries quoted 199 145 160
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £28,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Warwickshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwick 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 Warwick region.

Warwick Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

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

Warwick Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwick 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 14 (87.50%) SQL
1 14 (87.50%) QA
2 12 (75.00%) Selenium
2 12 (75.00%) Manual Testing
3 11 (68.75%) Automated Testing
3 11 (68.75%) Finance
4 8 (50.00%) Oracle
4 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 8 (50.00%) UNIX
4 8 (50.00%) Windows
4 8 (50.00%) Windows 2000
4 8 (50.00%) VB
4 8 (50.00%) HTML
5 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
5 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
5 5 (31.25%) ISEB
6 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
6 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
6 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
6 3 (18.75%) Agile Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Automation Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (12.50%) .NET
8 1 (6.250%) Release Management
8 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwick 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 8 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (12.50%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (75.00%) Selenium
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) UNIX
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
1 8 (50.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 11 (68.75%) Automated Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
4 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) Agile Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Automation Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (6.250%) Release Management
5 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
1 5 (31.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (87.50%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Oracle