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This section looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the Welwyn Garden City region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank32-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads40
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.260 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted30
Average minimum salary£40,000-
Average salary£42,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£45,000-
UK excluding London average salary£32,022£32,044
% change on same period last year-0.06 %
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Welwyn Garden City
Matching permanent IT job ads17772
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.030 %
Salaries quoted14961
Average minimum salary£38,083£32,332
Average salary£40,969£34,122
% change on same period last year+20.06 %
Average maximum salary£43,854£35,913
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Tester HertfordshireTester
Hertfordshire

Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the Welwyn Garden City region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Welwyn Garden City Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the Welwyn Garden City region.

Welwyn Garden City Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Welwyn Garden City region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Welwyn Garden City Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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.

14 (80.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %)EFT
23 (60.00 %)Test Scripting
32 (40.00 %)Banking
32 (40.00 %)Retail
32 (40.00 %)Software Testing
32 (40.00 %)ATM
32 (40.00 %)ISEB
32 (40.00 %)ISO8583
41 (20.00 %)Regression Testing
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)BASE24
41 (20.00 %)LoadRunner
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server
41 (20.00 %)MS Office
41 (20.00 %)WebServices
41 (20.00 %)Windows
41 (20.00 %)Degree
41 (20.00 %)QA
41 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (20.00 %)Load Testing
41 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
41 (20.00 %)Manual Testing
41 (20.00 %)C

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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.

Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)WebServices
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)BASE24
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)ATM
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)LoadRunner
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Banking
12 (40.00 %)Retail
21 (20.00 %)Finance
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (60.00 %)EFT
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Test Scripting
22 (40.00 %)Software Testing
31 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (20.00 %)Load Testing
31 (20.00 %)Regression Testing
31 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
31 (20.00 %)Manual Testing
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (20.00 %)C
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)ISEB
21 (20.00 %)Degree
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)ISO8583
21 (20.00 %)QA
Welwyn Garden City IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft