The first table below looks at the demand for the Manual Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Tester
Rank 173 168 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Tester 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.028% 0.094% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.097% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £23,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £28,750 £33,750
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -14.81%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3457 3099 2895
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.08% 97.24% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2758 2585 2426
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Manual Tester
Yorkshire

Manual Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Manual Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Tester
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Manual Tester Salary Trend

Manual Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leeds -15 1 £23,000 -34.28%
Manual Tester
Yorkshire

Manual Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Manual 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 Manual Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (66.67%) JMeter
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) J2EE
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Automation Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Finance

Manual Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Manual 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 Manual Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) J2EE
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (66.67%) JMeter
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA