The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills 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 Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 150 155 143
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -12
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 24 16 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.660% 0.502% 0.367%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.842% 0.648% 0.515%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 11
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £20,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £33,150 £34,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2849 2468 2136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 78.36% 77.44% 71.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2212 2027 1787
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Yorkshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing 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 -10 17 £27,500 +12.24%
Pudsey - 2 £28,750 -
Wakefield - 2 £23,750 -
Bradford - 1 £27,500 -
Manual Testing
Yorkshire

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 16 (48.48%) ISEB
2 14 (42.42%) .NET
2 14 (42.42%) QA
3 13 (39.39%) Selenium
4 12 (36.36%) Test Scripting
4 12 (36.36%) SQL
5 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
5 10 (30.30%) Software Testing
6 9 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (24.24%) MVC
8 7 (21.21%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (21.21%) Java
8 7 (21.21%) MySQL
8 7 (21.21%) Windows
8 7 (21.21%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (21.21%) WebDriver
9 6 (18.18%) Tomcat
10 5 (15.15%) Regression Testing
10 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
10 5 (15.15%) E-Commerce
10 5 (15.15%) Linux
10 5 (15.15%) Automation Testing
10 5 (15.15%) Web Testing
10 5 (15.15%) Automated Testing
11 4 (12.12%) Test Management
11 4 (12.12%) UNIX
11 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
12 3 (9.091%) Perl
12 3 (9.091%) Oracle
12 3 (9.091%) SQL Server

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 14 (42.42%) .NET
2 3 (9.091%) CSS
2 3 (9.091%) JDBC
2 3 (9.091%) SOAP
2 3 (9.091%) LAMP
2 3 (9.091%) Hibernate
2 3 (9.091%) JPA
2 3 (9.091%) jQuery
3 1 (3.030%) HTML
3 1 (3.030%) J2EE
3 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.030%) Web Services
3 1 (3.030%) XML
3 1 (3.030%) Flash
3 1 (3.030%) Apache Flex
3 1 (3.030%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.18%) Tomcat
2 3 (9.091%) WebLogic
2 3 (9.091%) Apache
3 2 (6.061%) CMS
4 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) MySQL
2 3 (9.091%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.061%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (39.39%) Selenium
2 7 (21.21%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (21.21%) WebDriver
3 3 (9.091%) Ant
3 3 (9.091%) Visual Studio
3 3 (9.091%) Eclipse
3 3 (9.091%) Visual Studio Team System
3 3 (9.091%) Maven
4 1 (3.030%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (3.030%) Flex Builder
General
1 2 (6.061%) Retail
2 1 (3.030%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Analyst
1 19 (57.58%) Test Analyst
2 10 (30.30%) Tester
3 6 (18.18%) Software Tester
4 3 (9.091%) Developer
4 3 (9.091%) Applications Support
4 3 (9.091%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Automated Test Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Software Test Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.030%) J2EE Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Senior Tester
6 1 (3.030%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Manual Tester
6 1 (3.030%) Test Team Leader
6 1 (3.030%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) UNIX
4 3 (9.091%) SUSE
4 3 (9.091%) openSUSE
4 3 (9.091%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Test Scripting
2 10 (30.30%) Software Testing
3 9 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (24.24%) MVC
5 7 (21.21%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (15.15%) Regression Testing
6 5 (15.15%) E-Commerce
6 5 (15.15%) Automation Testing
6 5 (15.15%) Web Testing
6 5 (15.15%) Automated Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Test Management
8 3 (9.091%) Migration
8 3 (9.091%) Stress Testing
8 3 (9.091%) Information Management
8 3 (9.091%) Problem Management
8 3 (9.091%) Agile Testing
9 2 (6.061%) V-Model
9 2 (6.061%) Test Automation
9 2 (6.061%) System Testing
9 2 (6.061%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) SQL
2 7 (21.21%) Java
3 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
4 3 (9.091%) Perl
4 3 (9.091%) Ruby
5 2 (6.061%) C#
6 1 (3.030%) PHP
6 1 (3.030%) VB
6 1 (3.030%) ActionScript
6 1 (3.030%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) ISEB
2 3 (9.091%) ISTQB
2 3 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (42.42%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.091%) Nagios
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.091%) Oracle
2 3 (9.091%) JBoss
2 3 (9.091%) Remedy
3 1 (3.030%) Adobe
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They need someone to implement and maintain Automated Test systems, so you need excellent skills in maintaining, designing and building these systems. This role will involve working on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
I am recruiting for a number of Senior and Principal Software Testers to join a leading blue chip organisation based in West YorkshireKey Skills:-Automation and/or Manual...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 4 May 2013