The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 80 106 111
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 106 62 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.918% 1.931% 1.355%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.067% 1.985% 1.403%
Number of salaries quoted 72 59 37
Average salary £35,000 £29,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.64% -1.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,550 £20,000 £21,200
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £39,550 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3456 3124 2922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.13% 97.32% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2762 2613 2443
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 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 76 £35,000 +11.11%
Bradford +11 3 £30,000 +44.57%
Wakefield -5 2 £23,750 +11.76%
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 96 (53.63%) QA
2 72 (40.22%) Selenium
3 58 (32.40%) Test Automation
4 51 (28.49%) Java
4 51 (28.49%) QuickTest Pro
5 46 (25.70%) Test Scripting
6 43 (24.02%) Automated Testing
7 42 (23.46%) Test Management
8 40 (22.35%) Agile Software Development
9 39 (21.79%) .NET
9 39 (21.79%) Cucumber
10 36 (20.11%) ISEB
11 31 (17.32%) User Acceptance Testing
12 25 (13.97%) Logistics
13 24 (13.41%) C#
13 24 (13.41%) Performance Testing
14 23 (12.85%) Penetration Testing
15 22 (12.29%) ISTQB
15 22 (12.29%) Finance
15 22 (12.29%) Security Testing
16 21 (11.73%) Degree
17 18 (10.06%) LoadRunner
18 17 (9.497%) User Stories
19 16 (8.939%) Test Strategy
19 16 (8.939%) Load Testing
19 16 (8.939%) Stress Testing
19 16 (8.939%) SQL
19 16 (8.939%) Scrum
20 15 (8.380%) Software Testing
20 15 (8.380%) Benchmarking

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 39 (21.79%) .NET
2 14 (7.821%) SOAP
3 13 (7.263%) Web Services
4 11 (6.145%) HTML
5 9 (5.028%) XML
6 7 (3.911%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.235%) WSDL
7 4 (2.235%) CSS
7 4 (2.235%) XSD
8 3 (1.676%) Flash
8 3 (1.676%) ASP
9 2 (1.117%) J2EE
9 2 (1.117%) LAMP
10 1 (0.559%) Gherkin
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.117%) Apache
1 2 (1.117%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.559%) ESB
2 1 (0.559%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (2.235%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.676%) MS Office
2 3 (1.676%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.117%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.559%) MS Project
4 1 (0.559%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.704%) Firewall
1 12 (6.704%) Wireless
2 10 (5.587%) Network Security
3 2 (1.117%) Internet
4 1 (0.559%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.559%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.793%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.676%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.676%) MySQL
3 2 (1.117%) Big Data
4 1 (0.559%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 72 (40.22%) Selenium
2 51 (28.49%) QuickTest Pro
3 39 (21.79%) Cucumber
4 18 (10.06%) LoadRunner
5 15 (8.380%) Team Foundation Server
6 11 (6.145%) JUnit
6 11 (6.145%) Visual Studio
7 6 (3.352%) FitNesse
8 4 (2.235%) MSTest
8 4 (2.235%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.676%) Visual Studio Team System
10 2 (1.117%) DbUnit
10 2 (1.117%) JMeter
10 2 (1.117%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.559%) Rational Performance Tester
11 1 (0.559%) SpecFlow
General
1 22 (12.29%) Finance
2 5 (2.793%) Retail
3 2 (1.117%) Legal
4 1 (0.559%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.559%) Retail Banking
4 1 (0.559%) Banking
4 1 (0.559%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.380%) Computer Science
2 13 (7.263%) Open Source
3 10 (5.587%) Blog
4 2 (1.117%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.117%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.117%) Statistics
5 1 (0.559%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.704%) Windows
2 4 (2.235%) Linux
3 3 (1.676%) UNIX
4 2 (1.117%) openSUSE
4 2 (1.117%) SUSE
4 2 (1.117%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (32.40%) Test Automation
2 46 (25.70%) Test Scripting
3 43 (24.02%) Automated Testing
4 42 (23.46%) Test Management
5 40 (22.35%) Agile Software Development
6 31 (17.32%) User Acceptance Testing
7 25 (13.97%) Logistics
8 24 (13.41%) Performance Testing
9 23 (12.85%) Penetration Testing
10 22 (12.29%) Security Testing
11 17 (9.497%) User Stories
12 16 (8.939%) Test Strategy
12 16 (8.939%) Load Testing
12 16 (8.939%) Stress Testing
12 16 (8.939%) Scrum
13 15 (8.380%) Software Testing
13 15 (8.380%) Benchmarking
14 13 (7.263%) TDD
15 12 (6.704%) Digital Forensics
15 12 (6.704%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (28.49%) Java
2 24 (13.41%) C#
3 16 (8.939%) SQL
4 3 (1.676%) Perl
5 2 (1.117%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.559%) PHP
6 1 (0.559%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (20.11%) ISEB
2 22 (12.29%) ISTQB
3 21 (11.73%) Degree
4 13 (7.263%) CISSP
5 12 (6.704%) GWAPT
5 12 (6.704%) GPEN
5 12 (6.704%) OSCP
5 12 (6.704%) OSCE
5 12 (6.704%) GCIH
5 12 (6.704%) CEH
5 12 (6.704%) CISA
5 12 (6.704%) CISM
6 11 (6.145%) SC Cleared
6 11 (6.145%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (53.63%) QA
2 12 (6.704%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.559%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (3.352%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (7.821%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.793%) HP
3 1 (0.559%) Nortel
3 1 (0.559%) Genesys
3 1 (0.559%) IBM
3 1 (0.559%) Verint
West Yorkshire
New role for a 2 x Software Testers to join a leading IT Security Systems Integrator and Service Provider in West Yorkshire.Key skills:-Experience within software testing (...
Salary: £25000 per annum + benefits + structured career path
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 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
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be responsible for leading penetration testing and security assessment consulting services... This role requires you to demonstrate: Experience of all aspects of penetration testing in a...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
We also require you to be able to communicate effectively with clients at both a technical and business level, and help support clients in their remediation activities and...
SYSTEM RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013