The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Winchester 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 19 June 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 Winchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 35 27 26
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 9 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Winchester 3.734% 3.125% 2.740%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.896% 3.279% 2.837%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 4
Average salary £27,500 - £25,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Winchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
231 122 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Winchester 95.85% 95.31% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 225 112 136
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
Hampshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Winchester 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 19 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 15 (78.95%) Test Scripting
2 15 (78.95%) SQL
3 13 (68.42%) Manual Testing
3 13 (68.42%) Automated Testing
4 11 (57.89%) .NET Framework
4 11 (57.89%) VB.NET
4 11 (57.89%) .NET
4 11 (57.89%) Regression Testing
5 6 (31.58%) Release Management
6 2 (10.53%) C++
6 2 (10.53%) Java
6 2 (10.53%) Client/Server
6 2 (10.53%) ISEB
6 2 (10.53%) ISTQB

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Winchester 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 11 (57.89%) .NET Framework
1 11 (57.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 15 (78.95%) Test Scripting
3 13 (68.42%) Manual Testing
3 13 (68.42%) Automated Testing
4 11 (57.89%) Regression Testing
5 6 (31.58%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) SQL
2 11 (57.89%) VB.NET
3 2 (10.53%) C++
3 2 (10.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) ISEB
1 2 (10.53%) ISTQB