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The table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the Woking 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5946
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads102
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.626 %0.467 %
Salaries quoted101
Average minimum salary£30,000£25,000
Average salary£31,250£29,000
% change on same period last year+7.75 %
Average maximum salary£32,500£33,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,564£31,596
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Woking IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Woking
Matching permanent IT job ads615428
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.398 %0.191 %
Salaries quoted515369
Average minimum salary£32,491£34,020
Average salary£37,012£36,688
% change on same period last year+0.88 %
Average maximum salary£41,533£39,356
UK excluding London average salary£38,454£39,134
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
Tester SurreyTester
Surrey

Tester
Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Woking region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Woking Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Woking 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.

114 (60.87 %)QA
213 (56.52 %)Software Testing
310 (43.48 %)ISEB
49 (39.13 %)User Acceptance Testing
58 (34.78 %)Pensions
58 (34.78 %)XML
67 (30.43 %)Finance
75 (21.74 %)Regression Testing
83 (13.04 %)Banking
91 (4.348 %)Billing
91 (4.348 %)Automated Testing
91 (4.348 %)Symantec
91 (4.348 %)Windows
91 (4.348 %).NET
91 (4.348 %)Oracle
91 (4.348 %)SQL Server

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Woking 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.

Woking IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (34.78 %)XML
21 (4.348 %).NET
Woking IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.348 %)SQL Server
Woking IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (34.78 %)Pensions
27 (30.43 %)Finance
33 (13.04 %)Banking
41 (4.348 %)Billing
Woking IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.348 %)Windows
Woking IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (56.52 %)Software Testing
29 (39.13 %)User Acceptance Testing
35 (21.74 %)Regression Testing
41 (4.348 %)Automated Testing
Woking IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (43.48 %)ISEB
Woking IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (60.87 %)QA
Woking IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (4.348 %)Symantec
11 (4.348 %)Oracle