The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank - 59 53
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 0 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York - 0.493% 0.244%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.639% 0.303%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
Average salary - £25,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.27%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
325 313 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 77.75% 77.09% 80.68%
Number of salaries quoted 183 219 268
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £26,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
North Yorkshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 (100.00%) ISEB
1 16 (100.00%) QA
1 16 (100.00%) Selenium
2 15 (93.75%) JIRA
2 15 (93.75%) Security Testing
2 15 (93.75%) Test Scripting
3 13 (81.25%) SaaS
4 12 (75.00%) Performance Testing
5 11 (68.75%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (37.50%) ISTQB
7 5 (31.25%) Firebug
7 5 (31.25%) Test Management
7 5 (31.25%) Bugzilla
8 4 (25.00%) HTML
8 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
8 4 (25.00%) SQL
8 4 (25.00%) CSS
8 4 (25.00%) DOM
9 2 (12.50%) Automated Testing
9 2 (12.50%) W3C
10 1 (6.250%) C#
10 1 (6.250%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (6.250%) .NET
10 1 (6.250%) Degree

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 4 (25.00%) HTML
1 4 (25.00%) CSS
1 4 (25.00%) DOM
2 1 (6.250%) .NET
Development Applications
1 16 (100.00%) Selenium
2 15 (93.75%) JIRA
3 5 (31.25%) Bugzilla
3 5 (31.25%) Firebug
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Analyst
1 15 (93.75%) Test Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Junior Test Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Junior Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Junior
3 1 (6.250%) Automation Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Software Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Graduate
3 1 (6.250%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 13 (81.25%) SaaS
2 2 (12.50%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Security Testing
1 15 (93.75%) Test Scripting
2 12 (75.00%) Performance Testing
3 11 (68.75%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (31.25%) Test Management
5 2 (12.50%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) ISEB
2 6 (37.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (6.250%) 21 CFR Part 11