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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank - 49 43
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 0 16 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York - 3.661% 3.163%
As % of the Job Titles category - 3.721% 3.291%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 13
Average salary - £24,500 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.08%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
427 430 395
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 95.74% 98.40% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 251 305 331
Average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
North Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 4 (66.67%) ISEB
3 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (50.00%) JIRA
3 3 (50.00%) QA
3 3 (50.00%) Selenium
4 2 (33.33%) Fault Management
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (33.33%) SaaS
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) W3C
5 1 (16.67%) Bugzilla
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (16.67%) Retail

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
1 3 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) Bugzilla
2 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
1 2 (33.33%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) Automated Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) Fault Management
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB
2 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
York, North Yorkshire
The company are based in York and you will liaise with the QA manager and QA team and also with the development team to complete ongoing projects. The...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013