The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 180 190 183
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 33 26 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.605% 0.501% 0.316%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.779% 0.664% 0.442%
Number of salaries quoted 31 25 16
Average salary £27,500 £30,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £21,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,400 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4235 3916 3620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.64% 75.44% 71.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3278 3201 3069
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire +5 24 £27,500 -
South Yorkshire +19 7 £30,000 -15.49%
North Yorkshire -10 2 £31,000 +6.89%
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 40 (67.80%) ISEB
2 37 (62.71%) QA
3 32 (54.24%) Selenium
4 28 (47.46%) Test Scripting
5 18 (30.51%) JIRA
5 18 (30.51%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (30.51%) SQL
6 17 (28.81%) .NET
7 15 (25.42%) User Acceptance Testing
8 14 (23.73%) Security Testing
8 14 (23.73%) Software Testing
9 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
9 12 (20.34%) SaaS
9 12 (20.34%) Test Management
10 11 (18.64%) Performance Testing
10 11 (18.64%) ISTQB
11 9 (15.25%) Windows
12 8 (13.56%) MS Excel
12 8 (13.56%) MySQL
12 8 (13.56%) JavaScript
12 8 (13.56%) MVC
13 7 (11.86%) Automated Testing
13 7 (11.86%) WebDriver
13 7 (11.86%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (11.86%) CSS
13 7 (11.86%) Java
13 7 (11.86%) Automation Testing
14 6 (10.17%) Tomcat
14 6 (10.17%) HTML
14 6 (10.17%) E-Commerce

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 17 (28.81%) .NET
2 7 (11.86%) CSS
3 6 (10.17%) HTML
4 4 (6.780%) DOM
5 3 (5.085%) Hibernate
5 3 (5.085%) jQuery
5 3 (5.085%) JPA
5 3 (5.085%) LAMP
5 3 (5.085%) JDBC
5 3 (5.085%) SOAP
6 2 (3.390%) XML
6 2 (3.390%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.695%) Apache Flex
7 1 (1.695%) HTML5
7 1 (1.695%) J2EE
7 1 (1.695%) Web Services
7 1 (1.695%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.17%) Tomcat
2 3 (5.085%) WebLogic
2 3 (5.085%) Apache
3 2 (3.390%) CMS
4 1 (1.695%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (13.56%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.56%) MySQL
2 4 (6.780%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.390%) GIS
Development Applications
1 32 (54.24%) Selenium
2 18 (30.51%) JIRA
3 7 (11.86%) WebDriver
3 7 (11.86%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (8.475%) Firebug
4 5 (8.475%) Bugzilla
5 3 (5.085%) Maven
5 3 (5.085%) Visual Studio Team System
5 3 (5.085%) Eclipse
5 3 (5.085%) Ant
5 3 (5.085%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.695%) Flex Builder
6 1 (1.695%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (5.085%) Retail
2 1 (1.695%) Music
2 1 (1.695%) Games
2 1 (1.695%) Finance
2 1 (1.695%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (64.41%) Analyst
2 37 (62.71%) Test Analyst
3 14 (23.73%) Tester
4 8 (13.56%) Software Tester
5 4 (6.780%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.085%) Junior Test Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Java Developer
6 3 (5.085%) Test Team Leader
6 3 (5.085%) Team Leader
6 3 (5.085%) QA Engineer
6 3 (5.085%) Junior Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Developer
6 3 (5.085%) Applications Support
6 3 (5.085%) Junior
7 2 (3.390%) Coordinator
7 2 (3.390%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (3.390%) Test Coordinator
7 2 (3.390%) Test Engineer
7 2 (3.390%) Software Test Analyst
7 2 (3.390%) Automated Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) SaaS
2 2 (3.390%) W3C
3 1 (1.695%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.25%) Windows
2 5 (8.475%) Linux
3 4 (6.780%) UNIX
4 3 (5.085%) Ubuntu
4 3 (5.085%) SUSE
4 3 (5.085%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (47.46%) Test Scripting
2 18 (30.51%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (25.42%) User Acceptance Testing
4 14 (23.73%) Security Testing
4 14 (23.73%) Software Testing
5 12 (20.34%) Test Management
6 11 (18.64%) Performance Testing
7 8 (13.56%) MVC
8 7 (11.86%) Automated Testing
8 7 (11.86%) Automation Testing
9 6 (10.17%) E-Commerce
9 6 (10.17%) Web Testing
10 5 (8.475%) Regression Testing
11 4 (6.780%) Agile Testing
12 3 (5.085%) Test Strategy
12 3 (5.085%) Information Management
12 3 (5.085%) Stress Testing
12 3 (5.085%) Problem Management
12 3 (5.085%) Migration
13 2 (3.390%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.51%) SQL
2 8 (13.56%) JavaScript
3 7 (11.86%) Java
4 3 (5.085%) Ruby
4 3 (5.085%) C#
4 3 (5.085%) Perl
5 1 (1.695%) PHP
5 1 (1.695%) VB
5 1 (1.695%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.695%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (67.80%) ISEB
2 11 (18.64%) ISTQB
3 4 (6.780%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (62.71%) QA
2 1 (1.695%) 21 CFR Part 11
Systems Management
1 3 (5.085%) Nagios
2 1 (1.695%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.085%) Remedy
2 3 (5.085%) Adobe
2 3 (5.085%) Oracle
2 3 (5.085%) JBoss
3 2 (3.390%) Apple
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: 24 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Key skills for this role include; - Good manual testing experience - Good database knowledge - MYSQL/SQL - Good understanding of internet technologies and of the quality assurance industry - Working knowledge...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £30,000 p/a
Posted: 24 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Any experience of test automation using Selenium and/or performance testing is highly desirabl... Creating and maintaining Test scripts for regression testing. Creating and maintaining Test scripts with...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum (Depending on Experience)
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They need someone to implement and maintain Automated Test systems, so you need excellent skills in maintaining, designing and building these systems. This role will involve working on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 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
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Software QA Engineer needed to join this major provider of workflow solutions for the creative media industries... You will be responsible for the design, development and maintenance of...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 27,000
Posted: 21 May 2013