The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Tester
Rank 201 201 191
Rank change year-on-year
0 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Tester 14 13 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.255% 0.249% 0.101%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.268% 0.257% 0.105%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 5
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -1.63%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £27,974 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+25.11% -15.22%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5224 5062 4761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.26% 96.88% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4142 4216 4018
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Systems Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Tester across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Systems Tester Salary Trend

Systems Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Tester across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Yorkshire Systems Tester Salary Histogram

Systems Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Tester within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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 12 £40,000 +102.53%
South Yorkshire +1 1 £25,000 -9.09%
North Yorkshire -9 1 £27,500 -15.38%
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title.

1 21 (95.45%) Automated Testing
1 21 (95.45%) QA
2 20 (90.91%) User Acceptance Testing
3 19 (86.36%) .NET
4 17 (77.27%) Java
5 3 (13.64%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (13.64%) ISEB
5 3 (13.64%) SQL
6 2 (9.091%) WSDL
6 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
6 2 (9.091%) SOAP
6 2 (9.091%) Web Services
6 2 (9.091%) XML
6 2 (9.091%) XSD
6 2 (9.091%) JIRA
6 2 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Test Automation
6 2 (9.091%) Usability Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (4.545%) Twitter
7 1 (4.545%) Waterfall
7 1 (4.545%) Stress Testing
7 1 (4.545%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (4.545%) TestDirector
7 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (4.545%) Code Coverage
7 1 (4.545%) Retail
7 1 (4.545%) Windows

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (86.36%) .NET
2 2 (9.091%) SOAP
2 2 (9.091%) Web Services
2 2 (9.091%) XML
2 2 (9.091%) XSD
2 2 (9.091%) WSDL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (9.091%) JIRA
3 1 (4.545%) TestDirector
3 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (4.545%) Bugzilla
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
1 1 (4.545%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Automated Testing
2 20 (90.91%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.091%) Software Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.091%) Usability Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Stress Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.545%) Code Coverage
5 1 (4.545%) Regression Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Scrum
5 1 (4.545%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) Java
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (95.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.545%) Twitter