Salaries & Competencies Survey

SQS-UK recently surveyed the market to assess levels of pay and benefits for testers. The result is the UK's first independent survey of remuneration and benefits packages. All those who took part in the survey received a copy of the results. To get a snapshot of the results download a free copy of the brochure. Take part in the next survey and find out the full results - and benchmark yourself and your organisation. Please take part in the the most comprehensive UK Salary and Competencies survey for both individual testers and companies.

This survey is strictly confidential and no details will be related to any individual taking part in this survey.
For more information please see the Your Privacy statement at the bottom of the questionnaire.

We would respectfully request that surveys be completed truthfully and accurately. Incorrect information will impair the accuracy of the survey results and invalidate the exercise. If you have any questions or comments on this survey please Email: jane.muller@sqs-uk.com

The survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Section 1 - Your Company

Please indicate which region your company covers:

---- Select Region ---- London South East South West East of England East Midlands West Midlands North East North West Yorkshire Scotland Ireland Wales Channel Islands National - UK Europe Worldwide

In which business area do you principally specialise:

--- Specialist Area --- Finance Banking Retail Government Manufacturing IT Software Dev IT Consultancy IT Services IT Contractor

Please indicate the number of employees in Company/Business Unit:	--No. of Employees --       1 - 10     11 - 50     51 - 100   101 - 500   501 - 1000 1000+
Number of people in your IT Department	- No. of Employees --       1 - 10     11 - 50     51 - 100   101 - 500   501 - 1000 1000+

The number of employees responsible for System/Software testing:

- No. of Employees --       1 - 10     11 - 50     51 - 100   101 - 500   501 - 1000 1000+

Are you or your employees ISEB Qualified :

-Select Qualification- Not Applicable Foundation Certificate Practitioner Certificate Not All Qualified Combination Of Both

Please provide a breakdown between :

Test Analysts:

Automation Specialists:

Test Leaders:

Test Managers:

Programme Test Managers:

Associates/Contractors:

Section 2 - Your Role

Please indicate the responsibilities applicable to your role or the roles of your team :

Relationship / Account Management

Yes No

Profit & Loss

Yes No

Budgetary Management

Yes No

Configuration Management

Yes No

Test Environment Management

Yes No

Test Strategy

Yes No

Test Management

Yes No

Resource Management

Yes No

Load and Performance Testing

Yes No

Security Testing

Yes No

Web Testing

Yes No

Automation Testing

Yes No

People / Team Leader Skills

Yes No

Testing Techniques

Yes No

Reviews

Yes No

Incident Management

Yes No

Test Process Improvement	Yes No	Test Process	Yes No
Test Proving	Yes No	Test Planning	Yes No
Test Execution	Yes No	Test Data Preparation	Yes No
Test Analysis	Yes No	Operational Testing	Yes No

User Acceptance Testing

Yes No

Integration in the Large

Yes No

System Testing

Yes No

Integration in the Small

Yes No

Unit Testing

Yes No

Requirements Testing

Yes No

Test Co-Ordinator	Yes No
Do you employ automation tools?	Yes No	If so please indicate which tools

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Section 3 - Salaries

Please indicate where appropriate the salaries payable: Note: Annual basic salaries for permanent staff and hourly rates for contract staff:

Minimum

Maximum

Testing Role

Annual

Hourly Rate

Annual

Hourly Rate

Test Analyst (Scripting & Execution)

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

Test Team Leader

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

Test Manager

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

Test Consultant

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

Automation Specialist

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

Programme Test Manager

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

Business Unit Manager

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

-Select- 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

-Select- < 20 20 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 60 +

Other Remuneration

What overtime rates do you pay?

Testing:

-- Select Rate -- N/A Normal Rate x 1.5 x 2

Managerial:

-- Select Rate -- N/A Normal Rate x 1.5 x 2

On what basis do you award Time Off In Lieu?

Testing:

-- Select Rate -- N/A x 0.5 x 1 x 1.5 x 2

Managerial:

-- Select Time -- N/A x 1 x 1.5 x 2

Does the company offer bonuses based on any of the following?

Individual Performance

Project Completion

Business Unity Performance

Company Performance

Loyalty

Testing:

Managerial:

What is the maximum bonus payment in pounds (£)?

Testing:

Managerial:

If a loyalty bonus is paid, and the employee leaves shortly thereafter, are they liable to pay back the bonus?

Yes No

Sickness Pay

How long (in weeks) is Company Sick Pay provided at 100 per cent of salary?

-- No of Weeks -- 1 week 2 weeks 4 weeks 8 weeks 12 weeks 16 weeks 20 weeks 26 weeks

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Section 4 - Benefits Holidays How may days holiday do you and your colleagues receive? Basic Holiday entitlement is the number of annual days holiday excluding public holidays Maximum Holiday entitlement is the maximum number of annual days holiday (excluding public holidays) if entitlement increases with service Time Taken is the number of years service required to achieve the maximum holiday entitlement

Testing:

Basic:

Maximum:

Time Taken:

Management:

Basic:

Maximum:

Time Taken:

If employees can carry over unused holidays, how many days can they carry over?

<5 days >5 days

Private Medical Insurance

Not Provided

Employee Only

Employee & Partner

Employee & Family

Testing:

Management:

Is an excess payable by the employee?

Yes No

If so how much is the excess?

Does the company provide Mobile Phones to employees?

Yes No Selection Of Staff

If yes to all employees or just senior staff?

All Snr

Does the company cover all costs, including personal calls made?

Yes No

Does the company cover all costs, excluding personal calls made?

Yes No

Pensions, Life Assurance and Permanent Health Insurance For companies with multiple pension schemes, answers should relate to the current scheme, as normally offered to new entrants.

Do you have a Company Pension Scheme?

Yes No

If so, is it a:

Final Salary Scheme

Money Purchase Scheme

Choice

What is the employee percentage contribution (Enter Nil if non contributory)?

Life Assurance

Does the company offer Life Assurance to some or all employees?

Yes No

Is it linked to membership of the company pension?

Yes No

What is the salary multiple payable on death?

-- Select Multiple -- x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x10

Permanent Health Insurance (PHI) Permanent Health Insurance provides an income for employees during lengthy periods of incapacity arising from sickness or injury.

Does the company offer PHI to some or all of your employees?

Yes No

Is it linked to membership of the company pension?

Yes No

Company Car Scheme Does the allocation of Company cars or Company Car Allowance depend upon job title, grade, job need or salary level? Please tick all relevant criteria.

Job Title

Job Grade

Job Need

Salary

Other

Criteria:

Please specify other:

What are the entry levels (e.g. Test Analyst, Manager) for company cars and the maximum value of the car, or the monthly Car Allowance payable?

Testing:

Position:

Vehicle Value:

Monthly Payment:

Management:

Position:

Vehicle Value:

Monthly Payment:

Share Saving or Option Scheme Yes No

Sports and Social

Does the company provide any of the following?

Subsidy to a Company Sports and/or Social Club?

Yes No

Subsidy to external clubs, e.g. Local Health Clubs?

Yes No

Discount on Company (or associated Company) products?

Yes No

Do you wish to add any further comments regarding Recreational Benefits?

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Your Details

First Name:	Initial:
Last Name:	Title:
Job Title:
Telephone:
e-mail address:

Please state how you wish to receive the results of our survey :

By Post By Email

Your Organisation

Company Name:
Company Address:
Town:
County/State:
Country:	-- Select Country -- United Kingdom USA Canada Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Bolivia Bosnia Brazil Bulgaria Chile China Columbia Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Germany Greece Guam Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Japan Jordan Kenya Korea Kuwait Lativa Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Morocco Netherlands Netherlands-Antillies New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Vatican City Venezuela Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe Other
Postcode/ZIP:

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