The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bath region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 35 30 42
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +12
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 11 16 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 3.152% 6.667% 0.426%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.000% 8.840% 0.719%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 0
Average salary £36,500 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
275 181 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 78.80% 75.42% 59.15%
Number of salaries quoted 255 170 126
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Somerset

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath Automated Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Bath region.

Bath Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bath region citing Automated 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 Automated Testing.

1 20 (46.51%) .NET
2 18 (41.86%) SQL
3 17 (39.53%) C++
4 16 (37.21%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (27.91%) C#
6 11 (25.58%) ASP.NET
6 11 (25.58%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (25.58%) QA
7 10 (23.26%) Linux
7 10 (23.26%) C
8 9 (20.93%) Java
8 9 (20.93%) Perl
8 9 (20.93%) MySQL
8 9 (20.93%) SQL Server
8 9 (20.93%) Tcl
8 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
8 9 (20.93%) VPN
8 9 (20.93%) RDBMS
8 9 (20.93%) IGMP
8 9 (20.93%) Test Automation
8 9 (20.93%) Bash shell
8 9 (20.93%) Waterfall
9 8 (18.60%) GoogleTest
9 8 (18.60%) Computer Science
9 8 (18.60%) Multithreading
9 8 (18.60%) CppUnit
9 8 (18.60%) Software Engineering
9 8 (18.60%) Scrum
10 7 (16.28%) WinForms
10 7 (16.28%) TDD

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bath region citing Automated 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 Automated Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (46.51%) .NET
2 11 (25.58%) ASP.NET
3 7 (16.28%) WinForms
3 7 (16.28%) WCF
3 7 (16.28%) LINQ
4 5 (11.63%) XML
5 2 (4.651%) CSS
6 1 (2.326%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.651%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
1 9 (20.93%) VPN
1 9 (20.93%) IGMP
2 3 (6.977%) HTTP
3 1 (2.326%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.93%) MySQL
1 9 (20.93%) SQL Server
1 9 (20.93%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) CppUnit
1 8 (18.60%) GoogleTest
2 5 (11.63%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (9.302%) Selenium
4 2 (4.651%) WebDriver
4 2 (4.651%) Cucumber
General
1 5 (11.63%) Finance
2 2 (4.651%) Games
Job Titles
1 23 (53.49%) Tester
2 21 (48.84%) Software Engineer
3 15 (34.88%) Test Engineer
3 15 (34.88%) Software Test Engineer
4 12 (27.91%) Software Tester
5 11 (25.58%) Analyst
6 10 (23.26%) Senior Tester
7 8 (18.60%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (18.60%) QA Tester
7 8 (18.60%) Developer
7 8 (18.60%) Graduate
7 8 (18.60%) QA Analyst
7 8 (18.60%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 7 (16.28%) Quality Analyst
8 7 (16.28%) Senior QA Analyst
8 7 (16.28%) Senior QA Tester
8 7 (16.28%) Senior Developer
8 7 (16.28%) ScrumMaster
9 6 (13.95%) .NET Developer
9 6 (13.95%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Computer Science
2 3 (6.977%) SWIFT
2 3 (6.977%) EPoS
3 1 (2.326%) STB
3 1 (2.326%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (25.58%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (20.93%) Test Automation
3 9 (20.93%) Waterfall
4 8 (18.60%) Software Engineering
4 8 (18.60%) Scrum
4 8 (18.60%) Multithreading
5 7 (16.28%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (16.28%) TDD
6 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.63%) Project Management
7 5 (11.63%) Manual Testing
8 3 (6.977%) Software Testing
8 3 (6.977%) Test Scripting
9 2 (4.651%) Web Testing
9 2 (4.651%) Test Strategy
9 2 (4.651%) Web Application Development
9 2 (4.651%) Service Delivery
9 2 (4.651%) Regression Testing
9 2 (4.651%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 18 (41.86%) SQL
2 17 (39.53%) C++
3 12 (27.91%) C#
4 10 (23.26%) C
5 9 (20.93%) Java
5 9 (20.93%) Tcl
5 9 (20.93%) Bash shell
5 9 (20.93%) Perl
6 2 (4.651%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.651%) Delphi
6 2 (4.651%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.326%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.326%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
2 4 (9.302%) ISEB
3 2 (4.651%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (25.58%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (9.302%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.326%) Atmel
Bath, South West
Enhance the testing processes for the .NET WinForms, ASP .NET andDelphisystems. Assist in greatly increasing the automated testing coverage... Operate as part of the agile development team... 5+...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 7 June 2013