The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 46 38 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 3 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.205% 2.000% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.485% 2.395% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
202 167 132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 81.12% 83.50% 79.04%
Number of salaries quoted 196 158 130
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £58,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Bedfordshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Wiki
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 3 (100.00%) TestComplete
1 3 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (100.00%) Automation Testing
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 3 (100.00%) TestComplete
1 3 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Automation Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft