The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 91 72 56
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 6 9 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.547% 0.920% 2.254%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.700% 1.331% 2.714%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 19
Average salary £29,250 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.42% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £31,250 £44,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
857 676 700
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.19% 69.12% 83.04%
Number of salaries quoted 772 584 660
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +7.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
East of England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bedford -7 3 £30,000 -
Luton -1 1 £28,500 -
Automated Testing
East of England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (53.85%) QA
3 6 (46.15%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (38.46%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (38.46%) C++
4 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
4 5 (38.46%) ISEB
5 4 (30.77%) C#
5 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET
6 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
6 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
6 3 (23.08%) Wiki
6 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (23.08%) TestComplete
6 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (23.08%) JIRA
6 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Web Services
6 3 (23.08%) XML
6 3 (23.08%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 2 (15.38%) Validation
7 2 (15.38%) Scrum
7 2 (15.38%) MATLAB
7 2 (15.38%) IBM
7 2 (15.38%) OO
7 2 (15.38%) CAN bus

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET
3 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 3 (23.08%) XML
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (23.08%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
3 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio Team System
3 3 (23.08%) TestComplete
3 3 (23.08%) JIRA
4 2 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (15.38%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (15.38%) Selenium
5 1 (7.692%) WATIR
5 1 (7.692%) Cucumber
5 1 (7.692%) WebDriver
5 1 (7.692%) Jasmine
5 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (7.692%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (7.692%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Test Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) QA Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Test Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Web Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Systems Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Software Tester
5 2 (15.38%) Tester
5 2 (15.38%) QA Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) QA Manager
6 1 (7.692%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Wiki
2 2 (15.38%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) OO
3 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.692%) Web Development
4 1 (7.692%) Kanban
4 1 (7.692%) Security Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Web Testing
4 1 (7.692%) BDD
4 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.692%) MVC
4 1 (7.692%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C++
2 4 (30.77%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) MATLAB
4 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) ISEB
2 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) IBM
Bedfordshire
Ideally you will be ISEB qualified, have a proven record of delivery within testing and 2-5 years QA / testing experience with both manual and automated testing practices.
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Pension, Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
2+ years Quality Assurance/Software Testing experience... Keywords: Quality Assurance Analyst, Software Tester, Test Analyst, QA Analyst, Quality Tester, Quality Assurance Analyst - Manual and Automated Web Applications (C#...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £22,000 to £30,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013