The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 88 78 78
Rank change year-on-year
-10 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 6 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.551% 0.210% 0.114%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.706% 0.305% 0.137%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £34,250 £65,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-47.30% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
850 655 730
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.05% 68.87% 83.14%
Number of salaries quoted 771 570 682
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £58,200 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Test Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Test Automation
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Test Automation Salary Histogram

Test Automation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Luton +4 4 £28,500 -56.15%
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation.

1 9 (50.00%) Bugzilla
1 9 (50.00%) ISEB
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
1 9 (50.00%) Web Services
1 9 (50.00%) ETL
1 9 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 9 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 9 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 9 (50.00%) FogBugz
2 8 (44.44%) QA
3 6 (33.33%) Selenium
3 6 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 6 (33.33%) Agile Testing
4 5 (27.78%) Test Strategy
4 5 (27.78%) Mobile App
4 5 (27.78%) Client/Server
4 5 (27.78%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (27.78%) Scrum
4 5 (27.78%) Waterfall
4 5 (27.78%) BDD
5 4 (22.22%) Test Management
5 4 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (22.22%) SEO
5 4 (22.22%) CMS
5 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (22.22%) B2C
5 4 (22.22%) HP
5 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 4 (22.22%) Analytics

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.556%) .NET
2 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Bugzilla
1 9 (50.00%) FogBugz
2 6 (33.33%) Selenium
3 2 (11.11%) Cucumber
3 2 (11.11%) WebDriver
4 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
1 10 (55.56%) Test Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) QA Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Test Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Configuration Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Tester
6 1 (5.556%) Software Tester
6 1 (5.556%) QA Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce Manager
6 1 (5.556%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.556%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Mobile App
1 5 (27.78%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.556%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) ETL
1 9 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 9 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 6 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 6 (33.33%) Agile Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Test Strategy
3 5 (27.78%) Scrum
3 5 (27.78%) Waterfall
3 5 (27.78%) BDD
4 4 (22.22%) Test Management
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (22.22%) SEO
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) B2C
4 4 (22.22%) Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) B2B
5 3 (16.67%) Stress Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Web Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Volume Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) C#
2 2 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (5.556%) Tcl
3 1 (5.556%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) ISEB
1 9 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) HP
Bedfordshire
Working knowledge of Agile Testing *Strong problem solving skills *Practical experience leading or implementing Test Automation and Performance Testing *Leadership and people management experience... Demonstrable understanding of software...
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Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013