The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 159 106 116
Rank change year-on-year
-53 +10
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 60 113 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.115% 1.855% 1.699%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.612% 2.609% 2.470%
Number of salaries quoted 51 112 84
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £56,900 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3723 4331 3724
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.19% 71.09% 68.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2892 3634 3119
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Automated Testing Salary Histogram

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bracknell -12 19 £45,000 +12.50%
Slough +8 12 £67,500 +42.10%
Reading -14 10 £40,000 -15.78% 3
Newbury +2 5 £35,000 +7.69% 3
Maidenhead - 3 £55,000 -
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 53 (51.96%) SQL Server
2 42 (41.18%) C#
3 41 (40.20%) Finance
4 36 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
5 34 (33.33%) ISEB
6 31 (30.39%) Scrum
6 31 (30.39%) SQL
6 31 (30.39%) IIS
7 30 (29.41%) Windows
7 30 (29.41%) .NET
8 29 (28.43%) Test Scripting
9 28 (27.45%) TDD
10 25 (24.51%) QA
10 25 (24.51%) Test Automation
11 22 (21.57%) Java
11 22 (21.57%) XML
12 21 (20.59%) HP
12 21 (20.59%) HP Quality Center
12 21 (20.59%) Unit Testing
13 19 (18.63%) Tomcat
13 19 (18.63%) Oracle
14 18 (17.65%) Selenium
15 17 (16.67%) Silverlight
15 17 (16.67%) Computer Science
15 17 (16.67%) Refactoring
15 17 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
15 17 (16.67%) Security Cleared
15 17 (16.67%) Microsoft
15 17 (16.67%) Regression Testing
16 16 (15.69%) VMware

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 30 (29.41%) .NET
2 22 (21.57%) XML
3 17 (16.67%) Silverlight
4 16 (15.69%) XSLT
5 12 (11.76%) HTML
5 12 (11.76%) Velocity
6 9 (8.824%) .NET Framework
7 7 (6.863%) WCF
7 7 (6.863%) J2EE
7 7 (6.863%) XSD
8 5 (4.902%) WPF
8 5 (4.902%) LINQ
9 4 (3.922%) ASP.NET
10 3 (2.941%) Spring
10 3 (2.941%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 3 (2.941%) REST
10 3 (2.941%) Web Services
10 3 (2.941%) CSS
11 2 (1.961%) Node.js
12 1 (0.980%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 31 (30.39%) IIS
2 19 (18.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (15.69%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.961%) MS Project
2 2 (1.961%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.941%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.71%) LAN
1 15 (14.71%) WAN
2 2 (1.961%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.980%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.980%) Internet
3 1 (0.980%) Firewall
3 1 (0.980%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.980%) SSL
3 1 (0.980%) DNS
3 1 (0.980%) VoIP
3 1 (0.980%) FTP
3 1 (0.980%) HTTP
3 1 (0.980%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (51.96%) SQL Server
2 14 (13.73%) Oracle 8/8i
3 9 (8.824%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (5.882%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (4.902%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (3.922%) TOAD
7 3 (2.941%) MySQL
8 2 (1.961%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.961%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 18 (17.65%) Selenium
2 14 (13.73%) LoadRunner
3 12 (11.76%) QuickTest Pro
4 11 (10.78%) WebDriver
5 10 (9.804%) JUnit
6 5 (4.902%) TestNG
6 5 (4.902%) Ant
7 4 (3.922%) JMeter
7 4 (3.922%) SilkTest
8 3 (2.941%) QADirector
9 2 (1.961%) WinRunner
9 2 (1.961%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.961%) SilkPerformer
9 2 (1.961%) QARun
10 1 (0.980%) WATIR
10 1 (0.980%) FitNesse
10 1 (0.980%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.980%) Hudson
10 1 (0.980%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.980%) TestComplete
General
1 41 (40.20%) Finance
2 15 (14.71%) Telecoms
2 15 (14.71%) Financial Institution
3 14 (13.73%) Retail
4 8 (7.843%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (7.843%) Advertising
5 2 (1.961%) Billing
6 1 (0.980%) Banking
6 1 (0.980%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 37 (36.27%) Analyst
2 33 (32.35%) Test Analyst
3 25 (24.51%) Developer
4 17 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
5 16 (15.69%) C# Developer
6 15 (14.71%) Test Engineer
7 14 (13.73%) Tester
8 13 (12.75%) Senior Test Analyst
9 12 (11.76%) ScrumMaster
10 11 (10.78%) C# .NET Developer
10 11 (10.78%) .NET Developer
11 10 (9.804%) Software Engineer
12 8 (7.843%) Software Developer
12 8 (7.843%) QA Tester
12 8 (7.843%) C# Software Developer
13 7 (6.863%) .NET Software Developer
14 5 (4.902%) Automated Test Engineer
14 5 (4.902%) Senior Test Engineer
14 5 (4.902%) Software Tester
14 5 (4.902%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 12 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 10 (9.804%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (8.824%) N-Tier
5 4 (3.922%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.980%) Open Source
6 1 (0.980%) IVR
6 1 (0.980%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 30 (29.41%) Windows
2 15 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 15 (14.71%) Windows 7
2 15 (14.71%) Windows XP
3 14 (13.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (11.76%) Linux
5 6 (5.882%) Ubuntu
6 5 (4.902%) UNIX
7 2 (1.961%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.980%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.980%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.980%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.980%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.980%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
2 31 (30.39%) Scrum
3 29 (28.43%) Test Scripting
4 28 (27.45%) TDD
5 25 (24.51%) Test Automation
6 21 (20.59%) Unit Testing
7 17 (16.67%) Refactoring
7 17 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
7 17 (16.67%) Regression Testing
8 16 (15.69%) Validation
8 16 (15.69%) OOA/OOD
9 15 (14.71%) Software Testing
9 15 (14.71%) E-Commerce
10 14 (13.73%) Migration
10 14 (13.73%) OO
10 14 (13.73%) System Testing
10 14 (13.73%) BDD
10 14 (13.73%) Non-Functional Testing
11 12 (11.76%) User Stories
11 12 (11.76%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 42 (41.18%) C#
2 31 (30.39%) SQL
3 22 (21.57%) Java
4 15 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 15 (14.71%) C++
5 9 (8.824%) VB
6 7 (6.863%) Python
6 7 (6.863%) C
7 3 (2.941%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.941%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.961%) PHP
8 2 (1.961%) Scala
8 2 (1.961%) Ruby
9 1 (0.980%) Tcl
9 1 (0.980%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.980%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.980%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (33.33%) ISEB
2 17 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 16 (15.69%) SC Cleared
4 11 (10.78%) Degree
5 9 (8.824%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.980%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.980%) CCNP
6 1 (0.980%) CCNA
6 1 (0.980%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (24.51%) QA
System Software
1 15 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (14.71%) Active Directory
1 15 (14.71%) VMware ESX
2 14 (13.73%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (20.59%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (20.59%) HP
2 19 (18.63%) Oracle
3 17 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 16 (15.69%) VMware
5 14 (13.73%) Fujitsu
6 3 (2.941%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.961%) Borland
8 1 (0.980%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.980%) Cisco
Reading, Berkshire
MoneyVista, part of the Royal London Group, is a recently launched ecommerce business that provides a unique online service which helps individuals create and maintain their own financial...
Resource Management
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 11 June 2013
Berkshire
My client, a dynamic, fast paced, industry leading global brand who specialise in supplying enterprise content management platforms are in the market for Lead/ Senior QA Engineer with...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Plus strong benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. • Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Weighty QA Engineer, Newbury, Berkshire (c£40k negot)... Previous experience in testing of enterprise deployments together with functional automated testing of web based applications and working experience of...
RICHARD WHEELER ASSOCIATES
Salary: From £38,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + car allowance, bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + pension, bonus
Posted: 9 June 2013