Test Automation Jobs in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 174 128 178
Rank change year-on-year
-46 +50
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 45 95 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.864% 1.542% 0.615%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.244% 2.198% 0.896%
Number of salaries quoted 27 88 24
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,100 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £52,500 £61,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Search 8 Test Automation jobs in Berkshire
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3616 4322 3571
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.40% 70.15% 68.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2772 3644 2972
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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
Reading -9 16 £52,500 +31.25%
Bracknell -17 11 £45,000 -6.73%
Newbury -15 5 £35,000 +2.94%
Hungerford - 2 £41,750 -
Slough -4 1 £32,500 -
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 36 (48.00%) Test Scripting
2 35 (46.67%) ISEB
3 33 (44.00%) HP Quality Center
4 31 (41.33%) Windows
5 27 (36.00%) HP
5 27 (36.00%) SC Cleared
5 27 (36.00%) Security Cleared
6 25 (33.33%) Finance
6 25 (33.33%) Automated Testing
7 24 (32.00%) SQL Server
7 24 (32.00%) QuickTest Pro
8 23 (30.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 23 (30.67%) Active Directory
8 23 (30.67%) Oracle
8 23 (30.67%) Regression Testing
9 21 (28.00%) Telecoms
9 21 (28.00%) Windows XP
9 21 (28.00%) LoadRunner
9 21 (28.00%) QA
10 20 (26.67%) SQL
10 20 (26.67%) Retail
11 19 (25.33%) Migration
11 19 (25.33%) Java
11 19 (25.33%) Fujitsu
12 17 (22.67%) Windows Server 2008
12 17 (22.67%) Windows 7
12 17 (22.67%) LAN
12 17 (22.67%) WAN
13 16 (21.33%) Validation
13 16 (21.33%) VMware

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 6 (8.000%) Middleware
1 6 (8.000%) REST
2 4 (5.333%) .NET
3 3 (4.000%) Memcached
3 3 (4.000%) Velocity
3 3 (4.000%) Spring
4 2 (2.667%) J2EE
5 1 (1.333%) soapUI
5 1 (1.333%) Web Services
5 1 (1.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 14 (18.67%) IIS
1 14 (18.67%) Tomcat
2 7 (9.333%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.667%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (4.000%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (5.333%) MS Office
2 3 (4.000%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.000%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.67%) LAN
1 17 (22.67%) WAN
2 3 (4.000%) Internet
2 3 (4.000%) IPv6
3 1 (1.333%) UMTS
3 1 (1.333%) ATM
3 1 (1.333%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (32.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (4.000%) Redis
3 3 (4.000%) Hadoop
3 3 (4.000%) TOAD
4 2 (2.667%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.667%) Big Data
5 1 (1.333%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 24 (32.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 21 (28.00%) LoadRunner
3 12 (16.00%) Selenium
4 7 (9.333%) WinRunner
5 6 (8.000%) TestDirector
6 5 (6.667%) QADirector
6 5 (6.667%) SilkTest
6 5 (6.667%) Subversion
7 4 (5.333%) JMeter
7 4 (5.333%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (4.000%) WebDriver
8 3 (4.000%) Hudson
8 3 (4.000%) Visual Studio
8 3 (4.000%) JUnit
9 1 (1.333%) Jenkins
9 1 (1.333%) TestComplete
9 1 (1.333%) WATIR
9 1 (1.333%) FitNesse
9 1 (1.333%) TestPartner
9 1 (1.333%) Ant
General
1 25 (33.33%) Finance
2 21 (28.00%) Telecoms
3 20 (26.67%) Retail
4 1 (1.333%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.333%) Games
Job Titles
1 34 (45.33%) Analyst
2 28 (37.33%) Test Analyst
3 11 (14.67%) Senior Analyst
3 11 (14.67%) Security Analyst
4 10 (13.33%) QA Analyst
4 10 (13.33%) Senior Test Analyst
5 9 (12.00%) Test Consultant
5 9 (12.00%) Consultant
5 9 (12.00%) Performance Test Consultant
6 8 (10.67%) Test Manager
7 7 (9.333%) Tester
8 4 (5.333%) QA Test Analyst
8 4 (5.333%) Senior Security Analyst
8 4 (5.333%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.333%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.000%) Test Automation Analyst
9 3 (4.000%) Automation Analyst
9 3 (4.000%) Platform Engineer
9 3 (4.000%) ScrumMaster
9 3 (4.000%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.67%) Computer Science
2 6 (8.000%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (8.000%) Open Source
3 4 (5.333%) SaaS
4 3 (4.000%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (4.000%) Mathematics
4 3 (4.000%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 31 (41.33%) Windows
2 23 (30.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 21 (28.00%) Windows XP
4 17 (22.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (22.67%) Windows 7
5 6 (8.000%) UNIX
6 4 (5.333%) Linux
7 1 (1.333%) SUSE
7 1 (1.333%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.00%) Test Scripting
2 25 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 23 (30.67%) Regression Testing
4 19 (25.33%) Migration
5 16 (21.33%) Validation
6 15 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
7 14 (18.67%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (14.67%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (13.33%) Scrum
10 8 (10.67%) User Stories
11 6 (8.000%) Software Engineering
12 5 (6.667%) Performance Testing
12 5 (6.667%) Code Coverage
12 5 (6.667%) Configuration Management
12 5 (6.667%) Project Management
13 4 (5.333%) E-Commerce
13 4 (5.333%) Manual Testing
13 4 (5.333%) Continuous Improvement
14 3 (4.000%) BDD
14 3 (4.000%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (26.67%) SQL
2 19 (25.33%) Java
3 7 (9.333%) C#
4 6 (8.000%) Python
4 6 (8.000%) VB
5 5 (6.667%) C
6 3 (4.000%) Scala
6 3 (4.000%) C++
6 3 (4.000%) PHP
7 2 (2.667%) Ruby
8 1 (1.333%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (46.67%) ISEB
2 27 (36.00%) SC Cleared
2 27 (36.00%) Security Cleared
3 16 (21.33%) ISTQB
4 8 (10.67%) Degree
5 1 (1.333%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (28.00%) QA
System Software
1 23 (30.67%) Active Directory
2 16 (21.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (20.00%) VMware ESX
3 15 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (4.000%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 33 (44.00%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (6.667%) Netcool
2 5 (6.667%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 27 (36.00%) HP
2 23 (30.67%) Oracle
3 19 (25.33%) Fujitsu
4 16 (21.33%) VMware
5 7 (9.333%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.000%) Cisco
7 1 (1.333%) IBM
QA Engineer - 40000 - Winnersh
Reading, Berkshire
Responsible for test automation within QA . Create, execute and maintain automated test scripts . Implement automation tests using Selenium Webdriver . Implement automation service tests using SoapU or JMeter . Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Analyst (HP QC or QTP)
Berkshire, 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: 1 May 2013
Senior QA Tester
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium, QTP, TestComplete) Experience of working within an Agile environment... Strong SQL knowledge and experience (Postgresql an advantage) Experience of Server OS (Linux, Windows Server, Suse and Ubuntu)...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Automation Analyst - stock control/warehouse/distribution software
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: 21 May 2013
Test Analyst - QTP Automation Testing Specialist - QTP Tester
Hungerford, Berkshire, South East
With through on-going training and career management, the Company offers opportunities for individual growth and development.Responsibilities: To develop and maintain automated test scripts in HP QTP...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £37,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Analyst (SC Cleared)
Reading, Thames Valley
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Analyst (SC Cleared)
Reading, Berkshire
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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