The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 44 42 48
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 30 13 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 5.714% 3.308% 0.272%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.229% 5.285% 0.385%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 1
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bracknell
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
415 246 260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 79.05% 62.60% 70.65%
Number of salaries quoted 240 187 218
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £27,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Berkshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bracknell Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 32 (88.89%) SQL Server
1 32 (88.89%) Finance
2 30 (83.33%) IIS
3 18 (50.00%) C#
3 18 (50.00%) .NET
3 18 (50.00%) Scrum
3 18 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 17 (47.22%) Security Cleared
4 17 (47.22%) Refactoring
4 17 (47.22%) Silverlight
4 17 (47.22%) ISEB
4 17 (47.22%) SQL
4 17 (47.22%) XML
5 16 (44.44%) XSLT
5 16 (44.44%) Windows
5 16 (44.44%) OOA/OOD
5 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
6 15 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
6 15 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 15 (41.67%) LAN
6 15 (41.67%) WAN
6 15 (41.67%) Active Directory
6 15 (41.67%) Financial Institution
6 15 (41.67%) VMware
6 15 (41.67%) VMware ESX
7 14 (38.89%) VMware Workstation
7 14 (38.89%) Validation
7 14 (38.89%) Migration
7 14 (38.89%) TDD

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 18 (50.00%) .NET
2 17 (47.22%) Silverlight
2 17 (47.22%) XML
3 16 (44.44%) XSLT
4 7 (19.44%) XSD
5 3 (8.333%) LINQ
5 3 (8.333%) .NET Framework
5 3 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 3 (8.333%) Web Services
6 1 (2.778%) JSTL
6 1 (2.778%) Ajax
6 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
6 1 (2.778%) AppFabric
6 1 (2.778%) EJB
6 1 (2.778%) CSS
6 1 (2.778%) JSP
6 1 (2.778%) HTML
6 1 (2.778%) J2EE
6 1 (2.778%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 30 (83.33%) IIS
2 14 (38.89%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (30.56%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (41.67%) LAN
1 15 (41.67%) WAN
2 1 (2.778%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 14 (38.89%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 14 (38.89%) LoadRunner
2 4 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (11.11%) SilkTest
3 1 (2.778%) JUnit
General
1 32 (88.89%) Finance
2 15 (41.67%) Financial Institution
3 14 (38.89%) Telecoms
3 14 (38.89%) Retail
4 1 (2.778%) Banking
4 1 (2.778%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 18 (50.00%) Developer
2 13 (36.11%) Analyst
2 13 (36.11%) Test Analyst
2 13 (36.11%) C# Developer
3 11 (30.56%) Senior Test Analyst
3 11 (30.56%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
4 8 (22.22%) C# Software Developer
4 8 (22.22%) .NET Developer
4 8 (22.22%) Software Developer
5 7 (19.44%) .NET Software Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
6 4 (11.11%) Test Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Security Analyst
6 4 (11.11%) Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Security Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Performance Test Consultant
7 3 (8.333%) Junior Software Developer
7 3 (8.333%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 3 (8.333%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Computer Science
2 8 (22.22%) N-Tier
3 6 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.778%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (44.44%) Windows
2 15 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (38.89%) Windows XP
3 14 (38.89%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Scrum
1 18 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 17 (47.22%) Refactoring
3 16 (44.44%) OOA/OOD
4 15 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (38.89%) Validation
5 14 (38.89%) Migration
5 14 (38.89%) TDD
5 14 (38.89%) Regression Testing
5 14 (38.89%) Test Automation
5 14 (38.89%) Test Scripting
5 14 (38.89%) Non-Functional Testing
6 13 (36.11%) BDD
7 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
7 5 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (11.11%) OO
9 3 (8.333%) Software Engineering
9 3 (8.333%) UML
10 2 (5.556%) Analytics
10 2 (5.556%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (50.00%) C#
2 17 (47.22%) SQL
3 6 (16.67%) C
4 5 (13.89%) Java
5 4 (11.11%) C++
6 1 (2.778%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) Security Cleared
1 17 (47.22%) ISEB
2 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.556%) Degree
4 1 (2.778%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.778%) ISTQB
System Software
1 15 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (41.67%) Active Directory
1 15 (41.67%) VMware ESX
2 14 (38.89%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (38.89%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (41.67%) VMware
2 14 (38.89%) HP
2 14 (38.89%) Oracle
2 14 (38.89%) Fujitsu
3 3 (8.333%) Microsoft
Bracknell, Thames Valley
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 20 May 2013