The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 18 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 Bracknell region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 73 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 5 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 0.919% 0.248% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.199% 0.385% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bracknell
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
417 260 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 76.65% 64.52% 67.21%
Number of salaries quoted 232 193 197
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Berkshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 21 (100.00%) ISEB
1 21 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 21 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 21 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 21 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 21 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 21 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 19 (90.48%) Migration
2 19 (90.48%) Oracle
2 19 (90.48%) SQL Server
3 17 (80.95%) Windows
3 17 (80.95%) Windows XP
3 17 (80.95%) LAN
3 17 (80.95%) WAN
3 17 (80.95%) Active Directory
3 17 (80.95%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (80.95%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (80.95%) Windows 7
4 15 (71.43%) Non-Functional Testing
4 15 (71.43%) Oracle 8/8i
4 15 (71.43%) VMware
4 15 (71.43%) VMware ESX
4 15 (71.43%) VMware Workstation
4 15 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (71.43%) Validation
5 14 (66.67%) Retail
5 14 (66.67%) Automated Testing
5 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
5 14 (66.67%) Finance
5 14 (66.67%) SQL

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 Platforms
1 14 (66.67%) IIS
1 14 (66.67%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) LAN
1 17 (80.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (90.48%) SQL Server
2 15 (71.43%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 21 (100.00%) LoadRunner
2 9 (42.86%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (23.81%) SilkTest
General
1 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 14 (66.67%) Finance
1 14 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Analyst
1 12 (57.14%) Test Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) Senior Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) Senior Test Analyst
3 9 (42.86%) Test Consultant
3 9 (42.86%) Consultant
3 9 (42.86%) Performance Test Consultant
4 6 (28.57%) Security Analyst
5 4 (19.05%) Senior Security Analyst
5 4 (19.05%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 17 (80.95%) Windows
1 17 (80.95%) Windows XP
1 17 (80.95%) Windows Server 2003
1 17 (80.95%) Windows Server 2008
1 17 (80.95%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 21 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 19 (90.48%) Migration
3 15 (71.43%) Validation
3 15 (71.43%) Non-Functional Testing
4 14 (66.67%) Automated Testing
5 4 (19.05%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) ISEB
1 21 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 21 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) ISTQB
System Software
1 17 (80.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (71.43%) VMware ESX
2 15 (71.43%) VMware Workstation
2 15 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Oracle
2 15 (71.43%) VMware
3 14 (66.67%) Fujitsu
3 14 (66.67%) HP