The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automation Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Analyst
Rank 114 98 99
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Analyst 8 16 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.461% 0.925% 0.910%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.474% 0.979% 0.978%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 8
Average salary £40,000 £37,061 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.93% +2.94%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +4.16%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1687 1634 1739
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.29% 94.45% 93.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1464 1442 1419
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Analyst
South West

Automation Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automation Analyst across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol Automation Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Automation Analyst Salary Trend

Automation Analyst
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Automation Analyst in their job title 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 with Automation Analyst in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) VBScript
1 13 (100.00%) VBA
1 13 (100.00%) XML
1 13 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 13 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 13 (100.00%) HP
1 13 (100.00%) ISEB
1 13 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 13 (100.00%) Internet
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
1 13 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 13 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 13 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 13 (100.00%) Selenium
1 13 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (69.23%) Test Scripting
3 4 (30.77%) JavaScript

Automation Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Automation Analyst in their job title 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 with Automation Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (100.00%) XML
Applications
1 13 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 13 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 13 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
1 13 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 13 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 13 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (69.23%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) VBScript
1 13 (100.00%) VBA
2 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) ISEB
1 13 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) HP
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of other test automation tools (such as Selenium) would be advantageous * A knowledge of VBScript, SQL and MS Excel (including formulae and VBA macros), XML, DOS/Shell *...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013