The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Tester 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 119 114 111
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 4 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.231% 0.057% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.237% 0.060% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 1
Average salary £36,000 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.49% +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -0.68%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1685 1671 1658
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.23% 94.84% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1467 1473 1351
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +5.88%
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 Tester
South West

Automation Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Automation Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Tester
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Automation Tester Salary Trend

Automation Tester
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Automation Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (60.00%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) Silverlight
2 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Selenium
4 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) Silverlight
1 3 (60.00%) HTML5
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center