The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 122 108 105
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -3
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 12 18 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.590% 0.939% 1.427%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.790% 1.277% 1.972%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 29
Average salary £31,500 £33,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £29,700 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,600 £46,400
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1519 1410 1521
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 74.68% 73.55% 72.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1335 1190 1331
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,000 £60,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes -23 9 £28,500 -12.30%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 25 (65.79%) C#
2 24 (63.16%) Agile Software Development
3 23 (60.53%) Java
3 23 (60.53%) Microsoft
4 22 (57.89%) Selenium
5 21 (55.26%) Finance
6 18 (47.37%) JavaScript
7 17 (44.74%) E-Commerce
8 16 (42.11%) Oracle
8 16 (42.11%) Degree
8 16 (42.11%) QA
9 15 (39.47%) ISEB
10 14 (36.84%) QuickTest Pro
11 13 (34.21%) SharePoint
11 13 (34.21%) .NET
11 13 (34.21%) Computer Science
12 12 (31.58%) jQuery
12 12 (31.58%) Continuous Integration
12 12 (31.58%) Dependency Injection
12 12 (31.58%) Inversion of Control
12 12 (31.58%) User Stories
12 12 (31.58%) Ant
12 12 (31.58%) JUnit
12 12 (31.58%) IntelliJ
12 12 (31.58%) Apache
12 12 (31.58%) Tomcat
12 12 (31.58%) CRM
12 12 (31.58%) JSP
12 12 (31.58%) Hibernate
12 12 (31.58%) Internet

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 13 (34.21%) .NET
2 12 (31.58%) jQuery
2 12 (31.58%) JSP
2 12 (31.58%) Hibernate
2 12 (31.58%) Spring
2 12 (31.58%) Ajax
3 10 (26.32%) ASP.NET
4 8 (21.05%) XML
5 6 (15.79%) CSS
6 2 (5.263%) J2EE
6 2 (5.263%) Web Services
7 1 (2.632%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 13 (34.21%) SharePoint
2 12 (31.58%) Apache
2 12 (31.58%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 12 (31.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.895%) MySQL
2 2 (5.263%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.632%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 22 (57.89%) Selenium
2 14 (36.84%) QuickTest Pro
3 12 (31.58%) Ant
3 12 (31.58%) JUnit
3 12 (31.58%) IntelliJ
3 12 (31.58%) Maven
4 7 (18.42%) WebDriver
4 7 (18.42%) Cucumber
5 5 (13.16%) Visual Studio
6 3 (7.895%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (5.263%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (5.263%) JIRA
7 2 (5.263%) TestDirector
8 1 (2.632%) LoadRunner
General
1 21 (55.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (52.63%) Tester
2 12 (31.58%) Developer
2 12 (31.58%) Java Developer
3 11 (28.95%) Analyst
4 8 (21.05%) Test Analyst
4 8 (21.05%) Software Tester
4 8 (21.05%) Web Tester
5 7 (18.42%) QA Analyst
6 4 (10.53%) Test Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) QA Test Analyst
6 4 (10.53%) Software Test Analyst
6 4 (10.53%) QA Tester
7 3 (7.895%) Quality Analyst
7 3 (7.895%) Automation Tester
8 2 (5.263%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.632%) Senior Tester
9 1 (2.632%) Software Test Engineer
9 1 (2.632%) QA Engineer
9 1 (2.632%) Lead Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Computer Science
2 12 (31.58%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (2.632%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.263%) Windows
2 1 (2.632%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (63.16%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (44.74%) E-Commerce
3 12 (31.58%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (31.58%) Dependency Injection
3 12 (31.58%) User Stories
3 12 (31.58%) CRM
4 9 (23.68%) Software Testing
5 8 (21.05%) Test Scripting
6 7 (18.42%) Regression Testing
7 5 (13.16%) Scrum
7 5 (13.16%) Manual Testing
8 3 (7.895%) Automation Testing
9 2 (5.263%) Change Control
9 2 (5.263%) MSF
9 2 (5.263%) System Testing
9 2 (5.263%) Stress Testing
9 2 (5.263%) E-Procurement
10 1 (2.632%) Change Management
10 1 (2.632%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (2.632%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (65.79%) C#
2 23 (60.53%) Java
3 18 (47.37%) JavaScript
4 6 (15.79%) VB.NET
4 6 (15.79%) SQL
5 3 (7.895%) VBScript
5 3 (7.895%) Delphi
6 2 (5.263%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (42.11%) Degree
2 15 (39.47%) ISEB
3 1 (2.632%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (42.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft
2 16 (42.11%) Oracle
3 2 (5.263%) VMware
4 1 (2.632%) Telerik
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Experience of testing in a web based LAMP environment along with a good understanding of SQL is required. Experience of automated testing preferably with Telerik would be a...
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £34000 - £36000 per annum + health, life cover,
Posted: 24 May 2013