The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 125 108 128
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +20
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 10 19 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.490% 0.975% 0.145%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.659% 1.323% 0.200%
Number of salaries quoted 9 17 3
Average salary £28,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1517 1436 1500
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 74.29% 73.72% 72.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1334 1215 1313
Average salary £42,500 £41,004 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.64% +2.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 -20 8 £28,000 -20.00%
High Wycombe +4 2 £23,250 -7.00%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 13 (52.00%) Java
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 12 (48.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 11 (44.00%) Automation Testing
3 11 (44.00%) C#
4 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 10 (40.00%) ISEB
4 10 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (40.00%) QA
5 9 (36.00%) ISTQB
6 8 (32.00%) Web Testing
6 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
7 7 (28.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (28.00%) Software Testing
7 7 (28.00%) Scrum
8 5 (20.00%) Visual Studio
9 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
9 4 (16.00%) Degree
10 3 (12.00%) Selenium
10 3 (12.00%) User Stories
10 3 (12.00%) SQL
10 3 (12.00%) Web Services
10 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
11 2 (8.000%) E-Commerce
11 2 (8.000%) Regression Testing
11 2 (8.000%) JSP
11 2 (8.000%) Linux
11 2 (8.000%) XML
11 2 (8.000%) UNIX
11 2 (8.000%) HTML

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Development
1 3 (12.00%) Web Services
2 2 (8.000%) JSP
2 2 (8.000%) XML
2 2 (8.000%) HTML
3 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.000%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (48.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (28.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (20.00%) Visual Studio
4 3 (12.00%) Selenium
5 1 (4.000%) Cucumber
5 1 (4.000%) WebDriver
5 1 (4.000%) LoadRunner
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (80.00%) Test Engineer
2 12 (48.00%) Automation Engineer
3 11 (44.00%) Test Automation Engineer
4 6 (24.00%) Software Engineer
4 6 (24.00%) Software Test Engineer
4 6 (24.00%) QA Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) Senior Test Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Tester
7 2 (8.000%) Software Tester
7 2 (8.000%) QA Leader
7 2 (8.000%) Senior QA Engineer
7 2 (8.000%) Team Leader
8 1 (4.000%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Web Tester
8 1 (4.000%) Software Test Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Senior Software Test Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Test Team Leader
8 1 (4.000%) Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Linux
1 2 (8.000%) UNIX
2 1 (4.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Automation Testing
2 10 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (32.00%) Web Testing
4 7 (28.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (28.00%) Scrum
5 3 (12.00%) User Stories
6 2 (8.000%) E-Commerce
6 2 (8.000%) Regression Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Automated Testing
7 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.000%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (4.000%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) Java
2 11 (44.00%) C#
3 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (12.00%) SQL
5 1 (4.000%) Python
5 1 (4.000%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) ISEB
2 9 (36.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (16.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.000%) Twitter
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