The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 19 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 112 104 120
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +16
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 28 53 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.139% 1.840% 1.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.619% 2.594% 1.545%
Number of salaries quoted 24 48 29
Average salary £45,000 £38,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.12% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £68,500 £50,000 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1729 2043 2007
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 70.34% 70.94% 67.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1485 1743 1758
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire Test Automation Salary Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge -12 27 £45,000 +20.00% 6
Peterborough - 1 - -
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 41 (53.95%) Python
2 35 (46.05%) C++
2 35 (46.05%) QA
3 32 (42.11%) Software Testing
4 31 (40.79%) C
5 30 (39.47%) Linux
6 28 (36.84%) Degree
6 28 (36.84%) UNIX
7 23 (30.26%) Windows
8 17 (22.37%) Perl
8 17 (22.37%) Computer Science
8 17 (22.37%) Automated Testing
9 15 (19.74%) Java
10 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
10 14 (18.42%) Agile Software Development
11 12 (15.79%) ISEB
12 11 (14.47%) Mathematics
13 10 (13.16%) Validation
13 10 (13.16%) JavaScript
13 10 (13.16%) Visual Studio
14 9 (11.84%) OO
14 9 (11.84%) Manual Testing
15 8 (10.53%) Test Scripting
15 8 (10.53%) Software Architecture
15 8 (10.53%) GCC
15 8 (10.53%) SCons
15 8 (10.53%) Eclipse
15 8 (10.53%) JUnit
15 8 (10.53%) Bugzilla
15 8 (10.53%) Scrum

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 7 (9.211%) Web Services
2 3 (3.947%) HTML
3 2 (2.632%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (2.632%) STL
4 1 (1.316%) Ajax
4 1 (1.316%) Silverlight
4 1 (1.316%) Flash
4 1 (1.316%) HTML5
4 1 (1.316%) Natural Language Processing
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.211%) MediaWiki
Applications
1 7 (9.211%) MS Office
1 7 (9.211%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.947%) 3G
2 2 (2.632%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (2.632%) iSCSI
2 2 (2.632%) IPv6
2 2 (2.632%) UMTS
2 2 (2.632%) HTTP
2 2 (2.632%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.632%) GPRS
2 2 (2.632%) Wireless
2 2 (2.632%) 2G
2 2 (2.632%) ZigBee
2 2 (2.632%) VLAN
3 1 (1.316%) STUN
3 1 (1.316%) LAN
3 1 (1.316%) Broadband
3 1 (1.316%) DNS
3 1 (1.316%) SSL
3 1 (1.316%) WAN
3 1 (1.316%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.316%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.895%) Data Mining
1 6 (7.895%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (13.16%) Visual Studio
2 8 (10.53%) GCC
2 8 (10.53%) SCons
2 8 (10.53%) Eclipse
2 8 (10.53%) JUnit
2 8 (10.53%) Bugzilla
3 7 (9.211%) GoogleTest
3 7 (9.211%) Mercurial
4 6 (7.895%) Selenium
5 5 (6.579%) LabVIEW
5 5 (6.579%) WATIR
6 1 (1.316%) JIRA
6 1 (1.316%) FitNesse
6 1 (1.316%) Ant
6 1 (1.316%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (7.895%) Electronics
2 3 (3.947%) Multimedia
3 2 (2.632%) Games
4 1 (1.316%) Publishing
4 1 (1.316%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (40.79%) Software Engineer
2 29 (38.16%) Test Engineer
3 24 (31.58%) Software Test Engineer
4 23 (30.26%) Tester
5 12 (15.79%) Junior
6 10 (13.16%) Junior Tester
6 10 (13.16%) Senior Tester
7 9 (11.84%) Developer
8 8 (10.53%) Software Developer
8 8 (10.53%) Senior Developer
8 8 (10.53%) Senior Software Developer
9 6 (7.895%) Analyst
10 5 (6.579%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (5.263%) QA Analyst
12 3 (3.947%) Senior Test Engineer
13 2 (2.632%) Senior Software Test Engineer
13 2 (2.632%) Test Automation Analyst
13 2 (2.632%) Automation Analyst
13 2 (2.632%) Test Analyst
13 2 (2.632%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.37%) Computer Science
2 11 (14.47%) Mathematics
3 6 (7.895%) Visualisation
3 6 (7.895%) Semantic Web
3 6 (7.895%) Grid Computing
4 5 (6.579%) Physics
5 3 (3.947%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.947%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.632%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.632%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (2.632%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.316%) Streaming Media
7 1 (1.316%) Blog
7 1 (1.316%) E-Learning
7 1 (1.316%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.316%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 30 (39.47%) Linux
2 28 (36.84%) UNIX
3 23 (30.26%) Windows
4 6 (7.895%) Windows 7
4 6 (7.895%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.316%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.316%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.11%) Software Testing
2 17 (22.37%) Automated Testing
3 14 (18.42%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (13.16%) Validation
5 9 (11.84%) OO
5 9 (11.84%) Manual Testing
6 8 (10.53%) Test Scripting
6 8 (10.53%) Software Architecture
6 8 (10.53%) Scrum
6 8 (10.53%) TDD
7 7 (9.211%) OOP
8 6 (7.895%) Test Management
8 6 (7.895%) Software Engineering
8 6 (7.895%) Regression Testing
9 5 (6.579%) Project Management
9 5 (6.579%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (3.947%) Use Case
10 3 (3.947%) Quality Management
10 3 (3.947%) Risk Assessment
10 3 (3.947%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (53.95%) Python
2 35 (46.05%) C++
3 31 (40.79%) C
4 17 (22.37%) Perl
5 15 (19.74%) Java
6 10 (13.16%) JavaScript
7 5 (6.579%) Embedded C
7 5 (6.579%) C#
8 3 (3.947%) Embedded C++
9 2 (2.632%) Ruby
10 1 (1.316%) SQL
10 1 (1.316%) VBScript
10 1 (1.316%) VB
10 1 (1.316%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 28 (36.84%) Degree
2 12 (15.79%) ISEB
3 5 (6.579%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.316%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.316%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (46.05%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.632%) XenServer
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.211%) Google
3 1 (1.316%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.316%) Perforce
3 1 (1.316%) Progress
3 1 (1.316%) Adobe
3 1 (1.316%) HP
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