The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 55 43 57
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +14
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 11 8 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.923% 1.865% 2.465%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.663% 2.797% 3.070%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 13
Average salary £26,000 £27,750 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.30% -15.90%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
413 286 456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 72.20% 66.67% 80.28%
Number of salaries quoted 360 266 426
Average salary £34,500 £34,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.47% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South Wales

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cardiff Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 15 (71.43%) Java
1 15 (71.43%) MySQL
1 15 (71.43%) OOD
1 15 (71.43%) Data Mining
1 15 (71.43%) Linux
1 15 (71.43%) Games
1 15 (71.43%) Neural Network
1 15 (71.43%) Web Mining
1 15 (71.43%) Big Data
2 10 (47.62%) Analytics
3 5 (23.81%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (23.81%) ISEB
4 4 (19.05%) ISTQB
4 4 (19.05%) Manual Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Selenium
5 3 (14.29%) Load Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Degree
5 3 (14.29%) QA
5 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 3 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (14.29%) WebDriver
5 3 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
5 3 (14.29%) C#
6 1 (4.762%) C
6 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.762%) C++
6 1 (4.762%) SQL

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 1 (4.762%) .NET
1 1 (4.762%) SOAP
1 1 (4.762%) XML
1 1 (4.762%) JSON
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (71.43%) MySQL
1 15 (71.43%) Data Mining
1 15 (71.43%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Selenium
2 3 (14.29%) WebDriver
2 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (71.43%) Games
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Developer
1 15 (71.43%) Java Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Test Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (4.762%) QA Tester
4 1 (4.762%) Development Manager
4 1 (4.762%) QA Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Tester
4 1 (4.762%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (71.43%) Neural Network
2 5 (23.81%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.762%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) OOD
1 15 (71.43%) Web Mining
2 10 (47.62%) Analytics
3 4 (19.05%) Manual Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Load Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.762%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.762%) Web Testing
5 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (4.762%) C
3 1 (4.762%) C++
3 1 (4.762%) SQL
3 1 (4.762%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) ISEB
2 4 (19.05%) ISTQB
3 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... ISTQB/ISEB qualified to intermediate...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... Automating webservice tests with an...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013