The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 34 49 33
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -16
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 5 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 2.294% 1.070% 1.327%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.759% 1.389% 1.899%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 3
Average salary £24,000 £41,250 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-41.81% +55.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £40,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £42,500 £41,300
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
133 288 158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 61.01% 77.01% 69.91%
Number of salaries quoted 128 219 132
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,741
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +0.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £28,950
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £52,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Gloucestershire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 9 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
4 4 (44.44%) V-Model
4 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (44.44%) TDD
4 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
4 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (44.44%) ISEB
4 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
4 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) .NET
4 4 (44.44%) Oracle
4 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
4 4 (44.44%) XML
4 4 (44.44%) XSD
4 4 (44.44%) XSLT
5 1 (11.11%) Finance

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) XML
1 4 (44.44%) XSD
1 4 (44.44%) XSLT
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Systems Test Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Tester
3 3 (33.33%) Tester
4 2 (22.22%) Graduate
4 2 (22.22%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) V-Model
3 4 (44.44%) TDD
3 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
3 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISEB
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
This will be a manual testing but if you have knowledge of automated testing that is a plus as is financial services experience. If you have a little...
Sanderson
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 June 2013