The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 38 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 0.459% - 0.442%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.752% - 0.641%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
133 290 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 61.01% 76.72% 69.03%
Number of salaries quoted 128 220 131
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,482
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Gloucestershire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB