The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 114 101 108
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 9 27 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.500% 1.345% 0.666%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.655% 1.748% 0.971%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 10
Average salary £27,500 £37,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66% +27.11%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1373 1545 1133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.32% 76.94% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1057 1355 965
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,350
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
North West

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warrington +18 5 £27,500 -15.38%
Knutsford - 3 £25,000 -
Chester -20 1 - -
Automated Testing
North West

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 (65.22%) Test Scripting
2 14 (60.87%) Selenium
3 9 (39.13%) SQL
4 8 (34.78%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (34.78%) QA
5 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
6 4 (17.39%) ISEB
6 4 (17.39%) VB
6 4 (17.39%) Oracle
6 4 (17.39%) DB2
6 4 (17.39%) MS Office
6 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
6 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
6 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
6 4 (17.39%) C
6 4 (17.39%) C++
6 4 (17.39%) Perl
6 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
6 4 (17.39%) Test Strategy
6 4 (17.39%) Concordion
7 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.04%) Performance Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Load Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
7 3 (13.04%) NUnit
7 3 (13.04%) Test Management
7 3 (13.04%) Quality Management
7 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
8 2 (8.696%) TDD

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 (4.348%) soapUI
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Office
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.696%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) DB2
Development Applications
1 14 (60.87%) Selenium
2 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
2 4 (17.39%) Concordion
3 3 (13.04%) NUnit
4 2 (8.696%) Cucumber
5 1 (4.348%) Bugzilla
5 1 (4.348%) JIRA
General
1 1 (4.348%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Test Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Tester
3 7 (30.43%) Software Tester
4 5 (21.74%) QA Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Software Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Agile Test Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) QA Test Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Software Test Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Test Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Web Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Web Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Test Scripting
2 8 (34.78%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
4 4 (17.39%) Test Strategy
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Performance Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Load Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Test Management
5 3 (13.04%) Quality Management
6 2 (8.696%) TDD
6 2 (8.696%) Test Automation
6 2 (8.696%) Statistical Analysis
7 1 (4.348%) Stress Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Web Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Manual Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Automation Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Regression Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) VB
2 4 (17.39%) C
2 4 (17.39%) C++
2 4 (17.39%) Perl
2 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) ISEB
2 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
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Posted: 24 May 2013