The first table below looks at the demand for the Automated Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Tester
Rank 319 316 322
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Automated Tester 1 12 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.009% 0.092% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.099% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 5
Average salary £45,000 £41,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £36,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10773 12165 14632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.88% 93.10% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9280 11060 13186
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automated Tester
London

Automated Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automated Tester across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Automated Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automated Tester across the City of London region.

City of London Automated Tester Salary Trend

Automated Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Automated Tester in their job title 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 with Automated Tester in their job title.

1 14 (93.33%) Selenium
2 8 (53.33%) QA
2 8 (53.33%) Java
2 8 (53.33%) Automation Testing
3 7 (46.67%) C#
4 6 (40.00%) Regression Testing
5 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 5 (33.33%) Scrum
5 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 4 (26.67%) ISTQB
6 4 (26.67%) Telerik
6 4 (26.67%) Automated Testing
6 4 (26.67%) Blackberry
6 4 (26.67%) WinForms
6 4 (26.67%) .NET
6 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
6 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
6 4 (26.67%) Finance
6 4 (26.67%) Publishing
6 4 (26.67%) Games
6 4 (26.67%) ISEB
6 4 (26.67%) Web Testing
6 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
6 4 (26.67%) System Testing
6 4 (26.67%) Ext JS
6 4 (26.67%) WPF
6 4 (26.67%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (26.67%) WebDriver
6 4 (26.67%) Cucumber
6 4 (26.67%) Mobile App

Automated Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Automated Tester in their job title 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 with Automated Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (26.67%) WinForms
1 4 (26.67%) .NET
1 4 (26.67%) Ext JS
1 4 (26.67%) WPF
2 1 (6.667%) HTML5
2 1 (6.667%) Apache Flex
2 1 (6.667%) Flash
2 1 (6.667%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) HTTP
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (93.33%) Selenium
2 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
2 4 (26.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (26.67%) WebDriver
2 4 (26.67%) Cucumber
3 2 (13.33%) JIRA
3 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
3 2 (13.33%) Hudson
3 2 (13.33%) SpecFlow
3 2 (13.33%) Git (software)
4 1 (6.667%) FitNesse
4 1 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
1 4 (26.67%) Publishing
1 4 (26.67%) Games
2 2 (13.33%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Blackberry
1 4 (26.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) Online Games
2 1 (6.667%) Open Source
2 1 (6.667%) Social Gaming
2 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Social Network
2 1 (6.667%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Android
2 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.667%) Windows
3 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Automation Testing
2 6 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Scrum
3 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Automated Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Web Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
4 4 (26.67%) System Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (13.33%) Unit Testing
7 1 (6.667%) BDD
7 1 (6.667%) Manual Testing
7 1 (6.667%) TDD
7 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
7 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce
7 1 (6.667%) OOD
7 1 (6.667%) OOP
7 1 (6.667%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) C#
3 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (20.00%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) Ruby
5 1 (6.667%) Lua
5 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) ISTQB
1 4 (26.67%) ISEB
2 1 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Telerik
2 1 (6.667%) Facebook
City of London
The role will be within an agile environment and will be ideal if you wish to take on more responsibility and strategy of the commodity trading systems you...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
One of the global leaders in the production of energy and commodity electronic trading systems is seeking a new Automated Tester (Functional, Scripting, MS Office) to join their...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 18 May 2013