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This section looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAutomated Testing
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank215224
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads160122
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.050 %
As % of the category below1.290 %1.055 %
Salaries quoted15182
Average minimum salary£40,914£45,512
Average salary£45,200£49,774
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
Average maximum salary£49,487£54,037
UK excluding London average salary£34,444£33,970
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1240211566
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.531 %4.744 %
Salaries quoted105158853
Average minimum salary£50,302£54,789
Average salary£55,642£59,616
% change on same period last year-6.66 %
Average maximum salary£60,983£64,443
UK excluding London average salary£42,575£44,522
% change on same period last year-4.37 %
Automated Testing LondonAutomated Testing
London

Automated Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Automated Testing Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Trend

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

City of London Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

City of London Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1130 (41.67 %)Finance
2118 (37.82 %)QA
395 (30.45 %)Java
472 (23.08 %)SQL
472 (23.08 %)Test Scripting
564 (20.51 %)ISEB
663 (20.19 %)Banking
755 (17.63 %)QuickTest Pro
845 (14.42 %)Selenium
845 (14.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
943 (13.78 %)XML
1041 (13.14 %)Degree
1136 (11.54 %)Regression Testing
1235 (11.22 %)TestDirector
1334 (10.90 %)SQL Server
1334 (10.90 %)J2EE
1433 (10.58 %)Oracle
1532 (10.26 %)LoadRunner
1532 (10.26 %)Manual Testing
1631 (9.936 %)Linux
1730 (9.615 %)E-Commerce
1730 (9.615 %)WinRunner
1828 (8.974 %)Internet
1828 (8.974 %)UNIX
1828 (8.974 %)Scrum
1927 (8.654 %).NET
1927 (8.654 %)CSS
1927 (8.654 %)Continuous Integration
2025 (8.013 %)XHTML
2025 (8.013 %)Investment Banking

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
143 (13.78 %)XML
234 (10.90 %)J2EE
327 (8.654 %).NET
327 (8.654 %)CSS
425 (8.013 %)XHTML
518 (5.769 %)J2SE
617 (5.449 %)AJAX
716 (5.128 %)Swing
815 (4.808 %)HTML
912 (3.846 %)Spring
1011 (3.526 %)Hibernate
1011 (3.526 %)XML Schema
1110 (3.205 %)SOAP
129 (2.885 %).NET Framework
136 (1.923 %)Middleware
145 (1.603 %)MAPI
154 (1.282 %)WinForms
163 (0.962 %)WCF
163 (0.962 %)WebServices
172 (0.641 %)JMS
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (7.692 %)Apache
215 (4.808 %)Tomcat
39 (2.885 %)SharePoint
45 (1.603 %)CMS
54 (1.282 %)IIS
63 (0.962 %)Lotus Notes
63 (0.962 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (0.962 %)Content Management Server
71 (0.321 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.321 %)BizTalk Server
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (5.128 %)MS Excel
28 (2.564 %)MS Office
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.641 %)Singl.eView
12 (0.641 %)HiPortfolio
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (8.974 %)Internet
212 (3.846 %)TCP/IP
310 (3.205 %)HTTP
48 (2.564 %)SMTP
55 (1.603 %)IMAP
63 (0.962 %)Broadband
63 (0.962 %)SMS
63 (0.962 %)SAN
72 (0.641 %)SSH
72 (0.641 %)WLAN
72 (0.641 %)FTP
81 (0.321 %)Intranet
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (10.90 %)SQL Server
210 (3.205 %)RDBMS
39 (2.885 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (0.962 %)InterSystems Cache
43 (0.962 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.321 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.321 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.321 %)SQL Server 2000
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
155 (17.63 %)QuickTest Pro
245 (14.42 %)Selenium
335 (11.22 %)TestDirector
432 (10.26 %)LoadRunner
530 (9.615 %)WinRunner
622 (7.051 %)JUnit
719 (6.090 %)Ant
818 (5.769 %)FitNesse
912 (3.846 %)Eclipse
109 (2.885 %)Rational Robot
118 (2.564 %)JIRA
127 (2.244 %)JMeter
135 (1.603 %)NUnit
135 (1.603 %)Subversion
143 (0.962 %)Visual Studio
151 (0.321 %)CruiseControl
151 (0.321 %)SilkPerformer
151 (0.321 %)SilkTest
151 (0.321 %)HttpUnit
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1130 (41.67 %)Finance
263 (20.19 %)Banking
325 (8.013 %)Investment Banking
415 (4.808 %)Front Office
415 (4.808 %)Government
512 (3.846 %)Financial Institution
610 (3.205 %)Retail
79 (2.885 %)Health
88 (2.564 %)Insurance
88 (2.564 %)Pensions
97 (2.244 %)Electric
106 (1.923 %)Law
114 (1.282 %)Marketing
123 (0.962 %)Legal
123 (0.962 %)Advertising
123 (0.962 %)Billing
132 (0.641 %)General Ledger
132 (0.641 %)International Banking
132 (0.641 %)Telecoms
141 (0.321 %)Music
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1107 (34.29 %)Tester
295 (30.45 %)Analyst
372 (23.08 %)Test Analyst
436 (11.54 %)Developer
534 (10.90 %)Java Developer
628 (8.974 %)QA Analyst
726 (8.333 %)Test Manager
818 (5.769 %)QA Tester
917 (5.449 %)Project Manager
917 (5.449 %)Software Manager
1016 (5.128 %)Consultant
1016 (5.128 %)Software Project Manager
1114 (4.487 %)Applications Manager
1114 (4.487 %)Web Manager
1213 (4.167 %)Test Engineer
1312 (3.846 %)Senior Analyst
1312 (3.846 %)QA Manager
1312 (3.846 %)Applications Tester
1312 (3.846 %)Java Swing Developer
1312 (3.846 %)Web Tester
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (7.051 %)Computer Science
219 (6.090 %)Derivative
317 (5.449 %)Spread Betting
48 (2.564 %)Web 2.0
57 (2.244 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
66 (1.923 %)Exotic Derivative
75 (1.603 %)Equity Derivative
75 (1.603 %)Contract for Difference
84 (1.282 %)Client/Server
84 (1.282 %)N-Tier
84 (1.282 %)Fixed Income
93 (0.962 %)Equities
102 (0.641 %)Credit Derivative
102 (0.641 %)Handset
111 (0.321 %)Multithreading
111 (0.321 %)Streaming Media
111 (0.321 %)EPoS
111 (0.321 %)AS400
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (9.936 %)Linux
228 (8.974 %)UNIX
324 (7.692 %)Windows
45 (1.603 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.321 %)Windows NT
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
172 (23.08 %)Test Scripting
245 (14.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
336 (11.54 %)Regression Testing
432 (10.26 %)Manual Testing
530 (9.615 %)E-Commerce
628 (8.974 %)Scrum
727 (8.654 %)Continuous Integration
824 (7.692 %)Agile Software Development
922 (7.051 %)Software Testing
1021 (6.731 %)Risk Management
1021 (6.731 %)Web Testing
1120 (6.410 %)Web Development
1216 (5.128 %)RUP
1216 (5.128 %)DSDM
1312 (3.846 %)UML
1411 (3.526 %)OO
1411 (3.526 %)Penetration Testing
1411 (3.526 %)Electronic Trading
1510 (3.205 %)Performance Testing
1510 (3.205 %)Use Case
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
195 (30.45 %)Java
272 (23.08 %)SQL
323 (7.372 %)C++
422 (7.051 %)Perl
519 (6.090 %)C#
613 (4.167 %)JavaScript
712 (3.846 %)VBScript
811 (3.526 %)VB
910 (3.205 %)C
107 (2.244 %)Python
116 (1.923 %)VBA
125 (1.603 %)PHP
134 (1.282 %)DHTML
143 (0.962 %)Korn
152 (0.641 %)Transact-SQL
161 (0.321 %)Groovy
161 (0.321 %)Shell Script
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
164 (20.51 %)ISEB
241 (13.14 %)Degree
39 (2.885 %)ISEB Practitioner
41 (0.321 %)MCTS
41 (0.321 %)ISTQB
41 (0.321 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.321 %)MCSD
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1118 (37.82 %)QA
22 (0.641 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (3.526 %)Nmap
25 (1.603 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (1.282 %)MSMQ
43 (0.962 %)ISA Server
52 (0.641 %)Active Directory
61 (0.321 %)VMware Workstation
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (3.526 %)Nessus
21 (0.321 %)MOM
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (10.58 %)Oracle
217 (5.449 %)Microsoft
38 (2.564 %)Sybase
38 (2.564 %)Empirix
47 (2.244 %)VMware
56 (1.923 %)Nokia
64 (1.282 %)Interwoven
64 (1.282 %)Compuware
73 (0.962 %)Citrix
73 (0.962 %)Lotus
82 (0.641 %)HP
91 (0.321 %)IBM
91 (0.321 %)Informatica
91 (0.321 %)Borland
91 (0.321 %)TIBCO
91 (0.321 %)Retek
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