The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Analyst 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 Automation Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Analyst
Rank 311 308 317
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Analyst 10 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.086% 0.115% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.123% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 11
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £49,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +4.16%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
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%
Automation Analyst
London

Automation Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Automation Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Analyst
Salary Trend

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

City of London Automation Analyst Salary Trend

Automation Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automation Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Automation Analyst Salary Histogram

Automation Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Automation Analyst 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 Automation Analyst in their job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Test Automation
2 10 (58.82%) Selenium
2 10 (58.82%) QA
3 8 (47.06%) Banking
4 7 (41.18%) QuickTest Pro
5 6 (35.29%) Java
5 6 (35.29%) Automation Testing
6 5 (29.41%) Automated Testing
6 5 (29.41%) FitNesse
7 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (23.53%) SQL
7 4 (23.53%) Investment Banking
8 3 (17.65%) Social Media
8 3 (17.65%) Apple iOS
8 3 (17.65%) Cucumber
8 3 (17.65%) Digital Media
8 3 (17.65%) MonkeyTalk
8 3 (17.65%) Robotium
8 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
8 3 (17.65%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (17.65%) VBScript
8 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
8 3 (17.65%) LoadRunner
8 3 (17.65%) Finance
8 3 (17.65%) Blackberry
8 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
8 3 (17.65%) Groovy
8 3 (17.65%) Android
8 3 (17.65%) iPhone
9 2 (11.76%) HP Quality Center

Automation Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Automation Analyst 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 Automation Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 1 (5.882%) soapUI
2 1 (5.882%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) CSS
2 1 (5.882%) Web Services
2 1 (5.882%) XML
2 1 (5.882%) Spring
2 1 (5.882%) Ajax
2 1 (5.882%) WPF
2 1 (5.882%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Selenium
2 7 (41.18%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (29.41%) FitNesse
4 3 (17.65%) Cucumber
4 3 (17.65%) MonkeyTalk
4 3 (17.65%) Robotium
4 3 (17.65%) LoadRunner
5 2 (11.76%) WebDriver
5 2 (11.76%) WATIR
6 1 (5.882%) SpecFlow
6 1 (5.882%) JUnit
6 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
6 1 (5.882%) JIRA
6 1 (5.882%) TestNG
General
1 8 (47.06%) Banking
2 4 (23.53%) Investment Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 1 (5.882%) Front Office
4 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.882%) Legal
4 1 (5.882%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Social Media
1 3 (17.65%) Digital Media
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
1 3 (17.65%) Blackberry
1 3 (17.65%) iPhone
2 1 (5.882%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.882%) Fixed Income
2 1 (5.882%) Equities
2 1 (5.882%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Apple iOS
1 3 (17.65%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Test Automation
2 6 (35.29%) Automation Testing
3 5 (29.41%) Automated Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (17.65%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
5 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
6 2 (11.76%) TDD
6 2 (11.76%) OO
7 1 (5.882%) Regression Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Scrum
7 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
7 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
7 1 (5.882%) System Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Performance Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Stress Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Security Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Java
2 4 (23.53%) SQL
3 3 (17.65%) VBScript
3 3 (17.65%) Groovy
4 2 (11.76%) Python
4 2 (11.76%) VB
5 1 (5.882%) VBA
5 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.882%) Perl
5 1 (5.882%) C#
5 1 (5.882%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) HP
1 1 (5.882%) CA
1 1 (5.882%) Telerik