Test Automation Jobs in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills 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 Test Automation over the 3 months to 22 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 City of London region.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 216 233 244
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +11
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 100 100 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.852% 0.754% 0.560%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.094% 0.984% 0.742%
Number of salaries quoted 94 87 75
Average salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 9137 10161 11456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.83% 76.57% 75.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7848 9214 10259
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
London

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Test Automation Salary Histogram

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 99 (53.23%) QA
1 99 (53.23%) Selenium
2 87 (46.77%) Java
2 87 (46.77%) SQL
3 63 (33.87%) Scrum
4 56 (30.11%) C#
5 53 (28.49%) TDD
6 51 (27.42%) WebDriver
7 49 (26.34%) Banking
7 49 (26.34%) Finance
8 48 (25.81%) Agile Software Development
8 48 (25.81%) BDD
9 47 (25.27%) QuickTest Pro
10 41 (22.04%) Automated Testing
11 40 (21.51%) ISEB
11 40 (21.51%) Python
11 40 (21.51%) Cucumber
12 38 (20.43%) Investment Banking
12 38 (20.43%) Test Scripting
13 36 (19.35%) Perl
14 32 (17.20%) UNIX
14 32 (17.20%) Ruby
15 31 (16.67%) JUnit
16 28 (15.05%) .NET
16 28 (15.05%) Continuous Integration
16 28 (15.05%) Degree
16 28 (15.05%) ISTQB
17 26 (13.98%) OO
18 22 (11.83%) Linux
18 22 (11.83%) JIRA

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 28 (15.05%) .NET
2 19 (10.22%) XML
3 13 (6.989%) Web Services
4 8 (4.301%) Spring
5 7 (3.763%) soapUI
5 7 (3.763%) HTML
5 7 (3.763%) ASP.NET
6 6 (3.226%) .NET Framework
6 6 (3.226%) J2EE
7 5 (2.688%) RESTful
8 4 (2.151%) JSON
8 4 (2.151%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.613%) XSLT
9 3 (1.613%) WPF
10 2 (1.075%) WinForms
10 2 (1.075%) Hibernate
10 2 (1.075%) JSF
10 2 (1.075%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (1.075%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (1.075%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.763%) Confluence
2 4 (2.151%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.075%) IIS
4 1 (0.538%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.538%) Apache
4 1 (0.538%) SAS
4 1 (0.538%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.538%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.538%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.538%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (2.151%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.538%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.538%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.140%) HTTP
2 11 (5.914%) BSS
3 3 (1.613%) Internet
3 3 (1.613%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.538%) Wireless
4 1 (0.538%) FTP
4 1 (0.538%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.538%) GSM
4 1 (0.538%) PSTN
4 1 (0.538%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.29%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.914%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.613%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (1.613%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.075%) SQLBase
4 2 (1.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.075%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.075%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.075%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.538%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.538%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.538%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.538%) TOAD
5 1 (0.538%) MySQL
5 1 (0.538%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.538%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 99 (53.23%) Selenium
2 51 (27.42%) WebDriver
3 47 (25.27%) QuickTest Pro
4 40 (21.51%) Cucumber
5 31 (16.67%) JUnit
6 22 (11.83%) JIRA
7 21 (11.29%) LoadRunner
8 19 (10.22%) TestComplete
9 18 (9.677%) Rational Robot
9 18 (9.677%) WebLOAD
10 15 (8.065%) NUnit
11 14 (7.527%) SpecFlow
12 13 (6.989%) Subversion
13 11 (5.914%) Jenkins
14 10 (5.376%) JMeter
14 10 (5.376%) Hudson
15 9 (4.839%) TeamCity
15 9 (4.839%) FitNesse
16 8 (4.301%) Team Foundation Server
17 7 (3.763%) WinRunner
General
1 49 (26.34%) Banking
1 49 (26.34%) Finance
2 38 (20.43%) Investment Banking
3 14 (7.527%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.914%) Front Office
5 7 (3.763%) Financial Institution
5 7 (3.763%) Publishing
6 6 (3.226%) Billing
7 4 (2.151%) Games
7 4 (2.151%) Retail
7 4 (2.151%) Marketing
8 3 (1.613%) Advertising
8 3 (1.613%) Back Office
9 1 (0.538%) Electronics
9 1 (0.538%) Law
9 1 (0.538%) Legal
9 1 (0.538%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.538%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (30.65%) Tester
2 45 (24.19%) Analyst
3 40 (21.51%) Test Analyst
4 35 (18.82%) Developer
5 27 (14.52%) Automation Tester
6 20 (10.75%) Test Engineer
7 16 (8.602%) Automation Engineer
8 15 (8.065%) Senior Test Analyst
8 15 (8.065%) Senior Analyst
8 15 (8.065%) QA Engineer
9 13 (6.989%) Software Tester
10 12 (6.452%) Technical Tester
10 12 (6.452%) Automation Analyst
11 11 (5.914%) Software Developer
12 10 (5.376%) Test Leader
12 10 (5.376%) QA Automation Engineer
13 9 (4.839%) QA Analyst
14 7 (3.763%) QA Leader
14 7 (3.763%) Test Manager
14 7 (3.763%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.677%) Open Source
1 18 (9.677%) Mobile App
2 14 (7.527%) Derivative
3 12 (6.452%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (4.301%) Computer Science
4 8 (4.301%) Social Media
5 7 (3.763%) Client/Server
5 7 (3.763%) Fixed Income
6 6 (3.226%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.688%) iPhone
7 5 (2.688%) iPad
7 5 (2.688%) Blackberry
7 5 (2.688%) Credit Risk
7 5 (2.688%) Equities
8 4 (2.151%) PMI
8 4 (2.151%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.151%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.075%) Handset
9 2 (1.075%) Equity Derivative
9 2 (1.075%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.20%) UNIX
2 22 (11.83%) Linux
3 13 (6.989%) Windows
4 11 (5.914%) Android
5 9 (4.839%) Apple iOS
6 8 (4.301%) Solaris
7 2 (1.075%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.538%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.538%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.538%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (33.87%) Scrum
2 53 (28.49%) TDD
3 48 (25.81%) Agile Software Development
3 48 (25.81%) BDD
4 41 (22.04%) Automated Testing
5 38 (20.43%) Test Scripting
6 28 (15.05%) Continuous Integration
7 26 (13.98%) OO
8 22 (11.83%) Performance Testing
9 21 (11.29%) Waterfall
10 16 (8.602%) Automation Testing
11 15 (8.065%) Regression Testing
12 14 (7.527%) E-Commerce
13 13 (6.989%) Unit Testing
13 13 (6.989%) System Testing
14 12 (6.452%) Software Testing
15 11 (5.914%) Manual Testing
15 11 (5.914%) Integration Testing
15 11 (5.914%) User Acceptance Testing
16 10 (5.376%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 87 (46.77%) Java
1 87 (46.77%) SQL
2 56 (30.11%) C#
3 40 (21.51%) Python
4 36 (19.35%) Perl
5 32 (17.20%) Ruby
6 20 (10.75%) VBScript
6 20 (10.75%) JavaScript
7 15 (8.065%) PL/SQL
8 12 (6.452%) C++
9 8 (4.301%) Korn
9 8 (4.301%) Groovy
10 7 (3.763%) Shell Script
11 5 (2.688%) Tcl
11 5 (2.688%) C
11 5 (2.688%) PHP
12 4 (2.151%) Bash shell
13 3 (1.613%) VBA
13 3 (1.613%) VB
14 2 (1.075%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 40 (21.51%) ISEB
2 28 (15.05%) Degree
2 28 (15.05%) ISTQB
3 5 (2.688%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (2.151%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.075%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (1.075%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.538%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.538%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (53.23%) QA
2 3 (1.613%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (2.688%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.989%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.538%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (10.22%) Oracle
2 13 (6.989%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.226%) HP
4 5 (2.688%) VMware
5 4 (2.151%) Salesforce.com
5 4 (2.151%) Cerillion
6 3 (1.613%) Citrix
6 3 (1.613%) Perforce
7 2 (1.075%) Sun
7 2 (1.075%) Facebook
7 2 (1.075%) Twitter
8 1 (0.538%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.538%) Cadis
8 1 (0.538%) Tableau
8 1 (0.538%) Apple
8 1 (0.538%) CA
8 1 (0.538%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.538%) SAP
8 1 (0.538%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.538%) Huawei
Test Automation Developer - Selenium, Java £50K
City of London
The technical skills they are looking for: Proven experience of Test Automation Scripting Experience - Ideally in Ruby Cucumber and Selenium Oracle or SQL JIRA Experience in Agile, Scrum,...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Test Automation - Selenium, Agile, Cucumber £50K
City of London
The technical skills they are looking for: Proven experience of Test Automation Scripting Experience - Ideally in Ruby Cucumber and Selenium Oracle or SQL JIRA Experience in Agile, Scrum,...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Developer in Test (SDET)
City of London
The successful Software Developer in Test / Technical Tester / Automation Tester will have a strong ability in OO Java Development... The successful The Software Developer in Test (SDET) / Technical...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Software Developer in Test (SDET), Java, Tester, Automation
City of London
The successful Software Developer in Test / Technical Tester / Automation Tester will have a strong ability in OO Java Development... The successful The Software Developer in Test (SDET) / Technical...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £50000.00 - £65000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Software Developer in Test (SDET), Java, Tester, Automation
City of London
The successful Software Developer in Test / Technical Tester / Automation Tester will have a strong ability in OO Java Development... The successful The Software Developer in Test (SDET) / Technical...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £50000.00 - £70000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Senior Agile Test Analyst - Cloud Computing Giant
City of London
The successful Senior Agile Test Analyst - Selenium, Java/C#, Unix - will have expert skills in unit testing, exploratory testing, automated testing and continuous integration.Skills required include test...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Test Analyst - Automation - Proprietary Trading - Market Maker -London
City, London
Projects will include research new automated testing tools, influence testing strategy and implement testing strategy... Automated and manual testing of real-time trading applications... Expand the existing automation...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum Bonus and benfits package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Test Analyst
City of London
Test Analyst - up to 40K, LondonOur client helps to transform the manner in which private and public sector organisations communicate and exchange their electronic and printed information through:...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Test Automation Developer: Start-Up
City of London
They are currently recruiting for a Test Automation Developer, on a permanent basis, in theirCentral Londonoffices, paying circa £50k. Once in this role as a Test Automation Developer,...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Development Engineer in test
City of London
The Role * Reviewing software specifications, designing, implementing and troubleshooting automated and manual test strategies * Testing to be performed at code or API level * Provide high quality reporting on...
Mint
Salary: £50000 - £57000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 2 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst - Banking - Treasury
City of London
60k base + bens + bonus.Key skills: Treasury, Bonds and Repo products, Fixed Income, test automation, test planning, systems testing, test scripting, Quality Centre, XML, SQL... 1997 ISO9001:2008,...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst - Mobile Tester
City, London
Key Words: Mobile Testing, Robotium, Eggplant, JIRA... Responsibilities will include compiling test strategies, test plans and test scripts for all assigned deliverables across all required Mobile platforms, executing...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Java Consultant Front Office Banking Technology
City of London
Java Developer (J2SE, Spring, Hibernate, Murex, XML, SQL, JMS, Maven, AJAX) Front Office Banking Technology - London City £45,000 to £60,000 + Benefits Harrington Starr has partnered with...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Java Consultant Front Office Banking Technology
City, London
Java Developer (J2SE, Spring, Hibernate, Murex, XML, SQL, JMS, Maven, AJAX) Front Office Banking Technology - London City £45,000 to £60,000 + Benefits Harrington Starr has partnered with...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Wednesday 22 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.