The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 58 47 52
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 8 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 1.307% 0.560% 0.265%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.887% 0.758% 0.348%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 1
Average salary £22,750 £18,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.97% -27.45%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
424 264 287
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 69.28% 73.95% 76.13%
Number of salaries quoted 367 234 280
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -20.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
West Midlands

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Coventry Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 24 (88.89%) SQL
2 22 (81.48%) QA
3 18 (66.67%) Selenium
3 18 (66.67%) Manual Testing
3 18 (66.67%) Finance
4 13 (48.15%) HTML
5 11 (40.74%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (29.63%) Oracle
6 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
6 8 (29.63%) VB
6 8 (29.63%) UNIX
6 8 (29.63%) Windows
6 8 (29.63%) Windows 2000
7 7 (25.93%) .NET
7 7 (25.93%) Release Management
8 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (18.52%) Unit Testing
9 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
9 5 (18.52%) CSS
9 5 (18.52%) OO
9 5 (18.52%) C#
9 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
10 4 (14.81%) ISEB
10 4 (14.81%) Test Strategy
10 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
10 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
11 1 (3.704%) Validation
11 1 (3.704%) SAP CRM
11 1 (3.704%) Java
11 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 13 (48.15%) HTML
2 7 (25.93%) .NET
3 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
3 5 (18.52%) CSS
4 1 (3.704%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (66.67%) Selenium
2 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Tester
2 11 (40.74%) Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Test Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Systems Test Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Systems Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Test Coordinator
4 7 (25.93%) Systems Tester
4 7 (25.93%) Coordinator
4 7 (25.93%) UAT Tester
5 5 (18.52%) Developer
6 4 (14.81%) Graduate
6 4 (14.81%) Graduate Developer
6 4 (14.81%) QA Tester
7 3 (11.11%) UAT Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) C# Developer
7 3 (11.11%) UAT Test Analyst
8 2 (7.407%) Graduate C# Developer
8 2 (7.407%) Graduate Software Developer
8 2 (7.407%) Software Developer
8 2 (7.407%) Test Manager
Operating Systems
1 8 (29.63%) UNIX
1 8 (29.63%) Windows
1 8 (29.63%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 11 (40.74%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (25.93%) Release Management
4 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (18.52%) Unit Testing
5 5 (18.52%) OO
6 4 (14.81%) Test Strategy
6 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
6 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
7 1 (3.704%) Validation
7 1 (3.704%) CRM
7 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (3.704%) Integration Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (88.89%) SQL
2 8 (29.63%) VB
3 5 (18.52%) C#
3 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.704%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) ISEB
2 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (81.48%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Oracle
2 1 (3.704%) SAP
2 1 (3.704%) HP
Coventry, West Midlands
You will be part of the agile development team with a focus on engine development. You will work closely with your team, testing new web service, payment engine...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £28000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will be a part of the agile development team with a focus on UI development. You will work with the rest of the team primarily coding asp...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will be a part of the agile development team with a focus on UI development. You will work with the rest of the team primarily coding asp...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will be a part of the agile development team with a focus on UI development. You will work with the rest of the team primarily coding asp...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will have: * Demonstrable customer facing experience and excellent communication skills and team focus;* Hands on experience of Web application and Web service development in a commercial environment...
BARCLAYS
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013