The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 64 50 42
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -8
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 0.161% 0.275% 2.128%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.233% 0.368% 2.778%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 8
Average salary £35,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
429 272 288
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 68.86% 74.73% 76.60%
Number of salaries quoted 371 246 281
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -21.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £32,050
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%
Test Automation
West Midlands

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Velocity
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 1 (50.00%) Velocity
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) ScrumMaster
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB