The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Crawley region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 55 59 57
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 17 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crawley 2.857% 2.022% 0.862%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.648% 2.519% 1.170%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 4
Average salary £30,500 £30,500 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £30,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £31,600 £31,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Crawley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
466 516 342
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crawley 78.32% 80.25% 73.71%
Number of salaries quoted 344 394 265
Average salary £42,500 £47,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
West Sussex

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Crawley region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Crawley Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Crawley 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 21 (65.63%) ISEB
2 19 (59.38%) User Acceptance Testing
2 19 (59.38%) Performance Testing
3 17 (53.13%) Automation Testing
4 14 (43.75%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (43.75%) TDD
5 10 (31.25%) Web Testing
6 8 (25.00%) Selenium
7 7 (21.88%) Test Scripting
8 5 (15.63%) Software Testing
8 5 (15.63%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (15.63%) Pro/ENGINEER
8 5 (15.63%) Regression Testing
8 5 (15.63%) Finance
8 5 (15.63%) QuickTest Pro
8 5 (15.63%) HTML
8 5 (15.63%) Oracle
8 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
8 5 (15.63%) XML
8 5 (15.63%) E-Commerce
9 4 (12.50%) Manual Testing
10 3 (9.375%) Test Automation
10 3 (9.375%) Java
10 3 (9.375%) Scrum
11 2 (6.250%) User Stories
11 2 (6.250%) Web Development
11 2 (6.250%) Degree
12 1 (3.125%) Test Strategy
12 1 (3.125%) Waterfall

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Crawley 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 5 (15.63%) HTML
1 5 (15.63%) XML
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Pro/ENGINEER
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Selenium
2 5 (15.63%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (15.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 28 (87.50%) Analyst
1 28 (87.50%) Test Analyst
2 20 (62.50%) Tester
3 17 (53.13%) Systems Tester
4 12 (37.50%) Agile Test Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Automation Tester
5 3 (9.375%) Agile Tester
5 3 (9.375%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Test Team Leader
5 3 (9.375%) Team Leader
5 3 (9.375%) Systems Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) User Acceptance Testing
1 19 (59.38%) Performance Testing
2 17 (53.13%) Automation Testing
3 14 (43.75%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (43.75%) TDD
4 10 (31.25%) Web Testing
5 7 (21.88%) Test Scripting
6 5 (15.63%) Software Testing
6 5 (15.63%) Regression Testing
6 5 (15.63%) E-Commerce
7 4 (12.50%) Manual Testing
8 3 (9.375%) Test Automation
8 3 (9.375%) Scrum
9 2 (6.250%) User Stories
9 2 (6.250%) Web Development
10 1 (3.125%) Test Strategy
10 1 (3.125%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.375%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) ISEB
2 2 (6.250%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Oracle
Crawley, West Sussex
Test Analyst / System Tester / UAT / Performance Testing / Automated Testing / Web Based Applications / XML / HTML / Crawley / 30 - 31K + bonus + benefits required to test business change projects and web based...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £31000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013