The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derby region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Derby region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 0.962% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.325% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Derby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
151 200 243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 72.60% 69.93% 74.31%
Number of salaries quoted 136 184 217
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £60,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Derbyshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 3 (100.00%) JUnit
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (100.00%) soapUI
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) Cognos
3 1 (33.33%) TOAD
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 3 (100.00%) soapUI
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) TOAD
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Test Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Automated Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Automation Testing
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cognos
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP