The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 19 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 48 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 0.252% 0.233% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.313% 0.385% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
319 260 401
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 80.35% 60.47% 73.85%
Number of salaries quoted 275 236 355
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £66,000 £55,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
East Midlands

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Derby +10 1 £35,000 -
Test Automation
East Midlands

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (75.00%) JUnit
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (75.00%) soapUI
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VBA
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) TOAD
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (75.00%) soapUI
2 2 (50.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JUnit
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Tester
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (25.00%) Test Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (25.00%) QA Leader
1 1 (25.00%) Automation Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Automated Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (25.00%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
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