The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 23 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 Docklands, London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 31 37 62
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +25
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 4 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 2.105% 1.095% 1.307%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.101% 1.376% 1.670%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 8
Average salary £75,000 £70,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +21.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £70,750 £66,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £79,250 £74,000 £70,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Docklands, London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
129 218 479
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 67.89% 79.56% 78.27%
Number of salaries quoted 115 193 293
Average salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £92,500 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
London

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) Front Office
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
1 4 (80.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (60.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (20.00%) Perl
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) VBA
4 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
4 1 (20.00%) TIBCO
4 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (20.00%) Back Office
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
4 1 (20.00%) Equities
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Front Office
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
1 4 (80.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Automation Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Tester
3 1 (20.00%) UAT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) UAT Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (60.00%) TDD
1 3 (60.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) TIBCO