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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 17 12 13
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 5 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ealing 6.494% 3.030% 7.317%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.463% 3.226% 9.375%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £49,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Ealing
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
67 31 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ealing 87.01% 93.94% 78.05%
Number of salaries quoted 51 30 24
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,450 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £57,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
London

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ealing 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 Ealing region.

Ealing Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ealing 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 6 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Selenium
3 4 (33.33%) Kanban
3 4 (33.33%) Games
3 4 (33.33%) TDD
3 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 4 (33.33%) Spring
3 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 4 (33.33%) Open Source
3 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 4 (33.33%) Build Automation
3 4 (33.33%) Automation Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) XML
3 4 (33.33%) ISEB
3 4 (33.33%) WinRunner
3 4 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (16.67%) MarkLogic
5 2 (16.67%) Hibernate
5 2 (16.67%) FreeMarker
5 2 (16.67%) Velocity
5 2 (16.67%) W3C
5 2 (16.67%) Mercator
5 2 (16.67%) Linux

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ealing 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 4 (33.33%) XML
1 4 (33.33%) Spring
2 2 (16.67%) Velocity
2 2 (16.67%) FreeMarker
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) CSS
2 2 (16.67%) XSLT
2 2 (16.67%) XHTML
2 2 (16.67%) Hibernate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
1 1 (8.333%) DNS
1 1 (8.333%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MarkLogic
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) WinRunner
1 4 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 4 (33.33%) Games
1 4 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Test Leader
3 2 (16.67%) UI Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Test Team Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Tester
4 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Server Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Tester
4 1 (8.333%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Lead Tester
4 1 (8.333%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 4 (33.33%) Open Source
2 2 (16.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Scrum
1 4 (33.33%) TDD
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 4 (33.33%) Kanban
1 4 (33.33%) Build Automation
1 4 (33.33%) Automation Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Integration Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (8.333%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) XQuery
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) ISEB
2 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.333%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Mercator
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco