The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 132 115 129
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +14
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 38 49 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.249% 1.439% 1.182%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.610% 1.992% 1.572%
Number of salaries quoted 35 38 40
Average salary £32,500 £34,750 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.47% +3.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,100 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,600 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2360 2460 2671
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 77.56% 72.27% 75.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1993 2154 2255
Average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £59,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

East Midlands Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Nottinghamshire -5 18 £32,500 -7.14%
Northamptonshire -4 9 £31,750 -9.28%
Leicestershire -10 7 £31,500 -4.54%
Derbyshire - 2 £35,500 -
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 31 (49.21%) C#
2 28 (44.44%) SQL Server
3 26 (41.27%) .NET
4 24 (38.10%) QA
5 23 (36.51%) Test Scripting
5 23 (36.51%) QuickTest Pro
6 20 (31.75%) ASP.NET
7 19 (30.16%) XML
8 18 (28.57%) Test Automation
9 17 (26.98%) Degree
9 17 (26.98%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (25.40%) HTML
11 15 (23.81%) OO
11 15 (23.81%) ISEB
11 15 (23.81%) Finance
12 14 (22.22%) Selenium
12 14 (22.22%) HP
13 13 (20.63%) SQL
13 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
14 12 (19.05%) WPF
14 12 (19.05%) LINQ
14 12 (19.05%) XAML
14 12 (19.05%) Telecoms
14 12 (19.05%) LoadRunner
14 12 (19.05%) Digital Media
14 12 (19.05%) WatiN
15 11 (17.46%) Windows
16 10 (15.87%) Java
16 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
16 10 (15.87%) Multithreading

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 26 (41.27%) .NET
2 20 (31.75%) ASP.NET
3 19 (30.16%) XML
4 16 (25.40%) HTML
5 12 (19.05%) WPF
5 12 (19.05%) LINQ
6 6 (9.524%) Web Services
7 4 (6.349%) .NET Framework
7 4 (6.349%) CSS
8 3 (4.762%) XSLT
8 3 (4.762%) ASP
8 3 (4.762%) jQuery
9 2 (3.175%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (3.175%) WCF
9 2 (3.175%) soapUI
9 2 (3.175%) STL
10 1 (1.587%) XHTML
10 1 (1.587%) MFC
10 1 (1.587%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.349%) IIS
2 3 (4.762%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 4 (6.349%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.175%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.175%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.349%) DTS
2 4 (6.349%) MySQL
3 3 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.175%) TOAD
5 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 23 (36.51%) QuickTest Pro
2 14 (22.22%) Selenium
3 12 (19.05%) LoadRunner
3 12 (19.05%) WatiN
4 9 (14.29%) Visual Studio
5 6 (9.524%) JUnit
6 3 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (4.762%) CruiseControl
6 3 (4.762%) Jenkins
7 2 (3.175%) WebDriver
7 2 (3.175%) Cucumber
7 2 (3.175%) JIRA
8 1 (1.587%) NUnit
General
1 15 (23.81%) Finance
2 12 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.587%) Electronics
3 1 (1.587%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Analyst
1 15 (23.81%) Test Analyst
2 14 (22.22%) Developer
3 13 (20.63%) Tester
4 9 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Senior Tester
6 6 (9.524%) Senior Test Analyst
6 6 (9.524%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (9.524%) Test Manager
6 6 (9.524%) Test Leader
6 6 (9.524%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (9.524%) Test Automation Engineer
7 4 (6.349%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.349%) Software Tester
8 3 (4.762%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.762%) Senior Web Developer
8 3 (4.762%) Software Test Engineer
8 3 (4.762%) Team Leader
8 3 (4.762%) Web Developer
8 3 (4.762%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (19.05%) Digital Media
3 10 (15.87%) Mobile App
4 5 (7.937%) Mainframe
5 3 (4.762%) Computer Science
5 3 (4.762%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.175%) Open Source
6 2 (3.175%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.587%) NHS
7 1 (1.587%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.46%) Windows
2 2 (3.175%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.587%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) Test Scripting
2 18 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 15 (23.81%) OO
4 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
5 10 (15.87%) Multithreading
6 9 (14.29%) Manual Testing
7 8 (12.70%) Automation Testing
7 8 (12.70%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (11.11%) Project Management
9 4 (6.349%) OOD
9 4 (6.349%) OOP
9 4 (6.349%) MVC
9 4 (6.349%) Validation
9 4 (6.349%) Test Strategy
9 4 (6.349%) Unit Testing
10 3 (4.762%) Integration Testing
10 3 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (4.762%) System Testing
10 3 (4.762%) Build Automation
10 3 (4.762%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 31 (49.21%) C#
2 13 (20.63%) SQL
3 12 (19.05%) XAML
4 10 (15.87%) Java
5 9 (14.29%) C++
6 6 (9.524%) VB
7 5 (7.937%) VB.NET
7 5 (7.937%) JavaScript
8 4 (6.349%) C
9 3 (4.762%) PHP
10 2 (3.175%) VBA
11 1 (1.587%) Python
11 1 (1.587%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 17 (26.98%) Degree
2 15 (23.81%) ISEB
3 6 (9.524%) ISTQB
4 3 (4.762%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.762%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.587%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (38.10%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.175%) Control-M
Vendors
1 14 (22.22%) HP
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.175%) Oracle
3 2 (3.175%) SAP
3 2 (3.175%) Cognos
3 2 (3.175%) IBM
4 1 (1.587%) Perforce
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Key Skills: Software, Tester, Test, Analyst, Web, Windows, win, ISEB, ISQTB, Manual, Automated, Ranorex, C#, .Net, Visual Studio, boundary testing, regression testing, stress testing A leading software house...
Circle Recruitment
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Nottinghamshire
Automation Test Analyst / Developer/ Tester - C#.Net/ SQL Server/ QTP/ QC Nottingham based... Responsibilities of the role include: *Develop tools for QA and testing frameworks to run automated...
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Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Bonus plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Sound knowledge of C#, ASP .NET / SQL Server Web application design and programming is also essential along with experience in developing test scripts using HP Testing tools such...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Sound knowledge of C#, ASP .NET / SQL Server Web application design and programming is also essential along with experience in developing test scripts using HP Testing tools such...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
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ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £33000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013