The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 88 87 64
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -23
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 7 16 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.795% 1.288% 1.897%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.146% 1.792% 2.763%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 20
Average salary £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -4.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
611 893 760
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 69.35% 71.90% 68.65%
Number of salaries quoted 527 734 677
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,700 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South West

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Automated Testing Salary Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Gloucester +7 6 £28,000 -6.66%
Cirencester - 5 £27,000 -
Cheltenham +16 4 £26,000 -36.96%
Tewkesbury +11 4 £26,000 -8.77%
Stroud - 4 £26,000 -
Automated Testing
South West

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 12 (60.00%) ISEB
1 12 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (50.00%) .NET
4 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
4 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
5 6 (30.00%) TDD
6 5 (25.00%) SQL
6 5 (25.00%) XML
6 5 (25.00%) Manual Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
7 4 (20.00%) V-Model
7 4 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (20.00%) XSD
7 4 (20.00%) XSLT
7 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
7 4 (20.00%) Oracle
8 3 (15.00%) Finance
8 3 (15.00%) Advertising
8 3 (15.00%) Scrum
8 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
8 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
8 3 (15.00%) C#
8 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
8 3 (15.00%) CSS
8 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (15.00%) Web Development
8 3 (15.00%) QA

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 10 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (25.00%) XML
3 4 (20.00%) XSD
3 4 (20.00%) XSLT
4 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
4 3 (15.00%) CSS
5 2 (10.00%) Silverlight
5 2 (10.00%) NHibernate
5 2 (10.00%) Ajax
5 2 (10.00%) Web Services
5 2 (10.00%) HTML
6 1 (5.000%) XHTML
6 1 (5.000%) XSL
6 1 (5.000%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) IIS
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.000%) TestDirector
2 1 (5.000%) Selenium
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
1 3 (15.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Analyst
1 11 (55.00%) Test Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Tester
3 4 (20.00%) Senior Tester
3 4 (20.00%) Systems Test Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Developer
4 3 (15.00%) .NET Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Test Leader
5 2 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C# Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Graduate
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (30.00%) TDD
4 5 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 4 (20.00%) V-Model
6 3 (15.00%) Scrum
6 3 (15.00%) Web Development
7 2 (10.00%) MVC
8 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
8 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (5.000%) Automation Testing
8 1 (5.000%) Waterfall
8 1 (5.000%) Web Testing
8 1 (5.000%) Security Testing
8 1 (5.000%) System Testing
8 1 (5.000%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) C#
3 1 (5.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) ISEB
2 1 (5.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Oracle
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