The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 164 136 141
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +5
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 18 47 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.522% 1.215% 0.701%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.688% 1.580% 0.963%
Number of salaries quoted 16 44 21
Average salary £27,500 £29,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.77% -9.23%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2616 2975 2596
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 75.83% 76.91% 72.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2196 2575 2191
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £63,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Winchester - 8 £27,500 -
Southampton -10 3 £37,500 +25.00%
Basingstoke -17 3 £27,500 -32.09%
Farnborough - 3 £25,000 -
Portsmouth -2 1 £21,500 -28.33%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 27 (58.70%) Software Testing
1 27 (58.70%) Manual Testing
2 23 (50.00%) QA
3 18 (39.13%) Test Scripting
4 17 (36.96%) SQL
4 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
5 14 (30.43%) ISEB
5 14 (30.43%) .NET
5 14 (30.43%) MS Office
6 13 (28.26%) Performance Testing
7 12 (26.09%) Active Directory
7 12 (26.09%) MS Exchange
7 12 (26.09%) MS Excel
8 11 (23.91%) VB.NET
9 10 (21.74%) Regression Testing
9 10 (21.74%) .NET Framework
10 8 (17.39%) ISTQB
11 6 (13.04%) C#
11 6 (13.04%) Degree
11 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
12 5 (10.87%) Agile Software Development
13 4 (8.696%) Windows
13 4 (8.696%) HP
13 4 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
14 3 (6.522%) User Acceptance Testing
14 3 (6.522%) Selenium
14 3 (6.522%) SC Cleared
14 3 (6.522%) UNIX
14 3 (6.522%) EFT
14 3 (6.522%) Java

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 14 (30.43%) .NET
2 10 (21.74%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.348%) Web Services
4 1 (2.174%) XML
4 1 (2.174%) DOM
4 1 (2.174%) LAMP
4 1 (2.174%) WinForms
4 1 (2.174%) WCF
4 1 (2.174%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (2.174%) Kohana
4 1 (2.174%) RESTful
4 1 (2.174%) REST
4 1 (2.174%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.174%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 12 (26.09%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.174%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (30.43%) MS Office
2 12 (26.09%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.174%) MySQL
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (6.522%) Selenium
2 2 (4.348%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.348%) TestDirector
2 2 (4.348%) LabVIEW
2 2 (4.348%) WebDriver
3 1 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (4.348%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.174%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (52.17%) Tester
2 20 (43.48%) Software Tester
3 9 (19.57%) Analyst
3 9 (19.57%) Test Analyst
4 8 (17.39%) QA Tester
5 7 (15.22%) Test Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) Administrator
6 5 (10.87%) QA Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Exchange Administrator
7 3 (6.522%) Test Manager
8 2 (4.348%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.348%) Systems Support
8 2 (4.348%) Developer
8 2 (4.348%) Systems Tester
8 2 (4.348%) Performance Manager
8 2 (4.348%) Software Test Analyst
8 2 (4.348%) Performance Test Manager
8 2 (4.348%) IT Support
8 2 (4.348%) Automated Test Engineer
9 1 (2.174%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.522%) APACS
1 3 (6.522%) EFT
2 2 (4.348%) Derivative
3 1 (2.174%) SCADA
3 1 (2.174%) Life Science
3 1 (2.174%) SaaS
3 1 (2.174%) DTV
3 1 (2.174%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.696%) Windows
2 3 (6.522%) UNIX
3 2 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (58.70%) Software Testing
1 27 (58.70%) Manual Testing
2 18 (39.13%) Test Scripting
3 13 (28.26%) Performance Testing
4 10 (21.74%) Regression Testing
5 5 (10.87%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (6.522%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.348%) Test Automation
7 2 (4.348%) Waterfall
7 2 (4.348%) BDD
7 2 (4.348%) Test Strategy
7 2 (4.348%) TDD
7 2 (4.348%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.348%) Requirements Management
8 1 (2.174%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (2.174%) Web Development
8 1 (2.174%) MVC
8 1 (2.174%) Information Security
8 1 (2.174%) OOP
8 1 (2.174%) OO
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.96%) SQL
2 11 (23.91%) VB.NET
3 6 (13.04%) C#
4 3 (6.522%) Java
5 2 (4.348%) C++
5 2 (4.348%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.174%) PHP
6 1 (2.174%) XPath
6 1 (2.174%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 14 (30.43%) ISEB
2 8 (17.39%) ISTQB
3 6 (13.04%) Degree
3 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.522%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.174%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (2.174%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 12 (26.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.696%) HP
3 2 (4.348%) SAP
4 1 (2.174%) Oracle
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Posted: 17 May 2013