The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 112 134 161
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +27
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 33 17 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.344% 0.658% 0.211%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.753% 0.900% 0.276%
Number of salaries quoted 20 14 7
Average salary £42,500 £43,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,850 £22,000 £31,800
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £59,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1882 1888 2532
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.63% 73.07% 76.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1491 1527 2046
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,650 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Test Automation Salary Histogram

Test Automation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
St Albans - 13 £45,000 -
Stevenage - 1 - -
Royston - 1 £40,000 -
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 26 (47.27%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (45.45%) Scrum
2 25 (45.45%) Java
3 21 (38.18%) Test Strategy
4 17 (30.91%) C++
4 17 (30.91%) XML
4 17 (30.91%) QA
5 15 (27.27%) Marketing
5 15 (27.27%) Web Services
5 15 (27.27%) .NET
6 14 (25.45%) Linux
6 14 (25.45%) TDD
7 13 (23.64%) REST
8 12 (21.82%) Degree
8 12 (21.82%) Windows
8 12 (21.82%) C#
9 11 (20.00%) Python
9 11 (20.00%) MVC
9 11 (20.00%) Software Testing
9 11 (20.00%) Selenium
9 11 (20.00%) Automated Testing
9 11 (20.00%) Ruby
9 11 (20.00%) Waterfall
10 10 (18.18%) Performance Testing
10 10 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (18.18%) Project Management
10 10 (18.18%) Ant
10 10 (18.18%) C
11 9 (16.36%) OO
11 9 (16.36%) UNIX

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 17 (30.91%) XML
2 15 (27.27%) Web Services
2 15 (27.27%) .NET
3 13 (23.64%) REST
4 9 (16.36%) Spring MVC
4 9 (16.36%) Spring
5 4 (7.273%) HTML
5 4 (7.273%) SOAP
5 4 (7.273%) soapUI
6 2 (3.636%) Ajax
6 2 (3.636%) WPF
6 2 (3.636%) Silverlight
6 2 (3.636%) jQuery
6 2 (3.636%) .NET Framework
6 2 (3.636%) ASP.NET
6 2 (3.636%) CSS
7 1 (1.818%) J2EE
7 1 (1.818%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.273%) CMS
2 2 (3.636%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.636%) IIS
3 1 (1.818%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (5.455%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.36%) Internet
1 9 (16.36%) Broadband
2 4 (7.273%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.36%) Apache Cassandra
1 9 (16.36%) NoSQL
1 9 (16.36%) Big Data
2 4 (7.273%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.636%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) Selenium
2 10 (18.18%) Ant
3 9 (16.36%) Maven
3 9 (16.36%) Jenkins
4 8 (14.55%) Visual Studio
5 7 (12.73%) JMeter
6 4 (7.273%) WATIR
6 4 (7.273%) FitNesse
7 3 (5.455%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (5.455%) JUnit
8 2 (3.636%) Expression Blend
8 2 (3.636%) Git (software)
9 1 (1.818%) LoadRunner
9 1 (1.818%) TestNG
9 1 (1.818%) WebDriver
General
1 15 (27.27%) Marketing
2 9 (16.36%) Telecoms
2 9 (16.36%) Finance
2 9 (16.36%) Online Betting
2 9 (16.36%) Games
3 7 (12.73%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (20.00%) Tester
1 11 (20.00%) Developer
2 10 (18.18%) Automation Tester
3 9 (16.36%) Test Engineer
4 8 (14.55%) Java Developer
4 8 (14.55%) Agile Java Developer
4 8 (14.55%) Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Senior Test Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Software Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Software Project Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Agile Project Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Software Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Project Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Test Analyst
7 4 (7.273%) Lead Software Engineer
8 3 (5.455%) Test Manager
8 3 (5.455%) Junior
8 3 (5.455%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.636%) Manual Tester
9 2 (3.636%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) Online Games
2 2 (3.636%) SaaS
3 1 (1.818%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.818%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.45%) Linux
2 12 (21.82%) Windows
3 9 (16.36%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (47.27%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (45.45%) Scrum
3 21 (38.18%) Test Strategy
4 14 (25.45%) TDD
5 11 (20.00%) MVC
5 11 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 11 (20.00%) Automated Testing
5 11 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 10 (18.18%) Performance Testing
6 10 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (18.18%) Project Management
7 9 (16.36%) OO
8 8 (14.55%) BDD
8 8 (14.55%) Test Scripting
8 8 (14.55%) E-Commerce
9 7 (12.73%) V-Model
10 6 (10.91%) Lean Six Sigma
10 6 (10.91%) Validation
10 6 (10.91%) Six Sigma
10 6 (10.91%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 25 (45.45%) Java
2 17 (30.91%) C++
3 12 (21.82%) C#
4 11 (20.00%) Python
4 11 (20.00%) Ruby
5 10 (18.18%) C
6 7 (12.73%) Shell Script
7 6 (10.91%) Perl
8 5 (9.091%) SQL
9 4 (7.273%) PHP
9 4 (7.273%) JavaScript
10 2 (3.636%) Groovy
10 2 (3.636%) T-SQL
10 2 (3.636%) VBScript
11 1 (1.818%) Tcl
11 1 (1.818%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) PMP
2 6 (10.91%) PMI Certification
3 5 (9.091%) ISTQB
4 3 (5.455%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (30.91%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.818%) OpenView
Vendors
1 3 (5.455%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.636%) Thunderhead
2 2 (3.636%) Oracle
3 1 (1.818%) HP
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
The scope of the intelligent trading programme is to add intelligence and automation into the processes and decisions that are taken daily within the commercial area.The Test...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013