The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 24 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 35 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 1.015% 0.881% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.408% 1.325% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £23,250 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
142 151 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 72.08% 66.52% 69.03%
Number of salaries quoted 135 136 104
Average salary £42,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £22,400 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Buckinghamshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 6 (100.00%) ISEB
1 6 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) Visual Studio
3 2 (33.33%) JSP
3 2 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 2 (33.33%) JSP
1 2 (33.33%) XML
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Test Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ISEB
1 6 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft