The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 77 63 85
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +22
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 13 7 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.218% 0.935% 1.959%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.726% 1.259% 2.660%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 22
Average salary £35,000 £40,052 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.61% +40.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £40,052 £25,250
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,600 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
753 556 827
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 70.57% 74.23% 73.64%
Number of salaries quoted 646 503 738
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Tunbridge Wells - 4 £30,000 - 4
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 16 (88.89%) QA
2 12 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (66.67%) SQL
3 11 (61.11%) Java
3 11 (61.11%) UNIX
3 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 11 (61.11%) Banking
3 11 (61.11%) Investment Banking
4 9 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
4 9 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 7 (38.89%) Regression Testing
6 5 (27.78%) Degree
6 5 (27.78%) Windows
7 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
7 4 (22.22%) T-SQL
7 4 (22.22%) .NET
7 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 4 (22.22%) MS Office
7 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 4 (22.22%) Citrix
7 4 (22.22%) WinForms
7 4 (22.22%) Workflow
7 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
8 3 (16.67%) Manual Testing
8 3 (16.67%) VB6
8 3 (16.67%) Data Management
8 3 (16.67%) Legal
8 3 (16.67%) VB

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
1 4 (22.22%) .NET
1 4 (22.22%) WinForms
2 1 (5.556%) Kohana
2 1 (5.556%) RESTful
2 1 (5.556%) CodeIgniter
2 1 (5.556%) XML
2 1 (5.556%) DOM
2 1 (5.556%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Office
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (11.11%) MySQL
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.556%) Selenium
2 1 (5.556%) WebDriver
2 1 (5.556%) PHPUnit
2 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
1 11 (61.11%) Banking
1 11 (61.11%) Investment Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
1 6 (33.33%) Tester
1 6 (33.33%) QA Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Software Tester
3 1 (5.556%) Senior Tester
3 1 (5.556%) PHP Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Test Leader
3 1 (5.556%) Graduate Software Tester
3 1 (5.556%) Graduate
3 1 (5.556%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.11%) Equities
3 1 (5.556%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) UNIX
2 5 (27.78%) Windows
3 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (38.89%) Regression Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Workflow
3 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 3 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Data Management
5 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Logistics
6 1 (5.556%) Information Security
6 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Automation Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Agile Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Migration
6 1 (5.556%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) SQL
2 11 (61.11%) Java
3 4 (22.22%) T-SQL
4 3 (16.67%) VB6
4 3 (16.67%) VB
5 2 (11.11%) PHP
5 2 (11.11%) C#
5 2 (11.11%) C++
6 1 (5.556%) XPath
6 1 (5.556%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 1 (5.556%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (88.89%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 4 (22.22%) Citrix
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
I am looking for a bright Graduate to join their Software Testing and Quality Assurance team... You will be exposed to desktop and web applications built using the...
RDF Resources
Salary: £2000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Tunbridge Wells, South East
Skills Essential: • Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel • Experience with database technologies, especially T-SQL queries The equivalent of at least one year's manual software...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: DOE
Posted: 4 June 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A strong understanding of manual testing experience is essential, it would be advantageous if applicants experience lay in the following environments; - Web Applications (ASP.NET) - Windows Forms Applications (...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Gym Membership, Health
Posted: 15 June 2013
Tunbridge Wells, South East
By specialising solely in placing candidates in the Microsoft technology market I have built relationships with most of the key employers in the UK and have an unrivalled...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £35000 per annum + Package + Gym Membership
Posted: 14 June 2013