The first table below looks at the demand for the Automated Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Tester
Rank 137 128 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automated Tester 10 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.381% 0.048% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.397% 0.049% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 0
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2522 2038 1772
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.97% 97.28% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2057 1764 1516
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automated Tester
West Yorkshire

Automated Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automated Tester across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Automated Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automated Tester across the Leeds region.

Leeds Automated Tester Salary Trend

Automated Tester
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Automated Tester in their job title 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 with Automated Tester in their job title.

1 36 (97.30%) QA
1 36 (97.30%) Test Automation
2 32 (86.49%) Test Scripting
3 31 (83.78%) Test Management
4 29 (78.38%) Selenium
5 28 (75.68%) QuickTest Pro
6 25 (67.57%) Cucumber
7 24 (64.86%) Agile Software Development
8 23 (62.16%) Logistics
9 8 (21.62%) SOAP
9 8 (21.62%) Web Services
9 8 (21.62%) HTML
9 8 (21.62%) Agile Testing
10 6 (16.22%) Java
10 6 (16.22%) Automated Testing
11 5 (13.51%) LoadRunner
11 5 (13.51%) C#
12 1 (2.703%) WebDriver
12 1 (2.703%) ISEB
12 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
12 1 (2.703%) PHP
12 1 (2.703%) MySQL
12 1 (2.703%) ISTQB

Automated Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Automated Tester in their job title 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 with Automated Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (21.62%) HTML
1 8 (21.62%) SOAP
1 8 (21.62%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.703%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 29 (78.38%) Selenium
2 28 (75.68%) QuickTest Pro
3 25 (67.57%) Cucumber
4 5 (13.51%) LoadRunner
5 1 (2.703%) WebDriver
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (97.30%) Test Automation
2 32 (86.49%) Test Scripting
3 31 (83.78%) Test Management
4 24 (64.86%) Agile Software Development
5 23 (62.16%) Logistics
6 8 (21.62%) Agile Testing
7 6 (16.22%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Java
2 5 (13.51%) C#
3 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.703%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (2.703%) ISEB
1 1 (2.703%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (97.30%) QA