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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 45 47 35
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 5 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 1.319% 0.510% 0.433%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.623% 0.870% 0.483%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £28,500 £65,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-56.15% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
308 230 207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 81.27% 58.67% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 266 193 180
Average salary £47,500 £47,000 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.06% +6.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £68,500 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Bedfordshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Luton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Luton Test Automation Salary Histogram

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 10 (62.50%) SQL
1 10 (62.50%) Web Services
1 10 (62.50%) ETL
1 10 (62.50%) ISEB
1 10 (62.50%) Bugzilla
1 10 (62.50%) ISTQB
1 10 (62.50%) Risk Analysis
1 10 (62.50%) Test Scripting
1 10 (62.50%) FogBugz
2 8 (50.00%) QA
3 6 (37.50%) Client/Server
3 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (25.00%) Selenium
4 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (18.75%) BDD
5 3 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (18.75%) Stress Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Web Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Test Management
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
5 3 (18.75%) Agile Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) Mobile App
5 3 (18.75%) Scrum
5 3 (18.75%) SEO
5 3 (18.75%) CMS

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 10 (62.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Bugzilla
1 10 (62.50%) FogBugz
2 4 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (6.250%) WebDriver
3 1 (6.250%) Cucumber
3 1 (6.250%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (6.250%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Analyst
1 10 (62.50%) Test Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) QA Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Test Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Configuration Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) QA Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Software Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Client/Server
2 3 (18.75%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) ETL
1 10 (62.50%) Test Scripting
1 10 (62.50%) Risk Analysis
2 4 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (18.75%) BDD
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Agile Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (18.75%) B2C
3 3 (18.75%) SEO
3 3 (18.75%) Scrum
3 3 (18.75%) Stress Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Web Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Test Management
4 2 (12.50%) Volume Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) Python
2 1 (6.250%) Tcl
2 1 (6.250%) C#
2 1 (6.250%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) ISEB
1 10 (62.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) HP