The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 21 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 Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 3.659% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.172% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
58 39 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 70.73% 81.25% 62.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55 38 62
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £24,040
10% offered a salary of more than £50,750 £55,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Kent

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 3 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) ISEB
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Ruby
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (50.00%) PHP
3 2 (50.00%) SOAP
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) VB
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Sahi
3 2 (50.00%) soapUI
4 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Kohana
4 1 (25.00%) RESTful
4 1 (25.00%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (25.00%) PHP5
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
4 1 (25.00%) MySQL
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 4 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (50.00%) soapUI
3 1 (25.00%) Kohana
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) CodeIgniter
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) DOM
3 1 (25.00%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Sahi
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) PHP Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) System Testing
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
3 1 (25.00%) RUP
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Ruby
2 2 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) VB
3 1 (25.00%) PHP5
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) XPath
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) ISEB
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA