Automated Testing Jobs in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 162 146 111
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -35
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 32 29 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.789% 0.800% 1.597%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.026% 1.098% 2.318%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 63
Average salary £35,000 £25,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.25% -21.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,300 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,500 £32,200 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3120 2642 2718
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 76.89% 72.86% 68.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2676 2325 2455
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
North West

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)		 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
Altrincham - 4 £55,000 -
Cheadle -5 3 £32,500 +25.00%
Automated Testing
North West

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 30 (44.78%) ISEB
2 29 (43.28%) C#
3 27 (40.30%) SQL Server
4 26 (38.81%) .NET
5 22 (32.84%) Software Testing
5 22 (32.84%) Manual Testing
6 20 (29.85%) SQL
7 18 (26.87%) Windows
7 18 (26.87%) OO
7 18 (26.87%) QA
8 16 (23.88%) ISTQB
8 16 (23.88%) Degree
9 14 (20.90%) Unit Testing
9 14 (20.90%) Automation Testing
10 13 (19.40%) SQL Server 2008
10 13 (19.40%) OOD
11 11 (16.42%) Finance
11 11 (16.42%) ASP.NET
11 11 (16.42%) Web Services
11 11 (16.42%) Java
11 11 (16.42%) VB.NET
12 10 (14.93%) PHP
12 10 (14.93%) CRM
12 10 (14.93%) Service Delivery
12 10 (14.93%) BizTalk Server
12 10 (14.93%) WCF
12 10 (14.93%) SQL Server 2005
12 10 (14.93%) Dynamics CRM
12 10 (14.93%) Agile Software Development
12 10 (14.93%) TDD

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 26 (38.81%) .NET
2 11 (16.42%) ASP.NET
2 11 (16.42%) Web Services
3 10 (14.93%) WCF
4 7 (10.45%) XML
5 4 (5.970%) HTML
6 3 (4.478%) CSS3
6 3 (4.478%) LAMP
6 3 (4.478%) CodeIgniter
6 3 (4.478%) CakePHP
6 3 (4.478%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (4.478%) HTML5
6 3 (4.478%) CSS
6 3 (4.478%) ASP
7 2 (2.985%) iOS SDK
8 1 (1.493%) Ajax
8 1 (1.493%) XSLT
8 1 (1.493%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.93%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (8.955%) CMS
3 3 (4.478%) Joomla!
3 3 (4.478%) Drupal
3 3 (4.478%) WordPress
3 3 (4.478%) Magento
3 3 (4.478%) Apache
4 1 (1.493%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.493%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.493%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (14.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.493%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.985%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (40.30%) SQL Server
2 13 (19.40%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (14.93%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (7.463%) MySQL
5 3 (4.478%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Selenium
2 7 (10.45%) TestComplete
3 6 (8.955%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (8.955%) JIRA
4 5 (7.463%) TestPartner
4 5 (7.463%) JUnit
5 4 (5.970%) LoadRunner
5 4 (5.970%) SilkPerformer
5 4 (5.970%) EasyMock
5 4 (5.970%) Cucumber
5 4 (5.970%) jMock
5 4 (5.970%) QALoad
6 3 (4.478%) QADirector
7 2 (2.985%) WATIR
7 2 (2.985%) Hudson
7 2 (2.985%) Capybara
7 2 (2.985%) Eclipse
7 2 (2.985%) Xcode
8 1 (1.493%) WinRunner
8 1 (1.493%) Bugzilla
General
1 11 (16.42%) Finance
2 1 (1.493%) Marketing
2 1 (1.493%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (35.82%) Analyst
1 24 (35.82%) Test Analyst
2 18 (26.87%) Developer
3 15 (22.39%) Tester
4 10 (14.93%) Systems Developer
5 8 (11.94%) Test Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Software Test Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Head of Testing
7 5 (7.463%) Software Developer
8 4 (5.970%) Test Manager
8 4 (5.970%) Software Tester
8 4 (5.970%) QA Analyst
9 3 (4.478%) Software Test Engineer
9 3 (4.478%) Software Engineer
9 3 (4.478%) PHP Developer
9 3 (4.478%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 3 (4.478%) CRM Developer
10 2 (2.985%) Junior Test Analyst
10 2 (2.985%) Junior Analyst
10 2 (2.985%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) BBC
1 7 (10.45%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (7.463%) Client/Server
2 5 (7.463%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.463%) Interactive TV
2 5 (7.463%) Computer Science
3 3 (4.478%) Semantic Web
3 3 (4.478%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.985%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.87%) Windows
2 6 (8.955%) Linux
3 5 (7.463%) Android
3 5 (7.463%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.478%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.493%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) Software Testing
1 22 (32.84%) Manual Testing
2 18 (26.87%) OO
3 14 (20.90%) Unit Testing
3 14 (20.90%) Automation Testing
4 13 (19.40%) OOD
5 10 (14.93%) CRM
5 10 (14.93%) Service Delivery
5 10 (14.93%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (14.93%) TDD
6 9 (13.43%) Test Scripting
7 8 (11.94%) Load Testing
8 7 (10.45%) BDD
8 7 (10.45%) UML
9 5 (7.463%) Configuration Management
9 5 (7.463%) Content Management
9 5 (7.463%) QMS
9 5 (7.463%) Web Development
10 4 (5.970%) Integration Testing
10 4 (5.970%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.28%) C#
2 20 (29.85%) SQL
3 11 (16.42%) Java
3 11 (16.42%) VB.NET
4 10 (14.93%) Ruby
4 10 (14.93%) PHP
5 9 (13.43%) JavaScript
6 6 (8.955%) VB
7 5 (7.463%) Python
8 3 (4.478%) PHP5
8 3 (4.478%) Scala
8 3 (4.478%) Perl
8 3 (4.478%) C++
9 2 (2.985%) VBScript
9 2 (2.985%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.985%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 30 (44.78%) ISEB
2 16 (23.88%) ISTQB
2 16 (23.88%) Degree
3 1 (1.493%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.493%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.493%) HNC
3 1 (1.493%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (26.87%) QA
2 4 (5.970%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (4.478%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.955%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (5.970%) Oracle
1 4 (5.970%) HP
2 3 (4.478%) VMware
2 3 (4.478%) Zend
3 2 (2.985%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.493%) Epicor
4 1 (1.493%) SAP
Test Analyst - QA - Times Top 100 company
Bolton, Lancashire
We need a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function in a friendly and focussed development team with multiple technologies in play including Java, RPG, Android,...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
Head of Software Testing / ISEB / QA / Altrincham - 60K + Bonus
Altrincham, Cheshire
You should ideally have experience in some of the following; commercial test tools QACenter, LoadRunner, QALoad, SilkPerformer, TestPartner, Selenium, QTP (and similar), and unit test frameworks such as...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013
Application Developer
Manchester, Lancashire
You will have: * Demonstrable customer facing experience and excellent communication skills and team focus; * Hands on experience of Web application and Web service development in a commercial environment...
Barclays
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
PHP Developer - Wigan - £35K-£40K - MySQL, JavaScript, JQuery
Wigan, Lancashire
A PHP Developer with the following skills is required: - Experience developing web applications using PHP & MySQL - Proficiency in web technologies HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery - Installing and configuring Linux -...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Tester
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal Software Tester / Software Test Analyst will have experience of manual and automated testing which should include web testing experience. Any exposure to testing and quality best...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £20k - 24k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
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