The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 23 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 55 38 72
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +34
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 3 19 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.577% 3.755% 0.140%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.798% 4.750% 0.179%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 1
Average salary £75,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+87.50% +11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
376 400 559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 72.31% 79.05% 78.18%
Number of salaries quoted 290 318 417
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Middlesex Test Automation Salary Histogram

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) JMeter
2 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 3 (75.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) WebDriver
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) HTTP
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) Grails
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) JSON
3 1 (25.00%) Spring MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (25.00%) Subversion
3 1 (25.00%) Spring
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) Grails
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) Spring MVC
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) CSS3
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
2 3 (75.00%) JMeter
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 3 (75.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (25.00%) Subversion
3 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (25.00%) Hudson
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Tester
1 3 (75.00%) Tester
2 2 (50.00%) Test Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) BDD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Groovy
2 1 (25.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree