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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 24 - 40
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.962% - 0.319%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.047% - 0.329%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £35,000 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
191 293 304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 91.83% 93.31% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 132 233 226
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Automation Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Tester
Salary Trend

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

Midlands Automation Tester Salary Trend

Automation Tester
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region that cited Automation 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 Automation Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region that cited Automation 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 Automation Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA