The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 47 49 54
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 5 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 1.348% 1.860% 0.260%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.370% 2.795% 0.377%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 1
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -35.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
211 322 265
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 56.87% 66.53% 69.01%
Number of salaries quoted 192 306 200
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,400 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Berkshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 8 (80.00%) ISEB
2 5 (50.00%) J2EE
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
2 5 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Ant
2 5 (50.00%) JUnit
2 5 (50.00%) XML
2 5 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 5 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 5 (50.00%) QA
2 5 (50.00%) Selenium
2 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 5 (50.00%) TestNG
2 5 (50.00%) WebDriver
3 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (30.00%) TOAD
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) VB
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 5 (50.00%) J2EE
1 5 (50.00%) HTML
1 5 (50.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (30.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Ant
1 5 (50.00%) JUnit
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
1 5 (50.00%) TestNG
1 5 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 3 (30.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Automated Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) QA Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Software Tester
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
1 5 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) Web Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
1 5 (50.00%) Java
1 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) VB
3 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) ISEB
2 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) HP
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
Newbury, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 11 June 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. • Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Weighty QA Engineer, Newbury, Berkshire (c£40k negot)... Previous experience in testing of enterprise deployments together with functional automated testing of web based applications and working experience of...
RICHARD WHEELER ASSOCIATES
Salary: From £38,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013