The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 24 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 50 35 45
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +10
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 5 30 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 1.449% 5.769% 1.173%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.778% 8.772% 1.667%
Number of salaries quoted 5 30 4
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -47.69%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
180 342 240
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 52.17% 65.77% 70.38%
Number of salaries quoted 165 314 186
Average salary £36,375 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.06% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Berkshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 5 (83.33%) ISEB
1 5 (83.33%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 3 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (33.33%) HP
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle
4 2 (33.33%) TOAD
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) VB
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (16.67%) Workflow
5 1 (16.67%) Open Source
5 1 (16.67%) SaaS
5 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) QADirector
5 1 (16.67%) Selenium
5 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 (16.67%) J2EE
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) GSM
1 1 (16.67%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) QADirector
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) Ant
2 1 (16.67%) TestPartner
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) QA Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Open Source
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) OOP
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
4 1 (16.67%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) ISEB
2 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) HP
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
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