The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 52 37 46
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +9
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 7 18 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.431% 3.896% 0.257%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.972% 5.643% 0.380%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 1
Average salary £27,500 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.29% +3.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
355 319 263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 72.60% 69.05% 67.61%
Number of salaries quoted 317 264 209
Average salary £39,500 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.85% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Tyne and Wear

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 13 (68.42%) E-Commerce
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
1 13 (68.42%) Scrum
1 13 (68.42%) Social Network
1 13 (68.42%) Selenium
1 13 (68.42%) Test Automation
2 11 (57.89%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (57.89%) LoadRunner
2 11 (57.89%) C#
2 11 (57.89%) Java
3 8 (42.11%) ISEB
4 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
5 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
5 4 (21.05%) QA
5 4 (21.05%) Test Management
6 3 (15.79%) RDF
6 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
6 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
7 2 (10.53%) Degree
7 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
7 2 (10.53%) Security Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
7 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
7 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 2 (10.53%) SQL
7 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
7 2 (10.53%) Validation

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (5.263%) COM
1 1 (5.263%) SOAP
1 1 (5.263%) soapUI
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Wireless
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 13 (68.42%) Selenium
2 11 (57.89%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (57.89%) LoadRunner
3 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Tester
2 11 (57.89%) Technical Tester
2 11 (57.89%) Automation Tester
3 4 (21.05%) Test Manager
4 3 (15.79%) Test Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Resource Manager
6 1 (5.263%) QA Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Test Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) QA Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Automation Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) QA Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (68.42%) Social Network
2 1 (5.263%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.263%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) E-Commerce
1 13 (68.42%) Scrum
1 13 (68.42%) Test Automation
2 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Test Management
3 3 (15.79%) RDF
3 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
4 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
4 2 (10.53%) Security Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Validation
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.263%) RAD
5 1 (5.263%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) C#
1 11 (57.89%) Java
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) ISEB
2 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
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