The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 61 55 65
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +10
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 10 18 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.449% 2.091% 0.546%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.058% 3.030% 0.837%
Number of salaries quoted 10 16 4
Average salary £27,500 £31,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.29% +10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £31,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £33,100 £31,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
486 594 478
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 70.43% 68.99% 65.30%
Number of salaries quoted 434 478 383
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear -13 10 £27,500 -11.29%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 14 (66.67%) Scrum
2 13 (61.90%) C#
2 13 (61.90%) Java
2 13 (61.90%) Selenium
3 12 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 12 (57.14%) Social Network
3 12 (57.14%) E-Commerce
3 12 (57.14%) Finance
4 11 (52.38%) QuickTest Pro
4 11 (52.38%) LoadRunner
5 8 (38.10%) ISEB
6 6 (28.57%) Software Testing
6 6 (28.57%) ISTQB
6 6 (28.57%) QA
7 4 (19.05%) Test Management
7 4 (19.05%) Manual Testing
8 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 3 (14.29%) RDF
8 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
8 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
8 3 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
8 3 (14.29%) Degree
8 3 (14.29%) Resource Management
9 2 (9.524%) Web Services
9 2 (9.524%) PHP
9 2 (9.524%) SQL
9 2 (9.524%) Python
9 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (9.524%) Agile Software Development

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 2 (9.524%) Web Services
2 1 (4.762%) COM
2 1 (4.762%) SOAP
2 1 (4.762%) soapUI
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Wireless
1 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 13 (61.90%) Selenium
2 11 (52.38%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (52.38%) LoadRunner
3 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
3 3 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Tester
2 11 (52.38%) Technical Tester
2 11 (52.38%) Automation Tester
3 4 (19.05%) Test Manager
4 2 (9.524%) Resource Manager
4 2 (9.524%) Junior Software Tester
4 2 (9.524%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Junior
4 2 (9.524%) Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Junior Tester
4 2 (9.524%) Software Tester
5 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.762%) Test Team Leader
5 1 (4.762%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Social Network
2 1 (4.762%) Open Source
2 1 (4.762%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Scrum
2 12 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 12 (57.14%) E-Commerce
3 6 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Test Management
4 4 (19.05%) Manual Testing
5 3 (14.29%) RDF
5 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 3 (14.29%) Resource Management
6 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.762%) Validation
7 1 (4.762%) RAD
7 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.762%) Security Testing
7 1 (4.762%) Test Strategy
7 1 (4.762%) Agile Testing
7 1 (4.762%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) C#
1 13 (61.90%) Java
2 2 (9.524%) PHP
2 2 (9.524%) SQL
2 2 (9.524%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) ISEB
2 6 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
We're looking to appoint a Test Analyst to be heavily involved with agile driven testing and proven experience of creating and running automated testing using TFS, Visual...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will maintain and improve source code control, build process, continuous integration, automated testing and develop user interfaces.You will work in a team which will work together...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £30k - 37k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
To apply for this role you must hold a computing related degree and ideally experience working in a software testing role, a knowledge of a scripting language such...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
To apply for this role you must hold a computing related degree and ideally experience working in a software testing role, a knowledge of a scripting language such...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
Proven software development experience in a Lead Developer role that includes testing within C#, Asp.Net Web Application Development roleProven experience of leading on architecturedefinition, system structure, the...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £40k - 47k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Technical skills required: - Knowledge of test automation using Python, jUnit or TestNG, and Webdriver... - Experience with Hudson and/or Jenkins continuous integration tools. - Working knowledge of object oriented...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £29,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Durham, County Durham
If you specialise in any of the following, and have a passion for continuous learning, then we’d love to hear from you: ASP.NET. JQuery. Ajax. C#...
Waterstons
Salary: From £25,000 to £50,000 per annum + Family private healthcare, pension
Posted: 3 May 2013