The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the North East 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 19 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 Job Titles advertised for the North East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 11 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.700% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.806% - -
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 0
Average salary £27,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Job Titles
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
609 831 698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 94.13% 96.74% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 513 688 585
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Automation Tester Salary Trend

Automation Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear - 11 £27,000 - 1
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 18 (100.00%) Selenium
2 15 (83.33%) Test Automation
3 14 (77.78%) Java
4 11 (61.11%) E-Commerce
4 11 (61.11%) Finance
4 11 (61.11%) Scrum
4 11 (61.11%) Automated Testing
4 11 (61.11%) QuickTest Pro
4 11 (61.11%) LoadRunner
4 11 (61.11%) C#
4 11 (61.11%) Social Network
5 4 (22.22%) Security Testing
5 4 (22.22%) TestNG
5 4 (22.22%) JUnit
5 4 (22.22%) Python
5 4 (22.22%) Automation Testing
6 3 (16.67%) ISEB
6 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
7 1 (5.556%) WebDriver

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

Development Applications
1 18 (100.00%) Selenium
2 11 (61.11%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (61.11%) LoadRunner
3 4 (22.22%) TestNG
3 4 (22.22%) JUnit
4 1 (5.556%) WebDriver
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 11 (61.11%) E-Commerce
2 11 (61.11%) Scrum
2 11 (61.11%) Automated Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Security Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) Java
2 11 (61.11%) C#
3 4 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) ISEB
1 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
To apply for this role you should have experience of working with automation testing on large-scale web applications ideally using Python, Junit or TestNG... Experience of Selenium...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £29000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 10 June 2013
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