Automated Testing Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 West region.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 198 198 164
Rank change year-on-year
0 -34
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 50 53 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.701% 0.752% 1.122%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.918% 1.030% 1.632%
Number of salaries quoted 45 45 76
Average salary £34,000 £29,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.25% -6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,300 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Automated Testing Salary Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester -16 32 £35,000 +37.25%
Cheshire -9 9 £27,500 -28.10%
Merseyside - 8 £30,000 -
Lancashire +2 1 £29,000 +16.00%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 42 (35.59%) ISEB
2 36 (30.51%) Software Testing
3 35 (29.66%) SQL
4 33 (27.97%) Selenium
5 32 (27.12%) Manual Testing
5 32 (27.12%) QA
6 31 (26.27%) C#
6 31 (26.27%) Test Scripting
7 30 (25.42%) .NET
7 30 (25.42%) SQL Server
8 27 (22.88%) ISTQB
9 25 (21.19%) Automation Testing
10 24 (20.34%) Agile Software Development
11 20 (16.95%) Windows
12 19 (16.10%) OO
13 17 (14.41%) Java
14 16 (13.56%) PHP
14 16 (13.56%) Degree
14 16 (13.56%) Load Testing
15 15 (12.71%) Unit Testing
15 15 (12.71%) Performance Testing
15 15 (12.71%) Finance
16 14 (11.86%) OOD
17 13 (11.02%) VB.NET
17 13 (11.02%) Web Services
17 13 (11.02%) SQL Server 2008
18 12 (10.17%) Test Automation
18 12 (10.17%) Cucumber
18 12 (10.17%) Mobile App
18 12 (10.17%) ASP.NET

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 30 (25.42%) .NET
2 13 (11.02%) Web Services
3 12 (10.17%) ASP.NET
4 11 (9.322%) WCF
5 7 (5.932%) XML
6 4 (3.390%) HTML
7 3 (2.542%) LAMP
7 3 (2.542%) CodeIgniter
7 3 (2.542%) CakePHP
7 3 (2.542%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (2.542%) HTML5
7 3 (2.542%) CSS
7 3 (2.542%) ASP
7 3 (2.542%) CSS3
8 2 (1.695%) iOS SDK
9 1 (0.847%) Ajax
9 1 (0.847%) soapUI
9 1 (0.847%) XSLT
9 1 (0.847%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 11 (9.322%) BizTalk Server
2 9 (7.627%) Apache
3 6 (5.085%) CMS
4 3 (2.542%) Joomla!
4 3 (2.542%) Drupal
4 3 (2.542%) WordPress
4 3 (2.542%) Magento
5 1 (0.847%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.847%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.932%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.237%) MS Office
3 2 (1.695%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (9.322%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.847%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.390%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (25.42%) SQL Server
2 13 (11.02%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (8.475%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (4.237%) MySQL
5 4 (3.390%) DB2
6 3 (2.542%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 33 (27.97%) Selenium
2 12 (10.17%) Cucumber
3 11 (9.322%) TestComplete
4 10 (8.475%) QuickTest Pro
5 8 (6.780%) JIRA
5 8 (6.780%) Hudson
6 6 (5.085%) Behat
6 6 (5.085%) WebDriver
6 6 (5.085%) Jenkins
6 6 (5.085%) FitNesse
6 6 (5.085%) JMeter
7 5 (4.237%) JUnit
7 5 (4.237%) TestPartner
8 4 (3.390%) SilkPerformer
8 4 (3.390%) jMock
8 4 (3.390%) QALoad
8 4 (3.390%) Visual Studio
8 4 (3.390%) LoadRunner
8 4 (3.390%) EasyMock
8 4 (3.390%) Concordion
General
1 15 (12.71%) Finance
2 10 (8.475%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (0.847%) Electronics
3 1 (0.847%) Advertising
3 1 (0.847%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (39.83%) Analyst
2 45 (38.14%) Test Analyst
3 23 (19.49%) Tester
4 19 (16.10%) Developer
5 12 (10.17%) Software Tester
6 10 (8.475%) Test Engineer
6 10 (8.475%) Systems Developer
6 10 (8.475%) Software Test Analyst
7 9 (7.627%) Team Leader
7 9 (7.627%) QA Analyst
7 9 (7.627%) Test Team Leader
7 9 (7.627%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.932%) Test Manager
8 7 (5.932%) Head of Testing
9 5 (4.237%) Automated Test Analyst
9 5 (4.237%) Software Developer
10 4 (3.390%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.390%) Senior Test Analyst
10 4 (3.390%) Agile Test Analyst
11 3 (2.542%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.17%) Mobile App
2 8 (6.780%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.932%) BBC
4 6 (5.085%) Open Source
5 5 (4.237%) Interactive TV
5 5 (4.237%) Computer Science
5 5 (4.237%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.542%) Semantic Web
6 3 (2.542%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.695%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.95%) Windows
2 6 (5.085%) Linux
3 5 (4.237%) Android
3 5 (4.237%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.542%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.847%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.51%) Software Testing
2 32 (27.12%) Manual Testing
3 31 (26.27%) Test Scripting
4 25 (21.19%) Automation Testing
5 24 (20.34%) Agile Software Development
6 19 (16.10%) OO
7 16 (13.56%) Load Testing
8 15 (12.71%) Unit Testing
8 15 (12.71%) Performance Testing
9 14 (11.86%) OOD
10 12 (10.17%) TDD
10 12 (10.17%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.322%) Web Development
11 11 (9.322%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (9.322%) CRM
11 11 (9.322%) Service Delivery
12 10 (8.475%) Scrum
13 8 (6.780%) E-Commerce
14 7 (5.932%) UML
14 7 (5.932%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.66%) SQL
2 31 (26.27%) C#
3 17 (14.41%) Java
4 16 (13.56%) PHP
5 13 (11.02%) VB.NET
6 10 (8.475%) VB
6 10 (8.475%) Ruby
7 9 (7.627%) JavaScript
8 7 (5.932%) Perl
8 7 (5.932%) C++
9 5 (4.237%) Python
10 4 (3.390%) C
10 4 (3.390%) PL/SQL
11 3 (2.542%) PHP5
11 3 (2.542%) Scala
12 2 (1.695%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.695%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.695%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (35.59%) ISEB
2 27 (22.88%) ISTQB
3 16 (13.56%) Degree
4 1 (0.847%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.847%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.847%) HNC
4 1 (0.847%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (27.12%) QA
2 4 (3.390%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (2.542%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.085%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (7.627%) Microsoft
1 9 (7.627%) Capita
2 8 (6.780%) Oracle
3 4 (3.390%) HP
4 3 (2.542%) Zend
4 3 (2.542%) VMware
5 1 (0.847%) Epicor
5 1 (0.847%) SAP
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
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