The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 66 61 63
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 21 22 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 2.174% 2.699% 2.333%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.823% 3.729% 3.161%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 22
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +63.04%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
North Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
744 590 696
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 77.02% 72.39% 73.81%
Number of salaries quoted 510 467 594
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,850 £24,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £67,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Yorkshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
York -8 11 £33,750 -10.00%
Harrogate - 10 £35,000 -
Automated Testing
Yorkshire

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 30 (85.71%) QA
2 23 (65.71%) Selenium
3 18 (51.43%) C#
4 17 (48.57%) LoadRunner
4 17 (48.57%) Cucumber
5 16 (45.71%) QuickTest Pro
6 15 (42.86%) Java
6 15 (42.86%) Test Automation
6 15 (42.86%) Test Scripting
7 10 (28.57%) Compatibility Testing
7 10 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (22.86%) Load Testing
9 6 (17.14%) JIRA
9 6 (17.14%) ISEB
9 6 (17.14%) Client/Server
10 5 (14.29%) CSS
10 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
10 5 (14.29%) SQL
10 5 (14.29%) HTML
11 4 (11.43%) BDD
11 4 (11.43%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (11.43%) FitNesse
11 4 (11.43%) ISTQB
12 3 (8.571%) Open Source
12 3 (8.571%) Performance Testing
12 3 (8.571%) Security Testing
12 3 (8.571%) Unit Testing
12 3 (8.571%) .NET
12 3 (8.571%) W3C
12 3 (8.571%) JMeter

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 5 (14.29%) CSS
1 5 (14.29%) HTML
2 3 (8.571%) .NET
3 2 (5.714%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (5.714%) CSS3
3 2 (5.714%) ASP.NET
3 2 (5.714%) XML
3 2 (5.714%) XSLT
3 2 (5.714%) JSON
3 2 (5.714%) jQuery
3 2 (5.714%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.714%) LINQ
3 2 (5.714%) Ajax
4 1 (2.857%) DOM
Development Applications
1 23 (65.71%) Selenium
2 17 (48.57%) LoadRunner
2 17 (48.57%) Cucumber
3 16 (45.71%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (17.14%) JIRA
5 4 (11.43%) FitNesse
6 3 (8.571%) JMeter
6 3 (8.571%) Bugzilla
6 3 (8.571%) Jenkins
6 3 (8.571%) Hudson
7 2 (5.714%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (5.714%) Subversion
8 1 (2.857%) Firebug
General
1 2 (5.714%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Tester
2 14 (40.00%) Analyst
3 10 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 10 (28.57%) QA Analyst
3 10 (28.57%) Automation Tester
4 6 (17.14%) Lead Test Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) QA Test Analyst
5 5 (14.29%) QA Tester
5 5 (14.29%) Automated Tester
6 3 (8.571%) Test Engineer
6 3 (8.571%) Software Tester
6 3 (8.571%) Automated Test Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) Developer
8 1 (2.857%) Functional Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (2.857%) Functional Test Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Graduate
8 1 (2.857%) Web Developer
8 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (2.857%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (17.14%) Client/Server
3 3 (8.571%) Open Source
3 3 (8.571%) W3C
4 2 (5.714%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Test Automation
1 15 (42.86%) Test Scripting
2 10 (28.57%) Compatibility Testing
3 8 (22.86%) Load Testing
4 4 (11.43%) BDD
4 4 (11.43%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (8.571%) Performance Testing
5 3 (8.571%) Security Testing
5 3 (8.571%) Unit Testing
6 2 (5.714%) Agile Testing
6 2 (5.714%) MVC
6 2 (5.714%) OO
6 2 (5.714%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.714%) Manual Testing
6 2 (5.714%) Web Development
6 2 (5.714%) TDD
6 2 (5.714%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.857%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (2.857%) Test Management
7 1 (2.857%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) C#
2 15 (42.86%) Java
3 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 5 (14.29%) SQL
4 2 (5.714%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) ISEB
2 4 (11.43%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.857%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (85.71%) QA
2 1 (2.857%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 2 (5.714%) Microsoft
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Any experience of test automation using Selenium and/or performance testing is highly desirabl... Creating and maintaining Test scripts for regression testing. Creating and maintaining Test scripts with...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum (Depending on Experience)
Posted: 22 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
QA Analyst, Test Analyst required in York, North Yorkshire (commutable from Leeds) for a global leader. At this stage we are seeking applicants from those people who live...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 24 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Experience with any BDD tools such as Selinium, Cucumber or FitNesse... Functional, regression, ad-hoc and compatibility testing... Create test plans and manual test scripts. Perform automated testing.
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Unspecified Please get in touch to discuss salary information
Posted: 21 May 2013