The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 61 52 68
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +16
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 9 20 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.364% 2.601% 1.125%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.826% 3.356% 1.563%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 9
Average salary £31,750 £35,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.28% +48.93%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
493 596 576
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 74.70% 77.50% 72.00%
Number of salaries quoted 410 552 528
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £23,700 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
East Midlands

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Northampton -10 3 £32,500 +1.56%
Automated Testing
East Midlands

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 6 (42.86%) ISEB
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Mainframe
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
3 4 (28.57%) Automation Testing
3 4 (28.57%) DTS
3 4 (28.57%) C#
4 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Selenium
5 2 (14.29%) Fault Management
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (14.29%) WebDriver
5 2 (14.29%) QA
5 2 (14.29%) C
5 2 (14.29%) Control-M
5 2 (14.29%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (14.29%) .NET
5 2 (14.29%) STL
5 2 (14.29%) UML
5 2 (14.29%) OO
6 1 (7.143%) XHTML
6 1 (7.143%) MS Excel

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
1 2 (14.29%) STL
2 1 (7.143%) XHTML
2 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.143%) CSS
2 1 (7.143%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) DTS
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Selenium
2 2 (14.29%) WebDriver
3 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Test Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Test Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Systems Test Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) QA Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Test Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Test Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.143%) N-Tier
2 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Automation Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Fault Management
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) UML
4 2 (14.29%) OO
5 1 (7.143%) ITIL
5 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.143%) Scrum
5 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (14.29%) C
3 2 (14.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft