The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Nottingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 69 63 79
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +16
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 20 23 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 2.125% 2.203% 1.649%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.692% 2.983% 2.075%
Number of salaries quoted 18 18 18
Average salary £32,500 £35,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.45% +7.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,776 £27,100 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,300 £39,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
743 771 964
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 78.96% 73.85% 79.47%
Number of salaries quoted 649 633 747
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Nottinghamshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Nottingham Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 24 (85.71%) C#
2 20 (71.43%) .NET
2 20 (71.43%) QA
3 19 (67.86%) SQL Server
4 18 (64.29%) QuickTest Pro
5 17 (60.71%) XML
5 17 (60.71%) ASP.NET
5 17 (60.71%) Test Scripting
6 16 (57.14%) HTML
6 16 (57.14%) Test Automation
7 15 (53.57%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (50.00%) Finance
9 13 (46.43%) XAML
9 13 (46.43%) Telecoms
9 13 (46.43%) WPF
9 13 (46.43%) LINQ
9 13 (46.43%) LoadRunner
9 13 (46.43%) HP
9 13 (46.43%) Digital Media
9 13 (46.43%) WatiN
10 12 (42.86%) Degree
11 11 (39.29%) Multithreading
11 11 (39.29%) Mobile App
12 10 (35.71%) OO
13 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
13 6 (21.43%) Visual Studio
13 6 (21.43%) Manual Testing
14 5 (17.86%) Selenium
14 5 (17.86%) VB
15 4 (14.29%) OOP

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 20 (71.43%) .NET
2 17 (60.71%) XML
2 17 (60.71%) ASP.NET
3 16 (57.14%) HTML
4 13 (46.43%) WPF
4 13 (46.43%) LINQ
5 3 (10.71%) ASP
5 3 (10.71%) CSS
5 3 (10.71%) Web Services
5 3 (10.71%) XSLT
5 3 (10.71%) jQuery
6 2 (7.143%) .NET Framework
6 2 (7.143%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) IIS
2 3 (10.71%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (67.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (64.29%) QuickTest Pro
2 13 (46.43%) LoadRunner
2 13 (46.43%) WatiN
3 6 (21.43%) Visual Studio
4 5 (17.86%) Selenium
5 4 (14.29%) JUnit
6 3 (10.71%) CruiseControl
6 3 (10.71%) Jenkins
7 1 (3.571%) WinRunner
General
1 14 (50.00%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.571%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Test Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Test Automation Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Tester
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Web Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Tester
4 3 (10.71%) .NET Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Test Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Web Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Developer
4 3 (10.71%) .NET Web Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior .NET Web Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Automation Tester
4 3 (10.71%) Automation Tester
5 2 (7.143%) Software Tester
6 1 (3.571%) Junior
6 1 (3.571%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 15 (53.57%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (46.43%) Digital Media
3 11 (39.29%) Mobile App
4 3 (10.71%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Test Scripting
2 16 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 11 (39.29%) Multithreading
4 10 (35.71%) OO
5 6 (21.43%) Manual Testing
6 4 (14.29%) OOP
7 3 (10.71%) OOD
7 3 (10.71%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (10.71%) MVC
7 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Build Automation
8 2 (7.143%) Software Testing
8 2 (7.143%) SOA
9 1 (3.571%) Stress Testing
9 1 (3.571%) Service Management
9 1 (3.571%) Regression Testing
9 1 (3.571%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (85.71%) C#
2 13 (46.43%) XAML
3 5 (17.86%) VB
4 4 (14.29%) C++
4 4 (14.29%) Java
4 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.71%) PHP
5 3 (10.71%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.571%) Smalltalk
6 1 (3.571%) Python
6 1 (3.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) ISEB
3 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (71.43%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) HP
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
Nottingham, East Midlands
Sound knowledge of C#, ASP .NET / SQL Server Web application design and programming is also essential along with experience in developing test scripts using HP Testing tools such...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
My Nottinghamshire based client is looking for a C/C++ Engineer to come into their organisation. Key Responsibilities:-Embedded software development in C/C++ -Active participation in: oSprint...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
My Nottinghamshire based client is looking for a Firmware Engineer to come into their organisation. Key Responsibilities:-Embedded software development in C/C++ -Active participation in: oSprint planning...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Experience of automated testing techniques. Unit testing and acceptance testing. Excellent attention to detail Good communicator both verbally & in writing Quick thinker Good planning & estimating skills Desire to...
Proteus Europe
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013