The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Nottinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 69 67 90
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +23
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 27 26 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 2.479% 2.217% 1.535%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.241% 2.999% 2.004%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 19
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
833 867 1098
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 76.49% 73.91% 76.62%
Number of salaries quoted 713 706 867
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,550
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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
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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
Nottingham -2 26 £32,500 -11.56% 1
Automated Testing
East Midlands

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 33 (80.49%) C#
2 25 (60.98%) QA
3 24 (58.54%) .NET
3 24 (58.54%) QuickTest Pro
4 22 (53.66%) SQL Server
5 20 (48.78%) ASP.NET
5 20 (48.78%) Test Scripting
5 20 (48.78%) Test Automation
6 19 (46.34%) XML
7 18 (43.90%) HTML
7 18 (43.90%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (41.46%) HP
8 17 (41.46%) Finance
9 16 (39.02%) LoadRunner
10 15 (36.59%) XAML
10 15 (36.59%) Telecoms
10 15 (36.59%) Digital Media
10 15 (36.59%) WatiN
10 15 (36.59%) WPF
10 15 (36.59%) LINQ
10 15 (36.59%) Degree
11 13 (31.71%) Multithreading
11 13 (31.71%) Mobile App
12 11 (26.83%) OO
13 10 (24.39%) C++
14 9 (21.95%) Unit Testing
15 8 (19.51%) Manual Testing
15 8 (19.51%) Visual Studio
16 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
16 7 (17.07%) Selenium

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 24 (58.54%) .NET
2 20 (48.78%) ASP.NET
3 19 (46.34%) XML
4 18 (43.90%) HTML
5 15 (36.59%) WPF
5 15 (36.59%) LINQ
6 3 (7.317%) ASP
6 3 (7.317%) CSS
6 3 (7.317%) Web Services
6 3 (7.317%) XSLT
6 3 (7.317%) .NET Framework
6 3 (7.317%) jQuery
7 2 (4.878%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) IIS
2 3 (7.317%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 4 (9.756%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (53.66%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.317%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 24 (58.54%) QuickTest Pro
2 16 (39.02%) LoadRunner
3 15 (36.59%) WatiN
4 8 (19.51%) Visual Studio
5 7 (17.07%) Selenium
6 6 (14.63%) JUnit
7 5 (12.20%) FitNesse
7 5 (12.20%) JIRA
8 3 (7.317%) CruiseControl
8 3 (7.317%) Jenkins
9 2 (4.878%) WinRunner
General
1 17 (41.46%) Finance
2 15 (36.59%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.439%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Developer
2 7 (17.07%) Test Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Automation Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Test Automation Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Test Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Tester
4 3 (7.317%) Senior .NET Web Developer
4 3 (7.317%) .NET Web Developer
4 3 (7.317%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (7.317%) Senior Web Developer
4 3 (7.317%) Senior Tester
4 3 (7.317%) Software Tester
4 3 (7.317%) .NET Developer
4 3 (7.317%) Web Developer
4 3 (7.317%) Senior Developer
4 3 (7.317%) Automation Tester
4 3 (7.317%) Senior Automation Tester
5 2 (4.878%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (4.878%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (36.59%) Digital Media
3 13 (31.71%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.317%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.878%) Firmware
6 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.878%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Test Scripting
1 20 (48.78%) Test Automation
2 13 (31.71%) Multithreading
3 11 (26.83%) OO
4 9 (21.95%) Unit Testing
5 8 (19.51%) Manual Testing
6 6 (14.63%) Embedded Software Development
6 6 (14.63%) User Stories
7 5 (12.20%) OOP
7 5 (12.20%) Scrum
7 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.317%) OOD
8 3 (7.317%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (7.317%) MVC
8 3 (7.317%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (7.317%) Build Automation
9 2 (4.878%) Stress Testing
9 2 (4.878%) Regression Testing
9 2 (4.878%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.878%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 33 (80.49%) C#
2 15 (36.59%) XAML
3 10 (24.39%) C++
4 6 (14.63%) Embedded C
4 6 (14.63%) Embedded C++
4 6 (14.63%) C
4 6 (14.63%) Java
5 5 (12.20%) VB
6 4 (9.756%) JavaScript
7 3 (7.317%) PHP
7 3 (7.317%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.439%) Python
8 1 (2.439%) Smalltalk
8 1 (2.439%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) ISEB
3 2 (4.878%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (60.98%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (41.46%) HP
2 7 (17.07%) 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...
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 30 May 2013