The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 71 60 67
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 10 3 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.986% 0.467% 0.876%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.361% 0.676% 1.264%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 7
Average salary £55,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+69.23% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,500 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,750 £32,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
735 444 554
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 72.49% 69.16% 69.34%
Number of salaries quoted 620 394 502
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Oxfordshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Test Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Test Automation
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Oxford region.

Oxford Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxford Test Automation Salary Histogram

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation.

1 15 (71.43%) QA
2 11 (52.38%) Selenium
3 10 (47.62%) Degree
4 9 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (38.10%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (38.10%) Perl
5 8 (38.10%) UNIX
5 8 (38.10%) Windows
5 8 (38.10%) Linux
5 8 (38.10%) Python
5 8 (38.10%) QuickTest Pro
6 7 (33.33%) Oracle
6 7 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 7 (33.33%) Software Testing
7 6 (28.57%) Security Testing
7 6 (28.57%) LoadRunner
8 5 (23.81%) Code Coverage
8 5 (23.81%) JUnit
8 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET
8 5 (23.81%) ETL
8 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
8 5 (23.81%) ISEB
8 5 (23.81%) VB.NET
8 5 (23.81%) .NET
8 5 (23.81%) C#
8 5 (23.81%) Java
8 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
8 5 (23.81%) CRM
8 5 (23.81%) Siebel

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (23.81%) .NET
1 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET
1 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET MVC
1 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 1 (4.762%) Web Services
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (9.524%) DB2
4 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Selenium
2 8 (38.10%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (28.57%) LoadRunner
4 5 (23.81%) NUnit
4 5 (23.81%) WATIR
4 5 (23.81%) JUnit
5 1 (4.762%) Cucumber
General
1 5 (23.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Test Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Automation Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Test Automation Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Software Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Test Manager
4 4 (19.05%) Software Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Software Test Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Java Developer
4 4 (19.05%) C# Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Java Software Developer
4 4 (19.05%) C# Software Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Principle Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Open Source
2 2 (9.524%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) UNIX
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
1 8 (38.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (38.10%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Security Testing
5 5 (23.81%) Unit Testing
5 5 (23.81%) Test Management
5 5 (23.81%) Investment Management
5 5 (23.81%) OOP
5 5 (23.81%) OO
5 5 (23.81%) CRM
5 5 (23.81%) ETL
5 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (23.81%) Code Coverage
5 5 (23.81%) MVC
6 2 (9.524%) Data Management
7 1 (4.762%) Scrum
7 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
7 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
7 1 (4.762%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Perl
1 8 (38.10%) Python
2 5 (23.81%) VB.NET
2 5 (23.81%) C#
2 5 (23.81%) Java
3 2 (9.524%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Degree
2 5 (23.81%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (71.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Oracle
2 5 (23.81%) Siebel
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) HP
4 2 (9.524%) Compuware
4 2 (9.524%) IBM