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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 99 89 87
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 20 18 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.089% 1.245% 1.150%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.522% 1.861% 1.771%
Number of salaries quoted 20 18 19
Average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £30,000 £30,700
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1314 967 1073
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 71.53% 66.87% 64.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1125 870 952
Average salary £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.43% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Oxford -20 11 £40,000 -11.11%
Burford - 4 £26,000 -
Henley-on-Thames - 3 £25,000 -
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 23 (57.50%) SQL
2 21 (52.50%) Java
3 13 (32.50%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (32.50%) QA
4 10 (25.00%) Selenium
4 10 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 10 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 9 (22.50%) Computer Science
5 9 (22.50%) JDBC
6 8 (20.00%) JUnit
6 8 (20.00%) Hibernate
6 8 (20.00%) JPA
6 8 (20.00%) TestNG
6 8 (20.00%) Git (software)
6 8 (20.00%) Mercurial
6 8 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (20.00%) Subversion
7 7 (17.50%) Degree
7 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
7 7 (17.50%) SQL Server
8 5 (12.50%) Oracle
8 5 (12.50%) HP
8 5 (12.50%) ISEB
8 5 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (10.00%) V-Model
9 4 (10.00%) Bash shell
9 4 (10.00%) Unit Testing
9 4 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (10.00%) Software Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 9 (22.50%) JDBC
2 8 (20.00%) Hibernate
2 8 (20.00%) JPA
3 4 (10.00%) XML
3 4 (10.00%) XSD
3 4 (10.00%) XSLT
4 3 (7.500%) J2EE
4 3 (7.500%) ZK
5 2 (5.000%) RESTful
5 2 (5.000%) STL
6 1 (2.500%) Web Services
6 1 (2.500%) Middleware
6 1 (2.500%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.000%) CMS
2 1 (2.500%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
1 3 (7.500%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.500%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.500%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (7.500%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (5.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Selenium
2 8 (20.00%) JUnit
2 8 (20.00%) TestNG
2 8 (20.00%) Git (software)
2 8 (20.00%) Mercurial
2 8 (20.00%) Subversion
3 4 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
4 2 (5.000%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.500%) JIRA
5 1 (2.500%) Concordion
5 1 (2.500%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (7.500%) Legal
1 3 (7.500%) Music
2 2 (5.000%) Publishing
3 1 (2.500%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Software Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Developer
3 9 (22.50%) Java Developer
4 8 (20.00%) Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Test Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Systems Test Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Test Manager
7 3 (7.500%) Support Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Applications Support
7 3 (7.500%) Applications Support Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Team Leader
7 3 (7.500%) Server Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Java Software Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Test Team Leader
7 3 (7.500%) J2EE Software Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 2 (5.000%) QA Leader
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Tester
8 2 (5.000%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (7.500%) Handset
2 3 (7.500%) Mathematics
3 2 (5.000%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.500%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.500%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 3 (7.500%) UNIX
2 3 (7.500%) Windows XP
2 3 (7.500%) Linux
2 3 (7.500%) Windows Vista
2 3 (7.500%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.000%) Android
3 2 (5.000%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.500%) AIX
4 1 (2.500%) HPUX
4 1 (2.500%) Solaris
4 1 (2.500%) Windows Phone
4 1 (2.500%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 10 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 8 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (10.00%) V-Model
4 4 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (10.00%) TDD
4 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (7.500%) ITIL
5 3 (7.500%) Web Application Development
6 2 (5.000%) Product Management
6 2 (5.000%) Software Engineering
6 2 (5.000%) Scrum
6 2 (5.000%) Change Management
7 1 (2.500%) SOA
7 1 (2.500%) ETL
7 1 (2.500%) OO
7 1 (2.500%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (57.50%) SQL
2 21 (52.50%) Java
3 4 (10.00%) Bash shell
4 3 (7.500%) T-SQL
4 3 (7.500%) Shell Script
4 3 (7.500%) Erlang
4 3 (7.500%) Groovy
4 3 (7.500%) Scala
5 2 (5.000%) C++
5 2 (5.000%) Python
6 1 (2.500%) C#
6 1 (2.500%) AWK
6 1 (2.500%) sed
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Oracle
2 5 (12.50%) HP
Oxford or Suffolk, South East
The role allows growth into a more senior, quality-focused development position.The successful candidate will define, develop and support automated testing tools for the company's range...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxfordshire
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013