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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 114 93 90
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -3
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 10 9 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.538% 0.613% 0.941%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.755% 0.910% 1.442%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 15
Average salary £52,500 £33,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+56.71% -16.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,200 £35,400
10% offered a salary of more than £56,750 £34,100 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1325 989 1040
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 71.27% 67.32% 65.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1137 889 919
Average salary £44,000 £41,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.02% +1.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £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%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Automation across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Test Automation Salary Histogram

Test Automation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -8 9 £55,000 +69.23%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 16 (72.73%) QA
2 11 (50.00%) Selenium
3 10 (45.45%) Degree
4 9 (40.91%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (36.36%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (36.36%) Software Testing
5 8 (36.36%) Perl
5 8 (36.36%) UNIX
5 8 (36.36%) Windows
5 8 (36.36%) Linux
5 8 (36.36%) Python
5 8 (36.36%) QuickTest Pro
6 7 (31.82%) Oracle
6 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
6 7 (31.82%) Security Testing
7 6 (27.27%) LoadRunner
7 6 (27.27%) ISEB
8 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
8 5 (22.73%) JUnit
8 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
8 5 (22.73%) ETL
8 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (22.73%) Code Coverage
8 5 (22.73%) VB.NET
8 5 (22.73%) .NET
8 5 (22.73%) C#
8 5 (22.73%) Java
8 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
8 5 (22.73%) CRM
8 5 (22.73%) Siebel

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (22.73%) ASP.NET
1 5 (22.73%) .NET
1 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET MVC
1 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 1 (4.545%) Web Services
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 5 (22.73%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (9.091%) DB2
4 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Selenium
2 8 (36.36%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (27.27%) LoadRunner
4 5 (22.73%) JUnit
4 5 (22.73%) NUnit
4 5 (22.73%) WATIR
5 1 (4.545%) Cucumber
General
1 5 (22.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Test Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Automation Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Test Automation Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Test Manager
4 5 (22.73%) Software Developer
4 5 (22.73%) Developer
5 4 (18.18%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Java Developer
5 4 (18.18%) C# Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Java Software Developer
5 4 (18.18%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Software Test Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Principle Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Test Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Test Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Open Source
2 2 (9.091%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) UNIX
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
1 8 (36.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (36.36%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (36.36%) Software Testing
3 7 (31.82%) Security Testing
4 5 (22.73%) ETL
4 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (22.73%) Code Coverage
4 5 (22.73%) CRM
4 5 (22.73%) OOP
4 5 (22.73%) OO
4 5 (22.73%) MVC
4 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing
4 5 (22.73%) Test Management
4 5 (22.73%) Investment Management
5 2 (9.091%) Data Management
6 1 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Load Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.545%) Scrum
6 1 (4.545%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) Perl
1 8 (36.36%) Python
2 5 (22.73%) VB.NET
2 5 (22.73%) C#
2 5 (22.73%) Java
3 2 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (72.73%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Oracle
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Siebel
3 3 (13.64%) HP
4 2 (9.091%) Compuware
4 2 (9.091%) IBM