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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 36 46 49
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 13 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 3.652% 0.318% 0.302%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.710% 0.417% 0.418%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 0
Average salary £70,000 £28,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+145.61% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
276 240 239
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 77.53% 76.43% 72.21%
Number of salaries quoted 235 202 205
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Cambridgeshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Peterborough Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 19 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 18 (94.74%) Web Testing
3 17 (89.47%) QA
3 17 (89.47%) WATIR
3 17 (89.47%) Selenium
3 17 (89.47%) Security Testing
3 17 (89.47%) Jasmine
3 17 (89.47%) TDD
4 2 (10.53%) Scrum
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Usability Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
5 1 (5.263%) Degree
5 1 (5.263%) JIRA
5 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.263%) ISEB
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE
5 1 (5.263%) SQL
5 1 (5.263%) MS Project
5 1 (5.263%) XML
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 1 (5.263%) XML
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 17 (89.47%) WATIR
1 17 (89.47%) Selenium
1 17 (89.47%) Jasmine
2 1 (5.263%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) QA Test Manager
1 17 (89.47%) Test Manager
1 17 (89.47%) QA Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Agile Test Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Testing Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 18 (94.74%) Web Testing
3 17 (89.47%) Security Testing
3 17 (89.47%) TDD
4 2 (10.53%) Scrum
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Usability Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
1 1 (5.263%) ISEB
1 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (89.47%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
Peterborough, East Anglia
Utilising the agile methodology the test analyst will be expected to work as part of a team to deliver business and development delivery goals to quality standards... Test...
Levy Associates Limited
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
ISEB/ISTQB - minimum Foundation level... Minimum of 2 years' experience of manual testing. Sound understanding of Agile Development methodology... Experience of Usability testing... Experience of testing using agile...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £32,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
i) ISEB/ISTQB - minimum Foundation level... c) Prince II certification or equivalent. d) Microsoft project... g) ISEB/ISTQB - Preferably Practitioner level, Prince II. You may have experience of...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
In this role our client is seeking a strong Agile QA Manager who can manage and lead the QA and test team in the delivery of high quality...
IT Connections
Salary: to £70,000 + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013