The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Redhill 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 Redhill region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank - 38 38
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 0 7 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redhill - 2.509% 3.371%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 3.271% 4.167%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 9
Average salary - £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Redhill
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
134 214 216
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redhill 67.34% 76.70% 80.90%
Number of salaries quoted 116 187 202
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £37,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Surrey

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Redhill 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 Redhill region.

Redhill Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Redhill 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 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
2 5 (71.43%) VB.NET
2 5 (71.43%) VBA
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Selenium
2 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) XSLT
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
2 5 (71.43%) TDD
3 2 (28.57%) JSF
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Redhill 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) XSLT
3 2 (28.57%) JSF
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
1 5 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (71.43%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Scrum
1 5 (71.43%) TDD
1 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) VB.NET
2 5 (71.43%) VBA
2 5 (71.43%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ISEB
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
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