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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 54 44 41
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 3 16 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 0.750% 4.156% 1.500%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.060% 4.969% 1.852%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 3
Average salary £60,000 £57,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% +112.96%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reigate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
283 322 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 70.75% 83.64% 81.00%
Number of salaries quoted 270 314 158
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +29.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £57,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Surrey

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reigate 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 Reigate region.

Reigate Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Reigate Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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 14 (77.78%) QA
2 11 (61.11%) SQL
2 11 (61.11%) QuickTest Pro
3 10 (55.56%) Finance
4 7 (38.89%) Web Testing
4 7 (38.89%) Test Automation
4 7 (38.89%) TOAD
4 7 (38.89%) ISEB
4 7 (38.89%) Oracle
5 6 (33.33%) XML
6 5 (27.78%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (27.78%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (27.78%) SOA
6 5 (27.78%) TestDirector
6 5 (27.78%) QARun
6 5 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (22.22%) TDD
7 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
7 4 (22.22%) Selenium
7 4 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (22.22%) Performance Testing
7 4 (22.22%) HP
7 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
7 4 (22.22%) VBScript
8 3 (16.67%) Web Services
8 3 (16.67%) C#
8 3 (16.67%) C++
8 3 (16.67%) Java
8 3 (16.67%) Management Information System

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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 6 (33.33%) XML
2 3 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (5.556%) DOM
3 1 (5.556%) Kohana
3 1 (5.556%) RESTful
3 1 (5.556%) CodeIgniter
3 1 (5.556%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) TOAD
2 5 (27.78%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.556%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (61.11%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (27.78%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (27.78%) TestDirector
2 5 (27.78%) QARun
3 4 (22.22%) Selenium
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
1 7 (38.89%) Test Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Test Team Leader
2 4 (22.22%) Team Leader
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Test Leader
4 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Junior
5 1 (5.556%) Graduate
5 1 (5.556%) Graduate Software Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Software Tester
5 1 (5.556%) PHP Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Web Testing
1 7 (38.89%) Test Automation
2 5 (27.78%) SOA
2 5 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (22.22%) TDD
3 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
4 3 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 3 (16.67%) Information Management
4 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.556%) MVC
5 1 (5.556%) System Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Test Management
5 1 (5.556%) Scrum
5 1 (5.556%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) VBScript
3 3 (16.67%) C#
3 3 (16.67%) C++
3 3 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (5.556%) PHP
4 1 (5.556%) XPath
4 1 (5.556%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) ISEB
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (77.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Oracle
2 4 (22.22%) HP