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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Sale
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
46 11 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale 79.31% 36.67% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 7
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +8.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,551 £40,000 £29,850
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,650 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Manchester

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sale 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 Sale region.

Sale Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Velocity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 1 (100.00%) Velocity
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ScrumMaster
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement