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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 50 57 63
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 6 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 1.132% 0.982% 0.345%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.429% 1.453% 0.521%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 1
Average salary £38,750 £25,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.00% -5.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
420 413 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 79.25% 67.59% 66.32%
Number of salaries quoted 360 352 330
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,700 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South Yorkshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Sheffield Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 4 (57.14%) PHP
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) Selenium
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Online Banking
2 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) ISEB
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Twitter
4 1 (14.29%) WPF
4 1 (14.29%) Stress Testing
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) Code Coverage
4 1 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 (14.29%) WPF
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) QA Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Online Banking
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Stress Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Code Coverage
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Twitter
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: -Experience Manual / Functional testing -ISEB / ISTQB certified -Bug tracking tools (preferably Jira) Desirable Skills: -Automated testing knowledge -Regression / Performance knowledge This is a fantastic opportunity...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum & benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013