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This section looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAutomated Testing
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank269278
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads231284
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.122 %0.116 %
As % of the category below1.072 %1.080 %
Salaries quoted216252
Average minimum salary£31,086£33,755
Average salary£34,089£37,449
% change on same period last year-8.97 %
Average maximum salary£37,092£41,143
UK excluding London average salary£34,446£33,958
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads2154526287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.37 %10.76 %
Salaries quoted1719421112
Average minimum salary£40,358£41,997
Average salary£44,230£45,432
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
Average maximum salary£48,103£48,866
UK excluding London average salary£42,567£44,524
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
Automated Testing EnglandAutomated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Automated Testing Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the South East region.

South East Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+2977£32,584-14.36 %
HampshireUp+2671£32,417+3.76 %
BerkshireDown-1652£37,391-7.60 %
BuckinghamshireUp+913£35,542-7.22 %
OxfordshireDown-110£33,200-0.89 %
MiddlesexUp+72£36,500+3.05 %
West SussexUp+132£38,500+7.44 %
East SussexUp+41--
Home CountiesNew entry-1£45,000-
Automated Testing EnglandAutomated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1185 (38.22 %)QA
2132 (27.27 %)Test Scripting
3129 (26.65 %)Finance
4109 (22.52 %)Software Testing
5103 (21.28 %)ISEB
6101 (20.87 %)Oracle
788 (18.18 %)SQL
881 (16.74 %)Windows
977 (15.91 %)QuickTest Pro
1076 (15.70 %)TestDirector
1174 (15.29 %)Microsoft
1269 (14.26 %).NET
1367 (13.84 %)SQL Server
1461 (12.60 %)C#
1461 (12.60 %)Degree
1558 (11.98 %)Regression Testing
1653 (10.95 %)WinRunner
1751 (10.54 %)Telecoms
1848 (9.917 %)LoadRunner
1848 (9.917 %)UNIX
1946 (9.504 %)Manual Testing
2045 (9.298 %)Java
2143 (8.884 %)Performance Testing
2241 (8.471 %)System Testing
2339 (8.058 %)VB
2339 (8.058 %)Client/Server
2339 (8.058 %)Insurance
2438 (7.851 %)C++
2535 (7.231 %)Agile Software Development
2535 (7.231 %)User Acceptance Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (14.26 %).NET
221 (4.339 %)XML
317 (3.512 %)J2EE
416 (3.306 %).NET Framework
513 (2.686 %)MFC
611 (2.273 %)ASP.NET
710 (2.066 %)JSP
89 (1.860 %)HTML
97 (1.446 %)Servlets
105 (1.033 %)ASP
105 (1.033 %)WebServices
105 (1.033 %)COM+
105 (1.033 %)Spring
114 (0.826 %)AJAX
123 (0.620 %)Spring MVC
123 (0.620 %)MVC
123 (0.620 %)CSS
123 (0.620 %)DOM
123 (0.620 %)SOAP
123 (0.620 %)Struts
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (1.860 %)Apache
26 (1.240 %)Tomcat
32 (0.413 %)JBoss
41 (0.207 %)WebLogic
41 (0.207 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.207 %)BizTalk Server
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (5.992 %)MS Excel
29 (1.860 %)MS Project
33 (0.620 %)MS Office
41 (0.207 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (2.066 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.413 %)Endur
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (4.959 %)Internet
210 (2.066 %)TCP/IP
37 (1.446 %)HTTP
46 (1.240 %)GPRS
46 (1.240 %)GSM
46 (1.240 %)3GPP
46 (1.240 %)3G
46 (1.240 %)2G
54 (0.826 %)DNS
54 (0.826 %)Intranet
54 (0.826 %)Extranet
63 (0.620 %)FTP
63 (0.620 %)SMTP
63 (0.620 %)VoIP
63 (0.620 %)ISDN
63 (0.620 %)SSH
63 (0.620 %)Network Security
63 (0.620 %)H.323
71 (0.207 %)Firewall
71 (0.207 %)Wi-Fi
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (13.84 %)SQL Server
231 (6.405 %)Oracle 9i
231 (6.405 %)Oracle 10g
314 (2.893 %)SQL Server 2005
314 (2.893 %)TOAD
413 (2.686 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (1.446 %)MySQL
66 (1.240 %)Oracle Reports
75 (1.033 %)Datawarehouse
84 (0.826 %)RDBMS
84 (0.826 %)DB2
84 (0.826 %)DB2 UDB
93 (0.620 %)Informix
101 (0.207 %)SQL Server Integration Services
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
177 (15.91 %)QuickTest Pro
276 (15.70 %)TestDirector
353 (10.95 %)WinRunner
448 (9.917 %)LoadRunner
534 (7.025 %)Rational Robot
632 (6.612 %)VSS/SourceSafe
721 (4.339 %)Visual Studio
721 (4.339 %)SilkTest
818 (3.719 %)TestComplete
916 (3.306 %)QALoad
1015 (3.099 %)QARun
1113 (2.686 %)TestPartner
1210 (2.066 %)QADirector
1210 (2.066 %)Rational Performance Tester
139 (1.860 %)WATIR
148 (1.653 %)JUnit
148 (1.653 %)NUnit
156 (1.240 %)Selenium
164 (0.826 %)Oracle Forms
173 (0.620 %)AppScan
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1129 (26.65 %)Finance
251 (10.54 %)Telecoms
339 (8.058 %)Insurance
417 (3.512 %)Pensions
512 (2.479 %)Education
611 (2.273 %)Health
611 (2.273 %)Retail
78 (1.653 %)Government
87 (1.446 %)Electronics
96 (1.240 %)Banking
96 (1.240 %)Legal
105 (1.033 %)Construction
114 (0.826 %)Automotive
114 (0.826 %)Music
114 (0.826 %)Music Industry
123 (0.620 %)Auditing
123 (0.620 %)Publishing
132 (0.413 %)Financial Institution
132 (0.413 %)Billing
141 (0.207 %)FMCG
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1190 (39.26 %)Tester
2143 (29.55 %)Analyst
3130 (26.86 %)Test Analyst
487 (17.98 %)Test Engineer
551 (10.54 %)Software Tester
637 (7.645 %)QA Tester
730 (6.198 %)Systems Analyst
828 (5.785 %)Systems Tester
927 (5.579 %)Systems Test Analyst
1024 (4.959 %)QA Engineer
1024 (4.959 %)Software Engineer
1123 (4.752 %)Developer
1220 (4.132 %)Test Manager
1318 (3.719 %)Software Test Engineer
1415 (3.099 %)Senior Test Analyst
1415 (3.099 %)QA Analyst
1415 (3.099 %)Senior Analyst
1514 (2.893 %)Senior Tester
1613 (2.686 %)Team Leader
1712 (2.479 %)Senior Test Engineer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
139 (8.058 %)Client/Server
215 (3.099 %)Artificial Intelligence
314 (2.893 %)Neural Network
46 (1.240 %)Credit Risk
54 (0.826 %)Computer Science
54 (0.826 %)N-Tier
63 (0.620 %)W3C
63 (0.620 %)DTV
63 (0.620 %)Life Science
63 (0.620 %)Biotechnology
72 (0.413 %)Mainframe
81 (0.207 %)Management Information System
81 (0.207 %)Handset
81 (0.207 %)Physics
81 (0.207 %)IBM Mainframe
81 (0.207 %)Data Integration
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
181 (16.74 %)Windows
248 (9.917 %)UNIX
319 (3.926 %)Linux
414 (2.893 %)Windows XP
51 (0.207 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.207 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.207 %)Windows NT
51 (0.207 %)AIX
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1132 (27.27 %)Test Scripting
2109 (22.52 %)Software Testing
358 (11.98 %)Regression Testing
446 (9.504 %)Manual Testing
543 (8.884 %)Performance Testing
641 (8.471 %)System Testing
735 (7.231 %)User Acceptance Testing
735 (7.231 %)Agile Software Development
830 (6.198 %)Web Testing
927 (5.579 %)Risk Management
1026 (5.372 %)Integration Testing
1123 (4.752 %)Test Management
1123 (4.752 %)Project Management
1219 (3.926 %)UML
1317 (3.512 %)Scrum
1416 (3.306 %)E-Commerce
1515 (3.099 %)RUP
1614 (2.893 %)OO
1614 (2.893 %)Unit Testing
1614 (2.893 %)Load Testing
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
188 (18.18 %)SQL
261 (12.60 %)C#
345 (9.298 %)Java
439 (8.058 %)VB
538 (7.851 %)C++
631 (6.405 %)VBScript
725 (5.165 %)Perl
816 (3.306 %)JavaScript
913 (2.686 %)VC++
1010 (2.066 %)Python
1010 (2.066 %)C
119 (1.860 %)VBA
126 (1.240 %)Shell Script
126 (1.240 %)Lua
126 (1.240 %)Tcl
126 (1.240 %)PHP
126 (1.240 %)PL/SQL
135 (1.033 %)Delphi
135 (1.033 %)VB6
144 (0.826 %)Transact-SQL
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1103 (21.28 %)ISEB
261 (12.60 %)Degree
38 (1.653 %)ISTQB
38 (1.653 %)HND
45 (1.033 %)HNC
45 (1.033 %)ISEB Practitioner
54 (0.826 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.207 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.207 %)MCP
61 (0.207 %)MCAD
61 (0.207 %)MCSD
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1185 (38.22 %)QA
23 (0.620 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
23 (0.620 %)GCP
23 (0.620 %)GLP
32 (0.413 %)ISO9000
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.620 %)WebInspect
22 (0.413 %)Nmap
31 (0.207 %)MSMQ
31 (0.207 %)Active Directory
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (1.033 %)Nessus
21 (0.207 %)SCCM
21 (0.207 %)OpenView Configuration Management
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1101 (20.87 %)Oracle
274 (15.29 %)Microsoft
315 (3.099 %)VMware
410 (2.066 %)Compuware
56 (1.240 %)IBM
64 (0.826 %)Perforce
64 (0.826 %)Sybase
72 (0.413 %)Citrix
72 (0.413 %)Empirix
72 (0.413 %)OpenLink
81 (0.207 %)Sony
81 (0.207 %)Anite
81 (0.207 %)Agilent
81 (0.207 %)BEA
81 (0.207 %)HP
81 (0.207 %)Dell
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