Automated Testing Jobs in the South East
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 211 171 178
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +7
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 263 333 275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 1.186% 1.403% 1.222%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.623% 1.915% 1.720%
Number of salaries quoted 238 311 244
Average salary £36,000 £42,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 16200 17391 15992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.03% 73.26% 71.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13167 14917 13688
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South East region.

South East Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

South East Automated Testing Salary Histogram

Automated Testing
Job Locations

The table below 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 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Surrey +6 77 £42,500 -10.99%
Berkshire -26 53 £45,000 -
West Sussex -12 37 £32,500 +8.33%
Oxfordshire -20 22 £40,000 -8.04%
Hampshire -27 17 £27,500 -6.77%
East Sussex +3 15 £36,500 -2.66%
Buckinghamshire -16 13 £32,500 -7.14%
Kent -15 12 £35,000 -12.61%
Middlesex -16 4 £75,000 +66.66%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 182 (34.40%) ISEB
2 171 (32.33%) QA
3 157 (29.68%) SQL
4 153 (28.92%) Agile Software Development
5 152 (28.73%) Software Testing
6 144 (27.22%) Finance
7 133 (25.14%) Selenium
8 131 (24.76%) Java
9 129 (24.39%) C#
10 118 (22.31%) Test Scripting
11 97 (18.34%) Degree
12 96 (18.15%) SQL Server
13 90 (17.01%) Windows
14 88 (16.64%) QuickTest Pro
15 84 (15.88%) .NET
16 82 (15.50%) Microsoft
16 82 (15.50%) Manual Testing
17 77 (14.56%) Oracle
18 74 (13.99%) C++
18 74 (13.99%) Scrum
19 70 (13.23%) XML
20 69 (13.04%) ISTQB
21 65 (12.29%) TDD
22 64 (12.10%) Test Automation
23 61 (11.53%) Computer Science
23 61 (11.53%) Linux
24 58 (10.96%) OO
25 57 (10.78%) HP Quality Center
26 53 (10.02%) Continuous Integration
27 52 (9.830%) Performance Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 84 (15.88%) .NET
2 70 (13.23%) XML
3 32 (6.049%) Web Services
4 26 (4.915%) .NET Framework
5 24 (4.537%) ASP.NET
6 22 (4.159%) XSLT
7 20 (3.781%) Hibernate
8 19 (3.592%) jQuery
8 19 (3.592%) SOAP
8 19 (3.592%) HTML
9 17 (3.214%) Silverlight
10 16 (3.025%) J2EE
10 16 (3.025%) Ajax
11 15 (2.836%) Spring
11 15 (2.836%) CSS
12 13 (2.457%) JSP
13 11 (2.079%) WCF
13 11 (2.079%) Velocity
13 11 (2.079%) XSD
14 9 (1.701%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 37 (6.994%) IIS
2 33 (6.238%) Tomcat
3 15 (2.836%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.457%) Apache
5 12 (2.268%) MS Exchange
6 10 (1.890%) ArcGIS
7 9 (1.701%) CMS
8 4 (0.756%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.378%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.378%) ArcSDE
9 2 (0.378%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.189%) Amazon AWS
10 1 (0.189%) SAP EP
Applications
1 35 (6.616%) MS Excel
2 19 (3.592%) MS Office
3 7 (1.323%) MS Project
4 5 (0.945%) Pro/ENGINEER
5 3 (0.567%) Mingle
5 3 (0.567%) Open Workbench
6 2 (0.378%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 5 (0.945%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (0.567%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.189%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.189%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.189%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.189%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.025%) WAN
1 16 (3.025%) Internet
2 15 (2.836%) LAN
3 8 (1.512%) HTTP
4 5 (0.945%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.567%) ZigBee
5 3 (0.567%) Wireless
5 3 (0.567%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.567%) GPRS
5 3 (0.567%) GSM
5 3 (0.567%) 3G
6 1 (0.189%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.189%) Network Security
6 1 (0.189%) Firewall
6 1 (0.189%) PPP
6 1 (0.189%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.189%) VoIP
6 1 (0.189%) MPLS
6 1 (0.189%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (18.15%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.836%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (2.647%) Oracle 8/8i
4 13 (2.457%) MySQL
4 13 (2.457%) TOAD
5 10 (1.890%) GIS
6 9 (1.701%) SQL Server 2005
7 7 (1.323%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.134%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.945%) MS Access
10 4 (0.756%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.756%) Big Data
11 3 (0.567%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.567%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.567%) Oracle OWB
11 3 (0.567%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.567%) SQL Server 2000
12 2 (0.378%) OLAP
12 2 (0.378%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.378%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 133 (25.14%) Selenium
2 88 (16.64%) QuickTest Pro
3 41 (7.750%) JUnit
4 38 (7.183%) WebDriver
5 36 (6.805%) LoadRunner
6 28 (5.293%) Cucumber
7 26 (4.915%) WinRunner
8 24 (4.537%) Visual Studio
9 22 (4.159%) Ant
10 19 (3.592%) Team Foundation Server
10 19 (3.592%) SilkPerformer
11 15 (2.836%) JIRA
11 15 (2.836%) TestNG
11 15 (2.836%) Git (software)
12 13 (2.457%) Subversion
13 12 (2.268%) TestDirector
13 12 (2.268%) IntelliJ
13 12 (2.268%) Maven
14 8 (1.512%) Oracle Forms
14 8 (1.512%) QARun
General
1 144 (27.22%) Finance
2 23 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 16 (3.025%) Retail
4 15 (2.836%) Games
4 15 (2.836%) Financial Institution
5 13 (2.457%) Banking
5 13 (2.457%) Electronics
5 13 (2.457%) Advertising
6 12 (2.268%) Pharmaceutical
7 11 (2.079%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.512%) Automotive
9 7 (1.323%) Marketing
9 7 (1.323%) Legal
10 4 (0.756%) Back Office
10 4 (0.756%) Music
11 3 (0.567%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.567%) Publishing
12 2 (0.378%) Billing
Job Titles
1 149 (28.17%) Analyst
2 131 (24.76%) Test Analyst
3 120 (22.68%) Tester
4 91 (17.20%) Developer
5 67 (12.67%) Software Engineer
6 56 (10.59%) Test Engineer
7 47 (8.885%) Software Tester
8 46 (8.696%) Test Manager
9 28 (5.293%) Software Test Engineer
10 24 (4.537%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (4.348%) QA Engineer
12 21 (3.970%) Java Developer
13 20 (3.781%) QA Analyst
14 19 (3.592%) Senior Test Analyst
14 19 (3.592%) Team Leader
15 18 (3.403%) Software Developer
15 18 (3.403%) QA Tester
15 18 (3.403%) Web Tester
16 15 (2.836%) Agile Test Analyst
16 15 (2.836%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 61 (11.53%) Computer Science
2 20 (3.781%) Open Source
3 18 (3.403%) Mathematics
3 18 (3.403%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.836%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (2.457%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.268%) Social Media
6 12 (2.268%) Inversion of Control
7 11 (2.079%) N-Tier
8 8 (1.512%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.567%) Kindle
9 3 (0.567%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.567%) Handset
9 3 (0.567%) APACS
9 3 (0.567%) EFT
10 2 (0.378%) W3C
10 2 (0.378%) Smartcard
10 2 (0.378%) Replication
10 2 (0.378%) Equities
10 2 (0.378%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 90 (17.01%) Windows
2 61 (11.53%) Linux
3 34 (6.427%) UNIX
4 17 (3.214%) Windows 7
4 17 (3.214%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (3.214%) Windows XP
5 16 (3.025%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (3.025%) HPUX
5 16 (3.025%) Solaris
6 7 (1.323%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.134%) Android
8 3 (0.567%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.567%) Windows Vista
8 3 (0.567%) LynxOS
8 3 (0.567%) AIX
9 2 (0.378%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.189%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.189%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (28.92%) Agile Software Development
2 152 (28.73%) Software Testing
3 118 (22.31%) Test Scripting
4 82 (15.50%) Manual Testing
5 74 (13.99%) Scrum
6 65 (12.29%) TDD
7 64 (12.10%) Test Automation
8 58 (10.96%) OO
9 53 (10.02%) Continuous Integration
10 52 (9.830%) Performance Testing
10 52 (9.830%) Regression Testing
11 44 (8.318%) User Acceptance Testing
12 43 (8.129%) E-Commerce
13 41 (7.750%) Test Strategy
14 35 (6.616%) Automation Testing
15 31 (5.860%) Web Testing
16 29 (5.482%) Unit Testing
17 27 (5.104%) Test Management
17 27 (5.104%) Software Engineering
18 25 (4.726%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 157 (29.68%) SQL
2 131 (24.76%) Java
3 129 (24.39%) C#
4 74 (13.99%) C++
5 42 (7.940%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.537%) C
7 22 (4.159%) VB
7 22 (4.159%) VB.NET
8 21 (3.970%) Python
9 12 (2.268%) VBScript
10 11 (2.079%) Ruby
10 11 (2.079%) Bash shell
11 8 (1.512%) PHP
12 7 (1.323%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.134%) Perl
13 6 (1.134%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.945%) Scala
15 4 (0.756%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.567%) Groovy
16 3 (0.567%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 182 (34.40%) ISEB
2 97 (18.34%) Degree
3 69 (13.04%) ISTQB
4 37 (6.994%) Security Cleared
5 26 (4.915%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.567%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (0.378%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.189%) CEH
8 1 (0.189%) CISSP
8 1 (0.189%) HNC
8 1 (0.189%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (32.33%) QA
2 6 (1.134%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.567%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (5.104%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.781%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.836%) VMware ESX
4 14 (2.647%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.189%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 57 (10.78%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.189%) WebInspect
2 1 (0.189%) Nessus
Vendors
1 82 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 77 (14.56%) Oracle
3 41 (7.750%) HP
4 20 (3.781%) VMware
5 14 (2.647%) Fujitsu
6 10 (1.890%) ESRI
7 8 (1.512%) SAP
8 5 (0.945%) JD Edwards
9 4 (0.756%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.756%) webMethods
10 3 (0.567%) Google
10 3 (0.567%) QNX
10 3 (0.567%) IBM
10 3 (0.567%) Symbian
10 3 (0.567%) Borland
11 2 (0.378%) Perforce
11 2 (0.378%) Telerik
12 1 (0.189%) Qualys
12 1 (0.189%) MKS
12 1 (0.189%) Cognos
Test Analyst Brighton, East Sussex £35k - £38k + bonus + benefits
East Sussex
Create and execute manual and automated test plans - Use of a combination of web browsers and operating systems - Maintain the regression suite of test scripts and the automated...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - 38000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Analyst
Reading, Berkshire
Experience of automated test tools such as QA Run or Winrunner. Experience of testing Windows Software Applications and Database Applications produced using VB, C#, Access and SQL Server.
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Analyst
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Analyst your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Proven track record of testing complex user interfaces Thorough experience and understanding of structured test methods and...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Analyst (HP QC or QTP)
Berkshire, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 1 May 2013
Test Analyst / Software Tester/ QA - Surrey
Guildford, Surrey
Manual testing client-server based applications... About the Client and Role: Applications are developed with MS Windows technology including C++, C#, ASP.Net, HTTP, XML. Databases are mainly...
KV Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Test Analyst, Software Tester, JScript, Microsoft SQL Server
Reading, Berkshire
This position will be mainly software testing with a small amount of hardware testing and it will be 50% manual testing and 50% automated testing... * Familiarity with JScript,...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Automated Web Tester
Brighton, East Sussex
Hands-on experience of Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber or similar automated testing software... Experience with JIRA. Selenium RC. Continuous Integration utilising Jenkins or similar. ISEB\ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate.
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £30000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Tester - Winchester - £25,000 - £30,000
Winchester, Hampshire
Your main testing experience will be within manual testing but any experience in automated testing would also be beneficial. The majority of the software will be written in...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Automated Web Tester - Brighton
Brighton, South East
Main duties will be:Work with the product team leads, technical leads and product managers to understandthe new functionality being developedCreate and execute manual and automated test plans,...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Monthly and yearly bonuses
Posted: 30 April 2013
Test Analyst / System Tester / Web Testing / HTML / XML / UAT
Crawley, West Sussex
Test Analyst / System Tester / UAT / Performance Testing / Automated Testing / Web Based Applications / XML / HTML / Crawley / 28 - 30K + bonus + benefits required to test business change projects and web based...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £31000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Automation Analyst - stock control/warehouse/distribution software
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Analyst - QTP Automation Testing Specialist - QTP Tester
Hungerford, Berkshire, South East
With through on-going training and career management, the Company offers opportunities for individual growth and development.Responsibilities: To develop and maintain automated test scripts in HP QTP...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £37,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Web Application Developer C#, ASP.Net Reading - £35k
Reading, Thames Valley
You will enjoy project and product responsibility while working in a high-technology environment working with some major clients.The role:-Developing high-quality software, on brief and...
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst (DV Cleared)
Bracknell, Thames Valley
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst (DV Cleared)
Bracknell, Berkshire
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Development Manager - Surrey - up to £55K per annum
Surrey, South East
Development environment experience: Visual Studio, C#, Entity Framework, Resharper, Javascript / JQuery, AJAX / XML, and rest/SOAP webservices Experience of providing application support, fixes and enhancements in a business...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £55000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Development Manager - Surrey - up to £55K per annum
Surrey, South East
Skills and Experience Strong technical background in software development using classic ASP and .NET with SQL server 2005/2008 back-end Development environment experience: Visual Studio, C#, Entity...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Automation Engineer, Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, South East
Make, MSBuild, Ant, Visual Studio)* Knowledge of programming in scripting languages and environments such as Python, Powershell etc.* Knowledge of Perforce (administration knowledge a distinct plus)* Knowledge of...
Salary: £30000 - £52000 per annum + Competitive Benefits.
Posted: 14 May 2013
.Net Software Developer - International Scientific Software House
Southampton, Hampshire
Replication Services... > C# > .NET Framework. > ASP.NET Web Forms. > ASP.NET Windows Forms. > WCF (SOAP & REST) > Object oriented programming... Technologies Used: > .NET Framework 4. > Visual Studio 2010. > SQL...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum dependent on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software Development Engineer - automated test tool developoment, scripting, green technology, Oxford or Suffolk, £DOE
Oxford or Suffolk, South East
The role allows growth into a more senior, quality-focused development position.The successful candidate will define, develop and support automated testing tools for the company's range...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Development Engineer - scripting, green technology
Oxfordshire
Keywords: Software Development Engineer, automated test tool development, scripting, Python, C, C++, software, firmware, protocols, web interfaces, automatic test plans, test strategy, energy saving, green technologies, Oxford or...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013
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