The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automation Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 425 403 429
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 13 38 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.059% 0.160% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.168% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 11 32 3
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £30,050 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £57,500 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20864 22592 21955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.81% 95.22% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 17307 19499 18875
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automation Tester across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Automation Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automation Tester across the South East region.

South East Automation Tester Salary Trend

Automation Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automation Tester across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Automation Tester Salary Histogram

Automation Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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 +10 7 £40,000 -23.80%
East Sussex +4 3 £36,500 +4.28%
Berkshire -11 1 - -
Buckinghamshire -13 1 £38,000 +16.92%
Kent - 1 £35,000 -
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Automation Tester in their job title 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 with Automation Tester in their job title.

1 22 (66.67%) Selenium
2 16 (48.48%) QuickTest Pro
3 14 (42.42%) Test Automation
4 12 (36.36%) SQL
5 11 (33.33%) Scrum
5 11 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 11 (33.33%) Automation Testing
6 10 (30.30%) Test Scripting
6 10 (30.30%) Manual Testing
6 10 (30.30%) C#
7 9 (27.27%) Java
7 9 (27.27%) XML
7 9 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (24.24%) VBScript
8 8 (24.24%) VB
9 7 (21.21%) QA
10 6 (18.18%) ISEB
10 6 (18.18%) Regression Testing
10 6 (18.18%) .NET
10 6 (18.18%) Visual Studio
11 5 (15.15%) Waterfall
11 5 (15.15%) Cucumber
11 5 (15.15%) HP
11 5 (15.15%) Finance
11 5 (15.15%) TDD
11 5 (15.15%) Degree
12 4 (12.12%) Ruby
12 4 (12.12%) XSLT
12 4 (12.12%) VB.NET
12 4 (12.12%) VBA

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Automation Tester in their job title 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 with Automation Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (27.27%) XML
2 6 (18.18%) .NET
3 4 (12.12%) XSLT
4 2 (6.061%) CSS
5 1 (3.030%) soapUI
5 1 (3.030%) XHTML
5 1 (3.030%) SOAP
5 1 (3.030%) Web Services
5 1 (3.030%) HTML
5 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.030%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.030%) MySQL
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 22 (66.67%) Selenium
2 16 (48.48%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (18.18%) Visual Studio
4 5 (15.15%) Cucumber
5 3 (9.091%) WebDriver
6 2 (6.061%) JIRA
7 1 (3.030%) Sahi
General
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) SaaS
1 2 (6.061%) Social Media
2 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.030%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.030%) W3C
2 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Test Automation
2 11 (33.33%) Scrum
2 11 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 11 (33.33%) Automation Testing
3 10 (30.30%) Test Scripting
3 10 (30.30%) Manual Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (18.18%) Regression Testing
6 5 (15.15%) Waterfall
6 5 (15.15%) TDD
7 3 (9.091%) User Stories
7 3 (9.091%) Use Case
8 2 (6.061%) Web Testing
8 2 (6.061%) E-Commerce
9 1 (3.030%) BDD
9 1 (3.030%) ETL
9 1 (3.030%) OO
9 1 (3.030%) RUP
9 1 (3.030%) Validation
9 1 (3.030%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) SQL
2 10 (30.30%) C#
3 9 (27.27%) Java
4 8 (24.24%) VBScript
4 8 (24.24%) VB
5 4 (12.12%) Ruby
5 4 (12.12%) VB.NET
5 4 (12.12%) VBA
6 3 (9.091%) JavaScript
7 2 (6.061%) Python
8 1 (3.030%) Bash shell
8 1 (3.030%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) ISEB
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 2 (6.061%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) QA
2 1 (3.030%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) HP
2 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle
Surrey, South East
It is essential that you have a high attention to detail, the ability to work in a fast paced environment and motivation to learn test automation. Desirable skills...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £22000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Surrey, South East
Automation Tester with experience SQL, XML, MS Visual Studio and Agile required to join a successful and growing software company based in Surrey.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £22000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
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