The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 72 77 68
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -9
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 15 11 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.403% 1.136% 1.969%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.976% 1.545% 2.577%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 19
Average salary £31,500 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,900 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £47,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
759 712 776
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 71.00% 73.55% 76.38%
Number of salaries quoted 672 655 736
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,667 £27,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Wales

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cardiff -3 11 £32,000 +6.66%
Newport +2 3 £27,500 -31.25%
Torfaen - 2 £28,000 -
Bridgend - 1 £35,000 -
Automated Testing
Wales

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 24 (58.54%) Java
2 20 (48.78%) Linux
2 20 (48.78%) OOD
2 20 (48.78%) Data Mining
2 20 (48.78%) MySQL
2 20 (48.78%) Games
2 20 (48.78%) Neural Network
2 20 (48.78%) Web Mining
2 20 (48.78%) Big Data
3 15 (36.59%) ISEB
4 11 (26.83%) QA
5 10 (24.39%) Selenium
5 10 (24.39%) Analytics
5 10 (24.39%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (21.95%) Test Scripting
7 7 (17.07%) ISTQB
7 7 (17.07%) Manual Testing
7 7 (17.07%) WebDriver
8 6 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (14.63%) Software Testing
8 6 (14.63%) SQL
8 6 (14.63%) SOAP
8 6 (14.63%) Web Services
9 5 (12.20%) XML
9 5 (12.20%) Degree
9 5 (12.20%) Finance
9 5 (12.20%) HP Quality Center
9 5 (12.20%) Automation Testing
10 4 (9.756%) Test Automation
10 4 (9.756%) soapUI

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 6 (14.63%) SOAP
1 6 (14.63%) Web Services
2 5 (12.20%) XML
3 4 (9.756%) soapUI
4 3 (7.317%) RESTful
5 1 (2.439%) .NET
5 1 (2.439%) JSON
Applications
1 4 (9.756%) MS Office
2 2 (4.878%) MS Project
2 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (48.78%) Data Mining
1 20 (48.78%) MySQL
1 20 (48.78%) Big Data
2 2 (4.878%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (24.39%) Selenium
2 7 (17.07%) WebDriver
3 4 (9.756%) Jenkins
3 4 (9.756%) JBehave
3 4 (9.756%) Maven
3 4 (9.756%) CruiseControl
3 4 (9.756%) Ant
4 3 (7.317%) JUnit
4 3 (7.317%) Visual Studio
4 3 (7.317%) Subversion
4 3 (7.317%) Git (software)
4 3 (7.317%) Mercurial
General
1 20 (48.78%) Games
2 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 3 (7.317%) Banking
4 1 (2.439%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (58.54%) Developer
2 20 (48.78%) Java Developer
3 9 (21.95%) Analyst
4 7 (17.07%) Test Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Tester
6 3 (7.317%) QA Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) QA Tester
7 2 (4.878%) Systems Tester
7 2 (4.878%) Test Engineer
7 2 (4.878%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.878%) Quality Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Test Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Software Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Development Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Software Development Manager
8 1 (2.439%) QA Test Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Product Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 20 (48.78%) Neural Network
2 10 (24.39%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (9.756%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.317%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (4.878%) Mainframe
6 1 (2.439%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.439%) E-Learning
6 1 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) Linux
2 2 (4.878%) VME
2 2 (4.878%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) OOD
1 20 (48.78%) Web Mining
2 10 (24.39%) Analytics
3 9 (21.95%) Test Scripting
4 7 (17.07%) Manual Testing
5 6 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (14.63%) Software Testing
6 5 (12.20%) Automation Testing
7 4 (9.756%) Test Automation
7 4 (9.756%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (9.756%) TDD
7 4 (9.756%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (9.756%) SOA
8 3 (7.317%) Test Management
8 3 (7.317%) Load Testing
8 3 (7.317%) Test Strategy
8 3 (7.317%) Waterfall
9 2 (4.878%) Project Planning
9 2 (4.878%) Workflow
9 2 (4.878%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (58.54%) Java
2 6 (14.63%) SQL
3 4 (9.756%) Groovy
4 3 (7.317%) C#
5 1 (2.439%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.439%) C++
5 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) ISEB
2 7 (17.07%) ISTQB
3 5 (12.20%) Degree
4 3 (7.317%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (4.878%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.878%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.439%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (7.317%) Microsoft
1 3 (7.317%) Oracle
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