The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation 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 Test Automation over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 73 78 64
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -14
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 15 12 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.430% 1.259% 2.341%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.075% 1.762% 3.035%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 21
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £31,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £100,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
723 681 692
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 68.92% 71.46% 77.15%
Number of salaries quoted 652 616 653
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,750 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Wales

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Test Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Test Automation
Salary Trend

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

South Wales Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff -7 13 £37,500 +22.95%
Newport -3 1 £32,500 -
Test Automation
Wales

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation.

1 13 (72.22%) QuickTest Pro
2 12 (66.67%) VBScript
2 12 (66.67%) VB
3 7 (38.89%) Test Scripting
3 7 (38.89%) Waterfall
4 5 (27.78%) soapUI
4 5 (27.78%) Android
4 5 (27.78%) Web Services
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Selenium
5 4 (22.22%) Maven
5 4 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (22.22%) Handset
5 4 (22.22%) Regression Testing
5 4 (22.22%) Windows
5 4 (22.22%) SOAP
5 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
5 4 (22.22%) REST
5 4 (22.22%) Jenkins
5 4 (22.22%) BDD
5 4 (22.22%) Apple iOS
6 3 (16.67%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (16.67%) J2EE
6 3 (16.67%) SQL
6 3 (16.67%) Scrum
6 3 (16.67%) Banking
7 2 (11.11%) TDD
7 2 (11.11%) Java
7 2 (11.11%) SOA
8 1 (5.556%) Client/Server

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) Web Services
1 5 (27.78%) soapUI
2 4 (22.22%) REST
2 4 (22.22%) SOAP
3 3 (16.67%) J2EE
4 1 (5.556%) CSS
4 1 (5.556%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
Development Applications
1 13 (72.22%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (27.78%) Selenium
3 4 (22.22%) Jenkins
3 4 (22.22%) Maven
4 1 (5.556%) JIRA
4 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
4 1 (5.556%) CruiseControl
4 1 (5.556%) Ant
4 1 (5.556%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Analyst
1 14 (77.78%) Test Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Test Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Tester
4 1 (5.556%) Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Tester
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
1 4 (22.22%) Handset
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Client/Server
3 1 (5.556%) iPhone
3 1 (5.556%) iPad
3 1 (5.556%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Android
2 4 (22.22%) Apple iOS
2 4 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Test Scripting
1 7 (38.89%) Waterfall
2 4 (22.22%) BDD
2 4 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 4 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (11.11%) TDD
4 2 (11.11%) SOA
5 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.556%) Test Management
5 1 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (5.556%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.556%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) VBScript
1 12 (66.67%) VB
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.556%) Groovy
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle
1 1 (5.556%) MKS
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... ISTQB/ISEB qualified to intermediate...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... Automating webservice tests with an...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013