Automated Testing Jobs in the South West
 
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 West 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 West region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 130 101 132
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +31
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 88 125 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.665% 2.256% 1.255%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.210% 2.993% 1.830%
Number of salaries quoted 76 117 63
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £26,650
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £41,000 £41,400
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3981 4176 3989
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.34% 75.37% 68.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3491 3556 3375
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 West 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
Bristol -31 36 £37,500 +15.38%
Wiltshire +23 28 £34,500 +15.00%
Somerset -4 18 £35,000 +16.66%
Gloucestershire -1 7 £28,000 -6.66%
Dorset -10 1 £52,500 +79.48%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 119 (55.87%) SQL
2 95 (44.60%) QA
3 64 (30.05%) Linux
4 60 (28.17%) OO
5 59 (27.70%) C++
6 54 (25.35%) .NET
7 52 (24.41%) MySQL
8 51 (23.94%) Oracle
9 47 (22.07%) PHP
9 47 (22.07%) ISEB
10 45 (21.13%) Finance
11 44 (20.66%) C
11 44 (20.66%) MS Excel
12 43 (20.19%) C#
12 43 (20.19%) Integration Testing
13 42 (19.72%) Degree
13 42 (19.72%) Software Testing
13 42 (19.72%) VBScript
13 42 (19.72%) LAMP
14 41 (19.25%) Apache
15 40 (18.78%) DSDM
15 40 (18.78%) SOA
15 40 (18.78%) Enterprise Software
16 36 (16.90%) SQL Server
17 35 (16.43%) XML
17 35 (16.43%) Agile Software Development
18 34 (15.96%) Test Automation
19 33 (15.49%) QuickTest Pro
20 32 (15.02%) JavaScript
21 31 (14.55%) Manual Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 54 (25.35%) .NET
2 42 (19.72%) LAMP
3 35 (16.43%) XML
4 20 (9.390%) LINQ
5 17 (7.981%) jQuery
6 16 (7.512%) Ajax
7 14 (6.573%) ASP.NET
8 9 (4.225%) Web Services
8 9 (4.225%) CSS
9 8 (3.756%) Middleware
10 7 (3.286%) WinForms
10 7 (3.286%) HTML
10 7 (3.286%) WCF
11 5 (2.347%) Silverlight
12 4 (1.878%) XSLT
12 4 (1.878%) XSD
13 3 (1.408%) Hibernate
13 3 (1.408%) Spring
13 3 (1.408%) .NET Framework
13 3 (1.408%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 41 (19.25%) Apache
2 2 (0.939%) IIS
3 1 (0.469%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.469%) MQSeries
3 1 (0.469%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.469%) CMS
3 1 (0.469%) OpenStack
Applications
1 44 (20.66%) MS Excel
2 13 (6.103%) MS Office
3 4 (1.878%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.469%) WebTrends
1 1 (0.469%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.103%) Internet
2 11 (5.164%) TCP/IP
2 11 (5.164%) VPN
2 11 (5.164%) IGMP
3 4 (1.878%) HTTP
4 1 (0.469%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (24.41%) MySQL
2 36 (16.90%) SQL Server
3 12 (5.634%) RDBMS
4 5 (2.347%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (1.878%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.939%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.469%) Adabas
7 1 (0.469%) GIS
7 1 (0.469%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.469%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.469%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 33 (15.49%) QuickTest Pro
2 22 (10.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 20 (9.390%) Selenium
4 17 (7.981%) Visual Studio
5 16 (7.512%) NUnit
6 11 (5.164%) GoogleTest
6 11 (5.164%) CppUnit
7 5 (2.347%) JUnit
8 3 (1.408%) Subversion
8 3 (1.408%) JIRA
8 3 (1.408%) Git (software)
9 2 (0.939%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.939%) TestNG
9 2 (0.939%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.939%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.939%) Maven
10 1 (0.469%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.469%) Bugzilla
10 1 (0.469%) FitNesse
10 1 (0.469%) EasyMock
General
1 45 (21.13%) Finance
2 18 (8.451%) Marketing
3 14 (6.573%) Legal
4 12 (5.634%) Retail
4 12 (5.634%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.695%) Games
6 4 (1.878%) Advertising
7 1 (0.469%) Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (31.92%) Developer
2 57 (26.76%) Software Engineer
3 46 (21.60%) Analyst
4 42 (19.72%) Tester
5 41 (19.25%) Test Engineer
6 37 (17.37%) Test Analyst
7 35 (16.43%) Software Test Engineer
8 31 (14.55%) Software Developer
9 18 (8.451%) Software Tester
10 17 (7.981%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (7.512%) Senior Tester
11 16 (7.512%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (6.103%) Graduate
12 13 (6.103%) Automation Analyst
13 12 (5.634%) QA Engineer
14 11 (5.164%) QA Tester
14 11 (5.164%) Test Automation Analyst
14 11 (5.164%) LAMP Developer
15 10 (4.695%) QA Analyst
15 10 (4.695%) Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.78%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (9.859%) Computer Science
3 13 (6.103%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.286%) EPoS
5 5 (2.347%) N-Tier
5 5 (2.347%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.878%) EFT
7 3 (1.408%) SWIFT
7 3 (1.408%) Open Source
8 2 (0.939%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.469%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.469%) STB
9 1 (0.469%) IPTV
9 1 (0.469%) Blog
9 1 (0.469%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.469%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 64 (30.05%) Linux
2 15 (7.042%) Windows
3 14 (6.573%) UNIX
4 7 (3.286%) Solaris
5 2 (0.939%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.939%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.939%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.469%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.17%) OO
2 43 (20.19%) Integration Testing
3 42 (19.72%) Software Testing
4 40 (18.78%) DSDM
4 40 (18.78%) SOA
5 35 (16.43%) Agile Software Development
6 34 (15.96%) Test Automation
7 31 (14.55%) Manual Testing
8 30 (14.08%) Software Engineering
8 30 (14.08%) Scrum
9 27 (12.68%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (12.21%) Test Scripting
11 21 (9.859%) Configuration Management
12 20 (9.390%) E-Commerce
13 19 (8.920%) Continuous Integration
13 19 (8.920%) Unit Testing
14 18 (8.451%) Project Management
15 16 (7.512%) TDD
16 15 (7.042%) MVC
17 13 (6.103%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 119 (55.87%) SQL
2 59 (27.70%) C++
3 47 (22.07%) PHP
4 44 (20.66%) C
5 43 (20.19%) C#
6 42 (19.72%) VBScript
7 32 (15.02%) JavaScript
8 26 (12.21%) Java
9 18 (8.451%) Perl
10 17 (7.981%) VB
11 15 (7.042%) VBA
12 14 (6.573%) T-SQL
13 13 (6.103%) Bash shell
14 11 (5.164%) Tcl
15 9 (4.225%) PowerShell
16 6 (2.817%) VB.NET
17 4 (1.878%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.939%) Groovy
18 2 (0.939%) Scala
18 2 (0.939%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 47 (22.07%) ISEB
2 42 (19.72%) Degree
3 27 (12.68%) ISTQB
4 2 (0.939%) BC Cleared
4 2 (0.939%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (44.60%) QA
2 13 (6.103%) SLA
3 8 (3.756%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.469%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (2.817%) WMI
2 2 (0.939%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 51 (23.94%) Oracle
2 28 (13.15%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.573%) HP
4 7 (3.286%) Sun
5 1 (0.469%) ESRI
5 1 (0.469%) Google
5 1 (0.469%) Atmel
5 1 (0.469%) Facebook
5 1 (0.469%) Twitter
Test Analyst
Exeter, Devon
Any experience with the following is highly desirable; Quality Assurance and Testing experience; Experience with .NET, C#, VB.NET, VB6, SQL Server, you will be ISEB or ISTQB...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Analyst
Bath, Avon
We strive to achieve this by constantly listening to our clients, by focusing on service delivery and by constantly improving the breadth and depth of our platform proposition.....
Resource Management
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Senior UI Automation Tester. QA. £30-42k. Central Bristol
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior UI Automation Tester, QA, Testing, £30-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol (City Centre)... - In depth experience of automated test tools suitable for testing web based products.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-42,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Senior QA Automation Tester. Web. £30-42k. Central Bristol
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior QA Automation Tester, Web Application Testing, £30-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol (City Centre)... - In depth experience of automated test tools suitable for testing web based...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 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
Software Quality Analyst/Agile Tester - Cloud-Based Software - Bristol
Bristol, Avon
Cucumber , Watir-Webdriver, Selenium or Robot Framework) A good grasp of relational databases... FitNesse) SQL knowledge... Some examples of this are Zend; connectors for eBay, Amazon, Magento and...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum £30,000 - £38,000 plus full benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst/Automated Tester - Bristol
Bristol, Avon
People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy,...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + employee benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior Software Test Engineer (QA) x2
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking to employ 2 senior QA Test Engineers... Previous experience working with complex databases and writing SQL for test purposes is also expected. Testing within...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Automated Tester/Test Team Lead (Selenium Web Driver/ .N
Bristol, Avon
Any OOP such as .Net, C# or Java would be preferable. *Automated Testing with Selenium (MUST HAVE SELENIUM WEBDRIVER) *At least 7 years testing experience and test team...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software Test Engineer / C / C++ / XML / Python
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
PHP Developer / Software Developer
Swindon, Wiltshire
One of the UK’s leading financial organisations of its kind is looking for an experienced PHP Developer to join its talented team of Software Developers. As a...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Tester, Senior Tester, Software Tester, Test Engineer, SWIFT, XML
Bath, Avon
My client’s test team predominately use automated testing, however would ideally like the successful Senior Tester / Software Test Engineer to have a background in both manual and...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £32,000 to £38,000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
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