The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 82 75 61
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -14
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 4 14 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.480% 1.522% 1.603%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.641% 1.950% 2.179%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 8
Average salary £37,500 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
624 718 459
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.82% 78.04% 73.56%
Number of salaries quoted 565 663 418
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Hampshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
1 2 (33.33%) OOP
1 2 (33.33%) OO
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Replication
1 2 (33.33%) WinForms
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
1 2 (33.33%) QA
1 2 (33.33%) WCF
1 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
1 2 (33.33%) WinForms
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) WCF
1 2 (33.33%) REST
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Replication
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) OOP
1 2 (33.33%) OO
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
1 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
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