The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank - 89 67
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 0 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton - 0.321% 0.492%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.404% 0.674%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 2
Average salary - £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
622 742 445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.76% 79.44% 72.95%
Number of salaries quoted 564 686 408
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £66,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Hampshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 10 (76.92%) Software Testing
2 8 (61.54%) ISEB
3 7 (53.85%) Linux
3 7 (53.85%) Python
3 7 (53.85%) Test Scripting
4 6 (46.15%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (46.15%) QA
4 6 (46.15%) Oracle 11g
4 6 (46.15%) UNIX
4 6 (46.15%) Bash shell
4 6 (46.15%) PL/SQL
4 6 (46.15%) SQL
4 6 (46.15%) Oracle
4 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
4 6 (46.15%) DNS
4 6 (46.15%) HP
5 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
6 4 (30.77%) Retail
6 4 (30.77%) Digital Media
6 4 (30.77%) Test Management
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (7.692%) Banking
8 1 (7.692%) Finance
8 1 (7.692%) Scrum
8 1 (7.692%) SCADA
8 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
8 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
8 1 (7.692%) Automated Testing

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (7.692%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
1 6 (46.15%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle 11g
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 4 (30.77%) Retail
3 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
3 1 (7.692%) Finance
3 1 (7.692%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Test Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Test Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Tester
3 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) QA Tester
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Tester
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Test Development Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) QA Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Development Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
2 1 (7.692%) MPEG
2 1 (7.692%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Linux
2 6 (46.15%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Software Testing
2 7 (53.85%) Test Scripting
3 4 (30.77%) Test Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (7.692%) Automated Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.692%) Scrum
5 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
5 1 (7.692%) System Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 6 (46.15%) Bash shell
2 6 (46.15%) PL/SQL
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 1 (7.692%) C
3 1 (7.692%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) ISEB
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) HNC
3 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle
1 6 (46.15%) HP