The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 55 67 40
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -27
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 18 4 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.813% 0.647% 3.552%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.939% 0.955% 5.495%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 20
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +0.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,750 £33,250 £32,250
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £35,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 419 364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 71.41% 67.80% 64.65%
Number of salaries quoted 394 349 270
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £25,850
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £56,350 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
West Midlands

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent - 7 £45,000 -
Cannock -8 2 £29,500 -9.23%
Automated Testing
West Midlands

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 14 (73.68%) Software Testing
2 10 (52.63%) Games
2 10 (52.63%) E-Commerce
3 6 (31.58%) Web Testing
4 5 (26.32%) QA
5 4 (21.05%) Windows
6 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
6 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.79%) Web Application Development
6 3 (15.79%) Security Testing
6 3 (15.79%) DMZ
6 3 (15.79%) N-Tier
6 3 (15.79%) ADSL
6 3 (15.79%) SQL
6 3 (15.79%) VB
6 3 (15.79%) VB.NET
6 3 (15.79%) .NET
6 3 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Back Office
7 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (10.53%) Selenium
7 2 (10.53%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (10.53%) CRM
7 2 (10.53%) Manual Testing
8 1 (5.263%) System Testing
8 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (5.263%) Non-Functional Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 3 (15.79%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) DMZ
1 3 (15.79%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Selenium
1 2 (10.53%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 10 (52.63%) Games
2 3 (15.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Test Team Leader
1 7 (36.84%) Team Leader
2 6 (31.58%) Tester
3 4 (21.05%) Software Team Leader
3 4 (21.05%) QA Leader
4 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Test Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Software Tester
5 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
5 2 (10.53%) Web Tester
5 2 (10.53%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.263%) Security Tester
6 1 (5.263%) QA Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Software Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Software Test Manager
6 1 (5.263%) QA Test Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Applications Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Software Testing
2 10 (52.63%) E-Commerce
3 6 (31.58%) Web Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
4 3 (15.79%) Web Application Development
4 3 (15.79%) Security Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
5 2 (10.53%) Manual Testing
6 1 (5.263%) System Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.263%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
1 3 (15.79%) VB
1 3 (15.79%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) QA
2 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle