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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 74 83 69
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 18 12 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.457% 1.029% 1.628%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.100% 1.448% 2.270%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 15
Average salary £31,500 £29,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.62% -3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,600 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £47,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
857 829 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 69.39% 71.10% 71.74%
Number of salaries quoted 761 742 701
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,750 £48,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
UK

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales +3 12 £27,500 -5.17%
North Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Automated Testing
UK

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 20 (45.45%) Java
1 20 (45.45%) MySQL
1 20 (45.45%) Linux
1 20 (45.45%) OOD
1 20 (45.45%) Data Mining
1 20 (45.45%) Games
1 20 (45.45%) Neural Network
1 20 (45.45%) Web Mining
1 20 (45.45%) Big Data
2 16 (36.36%) ISEB
3 15 (34.09%) QA
4 10 (22.73%) Analytics
4 10 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (22.73%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (22.73%) Test Scripting
5 8 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 8 (18.18%) XML
5 8 (18.18%) ISTQB
5 8 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (15.91%) Selenium
6 7 (15.91%) .NET
7 6 (13.64%) SOAP
7 6 (13.64%) EPoS
7 6 (13.64%) Retail
7 6 (13.64%) Manual Testing
7 6 (13.64%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (11.36%) Waterfall
8 5 (11.36%) Finance
8 5 (11.36%) Software Testing
8 5 (11.36%) Web Services

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 8 (18.18%) XML
2 7 (15.91%) .NET
3 6 (13.64%) SOAP
4 5 (11.36%) Web Services
5 1 (2.273%) JSON
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) MS Office
2 2 (4.545%) MS Project
2 2 (4.545%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.273%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (45.45%) MySQL
1 20 (45.45%) Data Mining
1 20 (45.45%) Big Data
2 2 (4.545%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Selenium
2 3 (6.818%) WebDriver
2 3 (6.818%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (45.45%) Games
2 6 (13.64%) Retail
3 5 (11.36%) Finance
4 1 (2.273%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 20 (45.45%) Developer
1 20 (45.45%) Java Developer
2 14 (31.82%) Analyst
3 13 (29.55%) Test Analyst
4 8 (18.18%) Test Manager
4 8 (18.18%) Test Engineer
5 7 (15.91%) Senior Test Analyst
5 7 (15.91%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (13.64%) Tester
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Test Manager
6 6 (13.64%) Lead Test Analyst
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Manager
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Test Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) QA Leader
6 6 (13.64%) Test Leader
7 5 (11.36%) Senior Tester
7 5 (11.36%) Systems Tester
8 2 (4.545%) QA Analyst
9 1 (2.273%) Product Specialist
9 1 (2.273%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (45.45%) Neural Network
2 10 (22.73%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (13.64%) EPoS
4 4 (9.091%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.273%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.273%) E-Learning
5 1 (2.273%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (45.45%) Linux
2 4 (9.091%) Windows
2 4 (9.091%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) OOD
1 20 (45.45%) Web Mining
2 10 (22.73%) Analytics
2 10 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (22.73%) Test Scripting
3 8 (18.18%) Test Strategy
3 8 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (13.64%) Manual Testing
5 5 (11.36%) Waterfall
5 5 (11.36%) Software Testing
6 3 (6.818%) Test Management
6 3 (6.818%) Load Testing
7 2 (4.545%) Project Planning
7 2 (4.545%) Workflow
7 2 (4.545%) PRINCE
7 2 (4.545%) Project Management
7 2 (4.545%) Performance Testing
7 2 (4.545%) Automation Testing
8 1 (2.273%) Agile Project Management
8 1 (2.273%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (45.45%) Java
2 3 (6.818%) SQL
2 3 (6.818%) C#
3 1 (2.273%) Embedded C
3 1 (2.273%) C
3 1 (2.273%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (36.36%) ISEB
2 8 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 3 (6.818%) ISEB Practitioner
3 3 (6.818%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.818%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.818%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (34.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (13.64%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (9.091%) Microsoft
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: 20 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: 21 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: 20 May 2013