The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 20 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 Warrington region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 50 - 39
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 0.515% - 1.404%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.694% - 2.632%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
Average salary £40,500 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warrington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
288 420 152
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 74.23% 80.92% 53.33%
Number of salaries quoted 233 388 139
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Automation
Cheshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Test Automation Salary Trend

Test Automation
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Velocity
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 (33.33%) Velocity
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ScrumMaster
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB