The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 18 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 35 60 34
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -26
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 15 8 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 5.085% 2.305% 7.182%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.522% 2.941% 8.824%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 39
Average salary £35,000 £38,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.67% -13.88%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
230 272 442
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.97% 78.39% 81.40%
Number of salaries quoted 174 180 314
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,850 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £55,150
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
Hertfordshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 17 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (88.24%) SQL
2 15 (88.24%) E-Commerce
2 15 (88.24%) Retail
3 13 (76.47%) Finance
3 13 (76.47%) Manufacturing
3 13 (76.47%) WebSphere
3 13 (76.47%) IBM
3 13 (76.47%) J2EE
3 13 (76.47%) DB2
4 9 (52.94%) Linux
4 9 (52.94%) Oracle
5 8 (47.06%) XML
5 8 (47.06%) Regression Testing
6 7 (41.18%) Capacity Planning
6 7 (41.18%) Performance Testing
6 7 (41.18%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (41.18%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (41.18%) Windows
6 7 (41.18%) AIX
6 7 (41.18%) Sun
6 7 (41.18%) Internet
6 7 (41.18%) HTTP
6 7 (41.18%) HTTPS
6 7 (41.18%) JBoss
6 7 (41.18%) Tomcat
7 6 (35.29%) Flash
7 6 (35.29%) HTML
7 6 (35.29%) MQSeries
7 6 (35.29%) QuickTest Pro

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 13 (76.47%) J2EE
1 13 (76.47%) WebSphere
2 8 (47.06%) XML
3 6 (35.29%) Flash
3 6 (35.29%) HTML
4 2 (11.76%) soapUI
4 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) WebSphere Application Server
1 7 (41.18%) Tomcat
2 6 (35.29%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) HTTP
1 7 (41.18%) HTTPS
1 7 (41.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) DB2
2 6 (35.29%) DbVisualizer
3 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (35.29%) LoadRunner
2 2 (11.76%) Selenium
General
1 15 (88.24%) Retail
2 13 (76.47%) Finance
2 13 (76.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Tester
2 7 (41.18%) Technical Specialist
3 6 (35.29%) Performance Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Testing Consultant
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Linux
2 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 7 (41.18%) AIX
3 6 (35.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) E-Commerce
2 8 (47.06%) Regression Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Performance Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Capacity Planning
3 7 (41.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (35.29%) System Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
5 2 (11.76%) Manual Testing
5 2 (11.76%) UML
5 2 (11.76%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (11.76%) DSDM
5 2 (11.76%) Scrum
5 2 (11.76%) Extreme Programming
5 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (11.76%) TDD
5 2 (11.76%) Pair Programming
5 2 (11.76%) Logistics
5 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (88.24%) SQL
3 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.76%) C
4 2 (11.76%) C++
4 2 (11.76%) Embedded C
4 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) IBM
2 9 (52.94%) Oracle
3 7 (41.18%) JBoss
3 7 (41.18%) Sun
4 6 (35.29%) HP