The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Welwyn Garden City region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 35 21 29
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +8
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 6 3 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 2.390% 2.419% 7.547%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.778% 2.941% 9.434%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 20
Average salary £35,000 - £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 - £32,250
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 - £39,600
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Welwyn Garden City
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
216 102 212
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 86.06% 82.26% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 214 79 197
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,500 £80,000
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 Welwyn Garden City region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Welwyn Garden City Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 9 (81.82%) SQL
1 9 (81.82%) ISEB
1 9 (81.82%) Scrum
1 9 (81.82%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (63.64%) E-Commerce
2 7 (63.64%) TDD
3 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
3 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) Retail
4 4 (36.36%) C
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) HP
5 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
5 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 2 (18.18%) APACS
5 2 (18.18%) NUnit
5 2 (18.18%) Banking
5 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (18.18%) EPoS
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (18.18%) C++
5 2 (18.18%) ATM
5 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
5 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
5 2 (18.18%) Windows

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) NUnit
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
1 2 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (18.18%) WatiN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Tester
2 5 (45.45%) Web Tester
3 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Test Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Junior Tester
4 2 (18.18%) Junior
5 1 (9.091%) Web Test Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Web Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) APACS
1 2 (18.18%) EPoS
1 2 (18.18%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Scrum
2 7 (63.64%) E-Commerce
2 7 (63.64%) TDD
3 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Web Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
4 2 (18.18%) System Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Agile Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Stories
4 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) C
3 2 (18.18%) C++
3 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) ISEB
2 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) HP