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Automated Testing Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 116 150 138
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -12
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 89 44 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.688% 0.920% 0.739%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.256% 1.309% 1.055%
Number of salaries quoted 87 44 26
Average salary £37,000 £31,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.35% -11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,150 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3945 3362 3034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.80% 70.32% 70.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3316 2899 2548
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,700 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham -15 26 £37,500 +25.00% 2
Staffordshire +12 18 £45,000 +28.57%
Worcestershire - 18 £35,000 -
Warwickshire +13 15 £37,000 -22.10% 1
Coventry - 14 £20,000 - 2
Walsall - 3 £36,500 -
West Bromwich - 2 £36,250 -
Solihull - 2 £37,500 -
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 74 (54.41%) SQL
2 72 (52.94%) QA
3 66 (48.53%) Selenium
4 55 (40.44%) Manual Testing
5 47 (34.56%) SQL Server
6 38 (27.94%) Agile Software Development
6 38 (27.94%) Java
7 33 (24.26%) Finance
7 33 (24.26%) Test Scripting
8 32 (23.53%) Software Testing
8 32 (23.53%) .NET
9 30 (22.06%) HTML
9 30 (22.06%) Oracle
9 30 (22.06%) Windows
10 26 (19.12%) ISEB
10 26 (19.12%) Unit Testing
11 25 (18.38%) C#
12 24 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (15.44%) Ajax
13 21 (15.44%) QuickTest Pro
14 20 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
15 19 (13.97%) Scrum
16 18 (13.24%) JavaScript
16 18 (13.24%) SQL Server 2005
17 17 (12.50%) VB
17 17 (12.50%) OO
18 16 (11.76%) CSS
18 16 (11.76%) SOAP
18 16 (11.76%) C++
18 16 (11.76%) UNIX

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 32 (23.53%) .NET
2 30 (22.06%) HTML
3 21 (15.44%) Ajax
4 16 (11.76%) CSS
4 16 (11.76%) SOAP
5 15 (11.03%) ASP.NET
6 14 (10.29%) JMS
6 14 (10.29%) JMX
6 14 (10.29%) Hibernate
6 14 (10.29%) ActiveMQ
6 14 (10.29%) Spring
6 14 (10.29%) Spring MVC
7 8 (5.882%) Java EE
7 8 (5.882%) Web Services
8 7 (5.147%) J2EE
9 5 (3.676%) XML
9 5 (3.676%) Flash
9 5 (3.676%) jQuery
10 4 (2.941%) XSD
10 4 (2.941%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 14 (10.29%) Tomcat
2 2 (1.471%) Apache
3 1 (0.735%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.147%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.735%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.206%) ADSL
1 3 (2.206%) DMZ
2 2 (1.471%) Modbus
2 2 (1.471%) DHCP
2 2 (1.471%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (34.56%) SQL Server
2 20 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (13.24%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (10.29%) JasperReports
5 8 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (4.412%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (3.676%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (2.206%) MySQL
9 2 (1.471%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.735%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.735%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.735%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.735%) Big Data
10 1 (0.735%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 66 (48.53%) Selenium
2 21 (15.44%) QuickTest Pro
3 16 (11.76%) Subversion
4 14 (10.29%) Eclipse
4 14 (10.29%) TeamCity
4 14 (10.29%) Maven
4 14 (10.29%) FitNesse
4 14 (10.29%) Apache Continuum
5 10 (7.353%) Visual Studio
6 9 (6.618%) TestComplete
7 7 (5.147%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (3.676%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.206%) LoadRunner
10 2 (1.471%) RSpec
10 2 (1.471%) Cucumber
10 2 (1.471%) WATIR
10 2 (1.471%) WinRunner
10 2 (1.471%) TestDirector
General
1 33 (24.26%) Finance
2 13 (9.559%) Games
3 3 (2.206%) Back Office
4 1 (0.735%) Retail
4 1 (0.735%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.735%) Aerospace
4 1 (0.735%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.735%) Advertising
4 1 (0.735%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (30.15%) Tester
1 41 (30.15%) Analyst
2 40 (29.41%) Test Analyst
3 26 (19.12%) Developer
4 18 (13.24%) Systems Test Analyst
4 18 (13.24%) QA Tester
4 18 (13.24%) Systems Analyst
5 16 (11.76%) Team Leader
6 13 (9.559%) Test Manager
6 13 (9.559%) Graduate
7 12 (8.824%) Systems Tester
8 8 (5.882%) Graduate Developer
8 8 (5.882%) Test Team Leader
8 8 (5.882%) Software Tester
9 7 (5.147%) Test Coordinator
9 7 (5.147%) QA Engineer
9 7 (5.147%) Coordinator
10 6 (4.412%) Java Team Leader
10 6 (4.412%) Test Engineer
11 5 (3.676%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.882%) Firmware
2 4 (2.941%) Computer Science
3 3 (2.206%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.206%) PMI
3 3 (2.206%) NHS
3 3 (2.206%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.206%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (1.471%) Open Source
4 2 (1.471%) AS400
4 2 (1.471%) Device Driver
4 2 (1.471%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 30 (22.06%) Windows
2 16 (11.76%) UNIX
3 14 (10.29%) Windows 2000
4 2 (1.471%) Linux
5 1 (0.735%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (0.735%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.735%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (40.44%) Manual Testing
2 38 (27.94%) Agile Software Development
3 33 (24.26%) Test Scripting
4 32 (23.53%) Software Testing
5 26 (19.12%) Unit Testing
6 24 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (13.97%) Scrum
8 17 (12.50%) OO
9 16 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (11.03%) MVC
10 15 (11.03%) E-Commerce
11 14 (10.29%) TDD
12 10 (7.353%) Test Automation
13 8 (5.882%) Test Management
14 7 (5.147%) Integration Testing
14 7 (5.147%) Release Management
15 6 (4.412%) Test Strategy
15 6 (4.412%) Web Testing
15 6 (4.412%) Multithreading
15 6 (4.412%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 74 (54.41%) SQL
2 38 (27.94%) Java
3 25 (18.38%) C#
4 18 (13.24%) JavaScript
5 17 (12.50%) VB
6 16 (11.76%) C++
7 10 (7.353%) PHP
8 6 (4.412%) VB.NET
9 4 (2.941%) Ruby
10 2 (1.471%) ActionScript
10 2 (1.471%) Perl
11 1 (0.735%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (19.12%) ISEB
2 12 (8.824%) Degree
3 6 (4.412%) ISTQB
4 5 (3.676%) HNC
4 5 (3.676%) HND
5 3 (2.206%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (52.94%) QA
2 5 (3.676%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 6 (4.412%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (22.06%) Oracle
2 14 (10.29%) JBoss
3 10 (7.353%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.735%) SAP
4 1 (0.735%) HP
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Warwickshire
We are looking to recruit a UAT Manager to join a successful, growing Financial Services organisation based in the West Midlands... As the UAT Manager you will be...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bens and Bonus
Posted: 18 June 2013
Graduate .net Developer
Coventry, West Midlands
You will work with the rest of the team primarily coding asp.net UI functionality in C# and SQL... NET experience including strong C#, javascript, and .NET4 skills...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Web Application Tester
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Duties of a Web Application Tester will include: -Perform manual testing against web applications, from both desktop and mobile devices -Research what testing is needed and what possible...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Applications Developer - C# Web MVC - Coventry
Coventry, West Midlands
Applications Developer - C# Web MVC - CoventryHudson IT have partnered up with one of our main clients to source an Applications Developer to join their technical advanced and professional...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + extensive benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Java Team Leader - Java, Spring MVC, Hibernate, JBoss, Tomcat, MS SQL
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Java... Hibernate. JBoss. Tomcat... SQLServer 2005/2008. SOAP. Maven... They have a mix of standalone Java applications and J2EE web applications and make use of technologies/tools like...
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £48,000 per annum Benefits including Pension, BUPA, 25
Posted: 18 June 2013
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