The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 49 70 80
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +10
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 29 17 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 3.314% 1.672% 0.637%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.984% 2.066% 0.899%
Number of salaries quoted 27 17 6
Average salary £34,500 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.00% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
728 823 779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 83.20% 80.92% 70.88%
Number of salaries quoted 655 702 720
Average salary £39,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.29% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,805 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
South West

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Swindon +23 26 £34,500 +38.00%
Automated Testing
South West

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 65 (75.58%) QA
2 64 (74.42%) SQL
3 57 (66.28%) OO
4 49 (56.98%) Linux
5 47 (54.65%) PHP
6 43 (50.00%) Oracle
6 43 (50.00%) C++
7 42 (48.84%) LAMP
8 41 (47.67%) MySQL
8 41 (47.67%) Apache
9 40 (46.51%) DSDM
9 40 (46.51%) SOA
9 40 (46.51%) Integration Testing
9 40 (46.51%) Enterprise Software
10 33 (38.37%) C
11 22 (25.58%) Finance
12 21 (24.42%) Configuration Management
13 20 (23.26%) VBScript
13 20 (23.26%) Computer Science
14 17 (19.77%) Software Engineering
15 16 (18.60%) Degree
16 15 (17.44%) QuickTest Pro
17 14 (16.28%) VB
18 12 (13.95%) Retail
19 11 (12.79%) ISEB
19 11 (12.79%) MS Office
19 11 (12.79%) MS Excel
19 11 (12.79%) ISTQB
20 10 (11.63%) CppUnit
20 10 (11.63%) Multithreading

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 42 (48.84%) LAMP
2 10 (11.63%) XML
3 7 (8.140%) Web Services
4 2 (2.326%) JDBC
4 2 (2.326%) Hibernate
4 2 (2.326%) ZK
4 2 (2.326%) JPA
5 1 (1.163%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 41 (47.67%) Apache
2 1 (1.163%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (12.79%) MS Office
1 11 (12.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.163%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.163%) VPN
1 1 (1.163%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (47.67%) MySQL
2 2 (2.326%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.326%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.163%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (17.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (11.63%) CppUnit
2 10 (11.63%) GoogleTest
3 2 (2.326%) JUnit
3 2 (2.326%) Git (software)
3 2 (2.326%) Mercurial
3 2 (2.326%) Subversion
3 2 (2.326%) Selenium
3 2 (2.326%) TestNG
General
1 22 (25.58%) Finance
2 12 (13.95%) Retail
3 8 (9.302%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.326%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (58.14%) Developer
2 31 (36.05%) Software Developer
3 20 (23.26%) Software Engineer
4 17 (19.77%) Test Engineer
5 15 (17.44%) Software Test Engineer
6 11 (12.79%) QA Engineer
6 11 (12.79%) LAMP Developer
7 10 (11.63%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 10 (11.63%) Graduate
7 10 (11.63%) Quality Engineer
8 7 (8.140%) PHP Developer
9 3 (3.488%) Tester
9 3 (3.488%) Junior
10 2 (2.326%) Java Developer
10 2 (2.326%) Java Software Developer
10 2 (2.326%) PHP MySQL Developer
11 1 (1.163%) Junior Test Engineer
11 1 (1.163%) Junior Test Analyst
11 1 (1.163%) Junior VB Developer
11 1 (1.163%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 40 (46.51%) Enterprise Software
2 20 (23.26%) Computer Science
3 4 (4.651%) EPoS
3 4 (4.651%) EFT
4 2 (2.326%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 49 (56.98%) Linux
2 10 (11.63%) UNIX
3 7 (8.140%) Solaris
4 2 (2.326%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (66.28%) OO
2 40 (46.51%) DSDM
2 40 (46.51%) SOA
2 40 (46.51%) Integration Testing
3 21 (24.42%) Configuration Management
4 17 (19.77%) Software Engineering
5 10 (11.63%) Requirements Analysis
5 10 (11.63%) OOP
5 10 (11.63%) Multithreading
6 7 (8.140%) Manual Testing
6 7 (8.140%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (4.651%) Software Testing
8 3 (3.488%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (2.326%) ETL
9 2 (2.326%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (2.326%) Web Analytics
9 2 (2.326%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (2.326%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (2.326%) Web Application Development
9 2 (2.326%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 64 (74.42%) SQL
2 47 (54.65%) PHP
3 43 (50.00%) C++
4 33 (38.37%) C
5 20 (23.26%) VBScript
6 14 (16.28%) VB
7 8 (9.302%) Perl
8 3 (3.488%) Bash shell
9 2 (2.326%) VBA
9 2 (2.326%) Shell Script
9 2 (2.326%) Erlang
9 2 (2.326%) Groovy
9 2 (2.326%) Scala
9 2 (2.326%) Java
10 1 (1.163%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.163%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 16 (18.60%) Degree
2 11 (12.79%) ISEB
2 11 (12.79%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (75.58%) QA
Vendors
1 43 (50.00%) Oracle
2 7 (8.140%) Sun
3 1 (1.163%) Microsoft
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