The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 47 39 35
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 11 21 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 2.644% 5.000% 5.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.364% 6.563% 6.452%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 22
Average salary £33,750 £37,500 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +63.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £36,550 £16,666
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
327 320 341
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 78.61% 76.19% 81.97%
Number of salaries quoted 186 224 283
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -9.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £27,500 £26,900
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Automated Testing
North Yorkshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 16 (76.19%) QA
2 15 (71.43%) Test Scripting
3 10 (47.62%) Compatibility Testing
3 10 (47.62%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (42.86%) Selenium
5 8 (38.10%) Load Testing
6 7 (33.33%) Cucumber
7 6 (28.57%) JIRA
7 6 (28.57%) ISEB
7 6 (28.57%) Client/Server
8 5 (23.81%) HTML
8 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
8 5 (23.81%) SQL
8 5 (23.81%) CSS
9 4 (19.05%) C#
9 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (19.05%) ISTQB
9 4 (19.05%) FitNesse
9 4 (19.05%) BDD
10 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
10 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
10 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
10 3 (14.29%) LoadRunner
10 3 (14.29%) W3C
10 3 (14.29%) JMeter
10 3 (14.29%) Bugzilla
10 3 (14.29%) .NET
10 3 (14.29%) Jenkins
10 3 (14.29%) Open Source
10 3 (14.29%) Hudson

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 5 (23.81%) HTML
1 5 (23.81%) CSS
2 3 (14.29%) .NET
3 2 (9.524%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (9.524%) CSS3
3 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
3 2 (9.524%) XML
3 2 (9.524%) XSLT
3 2 (9.524%) Ajax
3 2 (9.524%) LINQ
3 2 (9.524%) .NET Framework
3 2 (9.524%) JSON
3 2 (9.524%) jQuery
4 1 (4.762%) DOM
Development Applications
1 9 (42.86%) Selenium
2 7 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 6 (28.57%) JIRA
4 4 (19.05%) FitNesse
5 3 (14.29%) LoadRunner
5 3 (14.29%) JMeter
5 3 (14.29%) Bugzilla
5 3 (14.29%) Jenkins
5 3 (14.29%) Hudson
6 2 (9.524%) Subversion
6 2 (9.524%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (9.524%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (4.762%) Firebug
General
1 2 (9.524%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) Test Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) QA Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Lead Test Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) QA Test Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Tester
5 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Software Tester
5 3 (14.29%) Automated Test Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Automation Tester
7 1 (4.762%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (4.762%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Functional Test Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Web Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Functional Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) .NET Developer
7 1 (4.762%) C# Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (28.57%) Client/Server
3 3 (14.29%) W3C
3 3 (14.29%) Open Source
4 2 (9.524%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 10 (47.62%) Compatibility Testing
3 8 (38.10%) Load Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (19.05%) BDD
5 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Agile Testing
6 2 (9.524%) OO
6 2 (9.524%) E-Commerce
6 2 (9.524%) TDD
6 2 (9.524%) Software Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Web Development
6 2 (9.524%) MVC
6 2 (9.524%) Manual Testing
7 1 (4.762%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.762%) Test Management
7 1 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) C#
3 2 (9.524%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.762%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) ISEB
2 4 (19.05%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (76.19%) QA
2 1 (4.762%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
York, North Yorkshire
Any experience of test automation using Selenium and/or performance testing is highly desirabl... Creating and maintaining Test scripts for regression testing. Creating and maintaining Test scripts with...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum (Depending on Experience)
Posted: 22 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Experience with any BDD tools such as Selinium, Cucumber or FitNesse... Functional, regression, ad-hoc and compatibility testing... Create test plans and manual test scripts. Perform automated testing.
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Unspecified Please get in touch to discuss salary information
Posted: 21 May 2013