The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 129 113 158
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +45
Permanent jobs citing Automated Testing 83 100 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.524% 1.918% 0.842%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.969% 2.551% 1.180%
Number of salaries quoted 67 81 42
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +29.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4216 3920 3645
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.41% 75.20% 71.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3265 3212 3088
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Automated Testing Salary Trend

Automated Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -15 66 £35,000 +6.06%
North Yorkshire +1 20 £35,000 -6.66%
South Yorkshire +8 6 £38,750 +55.00%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 92 (43.40%) QA
2 75 (35.38%) SQL
3 52 (24.53%) Selenium
4 50 (23.58%) Java
5 46 (21.70%) Test Automation
6 45 (21.23%) JIRA
7 41 (19.34%) .NET
8 39 (18.40%) Bugzilla
9 37 (17.45%) SQL Server
10 36 (16.98%) T-SQL
10 36 (16.98%) HP Quality Center
11 35 (16.51%) E-Commerce
12 34 (16.04%) SQL Server 2008
13 32 (15.09%) Integration Testing
14 31 (14.62%) Automation Testing
14 31 (14.62%) DSDM
14 31 (14.62%) Finance
14 31 (14.62%) SQL Server 2005
15 30 (14.15%) Enterprise Software
15 30 (14.15%) User Acceptance Testing
16 28 (13.21%) Microsoft
17 27 (12.74%) Degree
18 26 (12.26%) Agile Software Development
18 26 (12.26%) LoadRunner
19 25 (11.79%) ISEB
19 25 (11.79%) QuickTest Pro
19 25 (11.79%) C#
20 24 (11.32%) Games
21 23 (10.85%) Test Strategy
22 22 (10.38%) Test Scripting

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 41 (19.34%) .NET
2 19 (8.962%) SOAP
3 10 (4.717%) HTML
4 9 (4.245%) .NET Framework
5 8 (3.774%) Web Services
5 8 (3.774%) ASP.NET
6 7 (3.302%) CSS
7 6 (2.830%) XML
8 4 (1.887%) WSDL
8 4 (1.887%) XSD
9 3 (1.415%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 3 (1.415%) jQuery
9 3 (1.415%) Ajax
9 3 (1.415%) LAMP
10 2 (0.943%) XSLT
10 2 (0.943%) ASP
10 2 (0.943%) JSON
10 2 (0.943%) LINQ
10 2 (0.943%) CSS3
11 1 (0.472%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.415%) Apache
1 3 (1.415%) Tomcat
2 2 (0.943%) CMS
2 2 (0.943%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.472%) IIS
3 1 (0.472%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 21 (9.906%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.943%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (17.45%) SQL Server
2 34 (16.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 31 (14.62%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (3.302%) MySQL
5 2 (0.943%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 52 (24.53%) Selenium
2 45 (21.23%) JIRA
3 39 (18.40%) Bugzilla
4 26 (12.26%) LoadRunner
5 25 (11.79%) QuickTest Pro
6 21 (9.906%) Cucumber
7 10 (4.717%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (2.358%) FitNesse
9 3 (1.415%) Hudson
9 3 (1.415%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.415%) Subversion
9 3 (1.415%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.415%) JMeter
10 2 (0.943%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.472%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.472%) Firebug
11 1 (0.472%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.472%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.472%) Git (software)
11 1 (0.472%) TestComplete
General
1 31 (14.62%) Finance
2 24 (11.32%) Games
3 5 (2.358%) Retail
4 3 (1.415%) Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (61.32%) Analyst
2 125 (58.96%) Test Analyst
3 59 (27.83%) Technical Analyst
3 59 (27.83%) Technical Test Analyst
4 49 (23.11%) Tester
5 38 (17.92%) Developer
6 31 (14.62%) QA Analyst
7 28 (13.21%) Automation Tester
7 28 (13.21%) SQL Developer
7 28 (13.21%) QA Tester
8 22 (10.38%) Test Engineer
9 20 (9.434%) Systems Tester
10 18 (8.491%) Test Leader
11 17 (8.019%) QA Test Analyst
12 16 (7.547%) QA Engineer
12 16 (7.547%) Technical Tester
12 16 (7.547%) Senior Developer
13 15 (7.075%) Senior SQL Developer
13 15 (7.075%) Statistical Analyst
13 15 (7.075%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.15%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (7.075%) Statistics
3 12 (5.660%) Online Games
4 6 (2.830%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.887%) Open Source
6 3 (1.415%) SaaS
6 3 (1.415%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.415%) Online Banking
6 3 (1.415%) W3C
7 2 (0.943%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.472%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.302%) Windows
2 4 (1.887%) UNIX
3 3 (1.415%) openSUSE
3 3 (1.415%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.415%) Linux
3 3 (1.415%) SUSE
4 1 (0.472%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.472%) Android
4 1 (0.472%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (21.70%) Test Automation
2 35 (16.51%) E-Commerce
3 32 (15.09%) Integration Testing
4 31 (14.62%) Automation Testing
4 31 (14.62%) DSDM
5 30 (14.15%) User Acceptance Testing
6 26 (12.26%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (10.85%) Test Strategy
8 22 (10.38%) Test Scripting
9 17 (8.019%) Software Testing
10 16 (7.547%) Process Improvement
11 11 (5.189%) Compatibility Testing
11 11 (5.189%) Load Testing
11 11 (5.189%) Configuration Management
12 10 (4.717%) TDD
12 10 (4.717%) BDD
13 8 (3.774%) Scrum
14 7 (3.302%) Manual Testing
14 7 (3.302%) Regression Testing
15 6 (2.830%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 75 (35.38%) SQL
2 50 (23.58%) Java
3 36 (16.98%) T-SQL
4 25 (11.79%) C#
5 15 (7.075%) VBA
6 8 (3.774%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.774%) PHP
7 2 (0.943%) VB
7 2 (0.943%) VB6
8 1 (0.472%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.472%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (12.74%) Degree
2 25 (11.79%) ISEB
3 12 (5.660%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (43.40%) QA
2 1 (0.472%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 1 (0.472%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (16.98%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.245%) HP
3 1 (0.472%) Twitter
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: -Experience Manual / Functional testing -ISEB / ISTQB certified -Bug tracking tools (preferably Jira) Desirable Skills: -Automated testing knowledge -Regression / Performance knowledge This is a fantastic opportunity...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum & benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
New role for a 2 x Software Testers to join a leading IT Security Systems Integrator and Service Provider in West Yorkshire.Key skills:-Experience within software testing (...
Salary: £25000 per annum + benefits + structured career path
Posted: 4 May 2013
Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Any knowledge of open source framework tools such as Selenium and you will be responsible for writing and performing test scripts. The candidate must have proven experience testing...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They need someone to implement and maintain Automated Test systems, so you need excellent skills in maintaining, designing and building these systems. This role will involve working on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Tester, Software Tester, ISEB, Test Cases, Automated testing, UAT testing, Leeds, West YorkshireTest Analyst required for a permanent position based in Leeds... Degree educated or suitable...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £21000 - £24000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 11 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
York, North Yorkshire
Hugely experienced with VS2010, AJAX, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS2 & 3, HTML , XML, XSLT, JSON, LINQ &ORM's (preferably Microsoft Entity Framework) * SQL queries, stored procedures & performance profiling (T-SQL +...
Spring Technology
Salary: £25000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Doncaster, Yorkshire
Senior Java Developer -South Yorkshire- £45,000 An experienced and talented Java developer is needed to join my client's web services team. You will be responsible for...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
THE ROLE: * To develop, maintain and enhance software applications using SQL (T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS) * Follow agile engineering practices and DSDM project methodology to assist the delivery successful...
Harnham
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Essential: SQL, T-SQL, Complex Queries, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS... KEY WORDS: SQL, T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, BI Stack, SQL Server, Database, Database Developer,...
Harnham
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013