Test Automation Jobs in Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Automated Testing North West / Cheshire
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	35	58	45
Rank change year-on-year	+23	-13
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation	94	30	85
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire	6.46%	3.12%	5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	7.38%	3.64%	5.52%
Number of salaries quoted	56	27	56
Median salary	£35,000	£35,780	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.17%	-10.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,000	£28,800	£29,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£57,500	£51,000	£47,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-

Test Automation is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Cheshire
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	1273	824	1539
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire	87.55%	85.65%	90.64%
Number of salaries quoted	931	707	1220
Median salary	£42,500	£37,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+13.33%	-6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£25,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£57,500	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Cheshire citing Test Automation as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cheshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Cheshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Automation in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Test Automation in Cheshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Test Automation in Cheshire over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Cheshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Knutsford	-11	33	£48,750	+6.55%	8
Chester	+21	17	£35,000	-2.77%	5
Crewe	-5	14	£32,000	-8.57%	1
Wilmslow	-11	9	£34,312	-3.04%
Warrington	-9	7	£29,000	-31.76%	2
Macclesfield	+1	2	£21,500	-42.66%	1
Test Automation North West

Test Automation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing Test Automation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Cheshire region with a requirement for Test Automation.

1	95 (70.90%)	Agile Software Development
2	69 (51.49%)	Finance
3	61 (45.52%)	Java
4	49 (36.57%)	SQL
5	41 (30.60%)	SDLC
6	35 (26.12%)	Web Services
7	33 (24.63%)	Selenium
8	31 (23.13%)	Waterfall
9	30 (22.39%)	User Acceptance Testing
9	30 (22.39%)	TDD
9	30 (22.39%)	Banking
9	30 (22.39%)	JavaScript
10	29 (21.64%)	SOAP
11	28 (20.90%)	XML
11	28 (20.90%)	Continuous Integration

12	27 (20.15%)	ISEB
13	26 (19.40%)	Windows
14	24 (17.91%)	HTML
15	23 (17.16%)	Software Engineering
16	22 (16.42%)	C#
16	22 (16.42%)	Mentoring
17	21 (15.67%)	Manual Testing
18	19 (14.18%)	Git (software)
18	19 (14.18%)	JSON
18	19 (14.18%)	JIRA
18	19 (14.18%)	.NET
18	19 (14.18%)	Risk Management
19	18 (13.43%)	MVC
19	18 (13.43%)	Linux
19	18 (13.43%)	Subversion

Test Automation
Co-occurring IT Skills in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	10 (7.46%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	5 (3.73%)	WebSphere
3	4 (2.99%)	Confluence
4	3 (2.24%)	CICS
4	3 (2.24%)	JBoss
4	3 (2.24%)	WebLogic
5	2 (1.49%)	Adobe Experience Manager
5	2 (1.49%)	Apache
5	2 (1.49%)	nginx
5	2 (1.49%)	WordPress

Applications
1	1 (0.75%)	Microsoft Excel
1	1 (0.75%)	Microsoft Project
1	1 (0.75%)	MS Visio
1	1 (0.75%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	2 (1.49%)	BASE24
1	2 (1.49%)	Magento
2	1 (0.75%)	Oracle BPM

Cloud Services
1	6 (4.48%)	OpenShift
2	2 (1.49%)	Amazon AWS
2	2 (1.49%)	PaaS
3	1 (0.75%)	Cloud Computing

Communications & Networking
1	8 (5.97%)	Internet
2	6 (4.48%)	HTTP
3	1 (0.75%)	DNS
3	1 (0.75%)	Firewall
3	1 (0.75%)	SSL
3	1 (0.75%)	TCP/IP
3	1 (0.75%)	VXLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	16 (11.94%)	SQL Server
2	10 (7.46%)	MySQL
3	9 (6.72%)	MongoDB
3	9 (6.72%)	PostgreSQL
3	9 (6.72%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
3	9 (6.72%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	9 (6.72%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	5 (3.73%)	DB2
5	4 (2.99%)	NoSQL
6	3 (2.24%)	Relational Database
7	2 (1.49%)	GIS
7	2 (1.49%)	Oracle Database
8	1 (0.75%)	Oracle Reports
8	1 (0.75%)	RDBMS
8	1 (0.75%)	Redis

Development Applications
1	33 (24.63%)	Selenium
2	19 (14.18%)	Git (software)
2	19 (14.18%)	JIRA
3	18 (13.43%)	Subversion
4	16 (11.94%)	SonarQube
5	8 (5.97%)	Cucumber
6	5 (3.73%)	Jenkins
6	5 (3.73%)	Team Foundation Server
7	4 (2.99%)	HP UFT
7	4 (2.99%)	JUnit
7	4 (2.99%)	Sonatype Nexus
7	4 (2.99%)	SpecFlow
7	4 (2.99%)	Visual Studio
8	3 (2.24%)	ClearCase
8	3 (2.24%)	Jasmine
8	3 (2.24%)	SoapUI
9	2 (1.49%)	Grunt
9	2 (1.49%)	gulp
9	2 (1.49%)	LoadRunner
9	2 (1.49%)	WebDriver

General
1	69 (51.49%)	Finance
2	30 (22.39%)	Banking
3	8 (5.97%)	Investment Banking
4	6 (4.48%)	Advertising
5	4 (2.99%)	Retail
5	4 (2.99%)	Retail Banking
6	3 (2.24%)	Corporate Banking
6	3 (2.24%)	Financial Institution
7	2 (1.49%)	Law
8	1 (0.75%)	German Language
8	1 (0.75%)	Marketing

Job Titles
1	41 (30.60%)	Developer
2	40 (29.85%)	Analyst
3	39 (29.10%)	Test Analyst
4	19 (14.18%)	Java Developer
4	19 (14.18%)	Senior Analyst
4	19 (14.18%)	Senior Test Analyst
5	18 (13.43%)	Tester
6	15 (11.19%)	Senior Developer
7	11 (8.21%)	Consultant
7	11 (8.21%)	Integration Engineer
7	11 (8.21%)	Software Developer
8	10 (7.46%)	Senior Consultant
9	9 (6.72%)	Test Engineer
10	8 (5.97%)	Integration Consultant
10	8 (5.97%)	Senior Integration Engineer
11	7 (5.22%)	Senior Java Developer
11	7 (5.22%)	Senior Software Developer
12	6 (4.48%)	Software Tester
12	6 (4.48%)	Test Automation Engineer
12	6 (4.48%)	Test Leader

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	35 (26.12%)	Web Services
2	29 (21.64%)	SOAP
3	28 (20.90%)	XML
4	24 (17.91%)	HTML
5	19 (14.18%)	.NET
5	19 (14.18%)	JSON
6	15 (11.19%)	Hibernate
6	15 (11.19%)	RESTful
6	15 (11.19%)	Spring
7	14 (10.45%)	.NET Framework
7	14 (10.45%)	ASP.NET Web API
7	14 (10.45%)	EJB
7	14 (10.45%)	JSP
7	14 (10.45%)	Servlets
8	13 (9.70%)	CSS
9	12 (8.96%)	ASP.NET
9	12 (8.96%)	Entity Framework
9	12 (8.96%)	WCF
10	11 (8.21%)	WinForms
10	11 (8.21%)	WPF

Miscellaneous
1	12 (8.96%)	N-Tier
2	11 (8.21%)	Mainframe
3	8 (5.97%)	Mobile App
4	7 (5.22%)	Analytical Skills
4	7 (5.22%)	PMI
4	7 (5.22%)	Social Media
5	6 (4.48%)	Management Information System
6	3 (2.24%)	Contactless
6	3 (2.24%)	Fintech
6	3 (2.24%)	Internet of Things
6	3 (2.24%)	User Experience
7	2 (1.49%)	Blog
7	2 (1.49%)	Computer Science
7	2 (1.49%)	IVR
7	2 (1.49%)	Mobile Banking
7	2 (1.49%)	Smartphone
8	1 (0.75%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
8	1 (0.75%)	Greenfield Project
8	1 (0.75%)	Public Cloud
8	1 (0.75%)	RIA

Operating Systems
1	26 (19.40%)	Windows
2	18 (13.43%)	Linux
3	14 (10.45%)	Mac OS
4	4 (2.99%)	Unix
5	3 (2.24%)	Android
5	3 (2.24%)	Apple iOS
5	3 (2.24%)	Windows 7
6	2 (1.49%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	2 (1.49%)	Windows 10
7	1 (0.75%)	Mac OS X
7	1 (0.75%)	Windows 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	95 (70.90%)	Agile Software Development
2	41 (30.60%)	SDLC
3	31 (23.13%)	Waterfall
4	30 (22.39%)	TDD
4	30 (22.39%)	User Acceptance Testing
5	28 (20.90%)	Continuous Integration
6	23 (17.16%)	Software Engineering
7	22 (16.42%)	Mentoring
8	21 (15.67%)	Manual Testing
9	19 (14.18%)	Risk Management
10	18 (13.43%)	BDD
10	18 (13.43%)	MVC
10	18 (13.43%)	Test Strategy
11	17 (12.69%)	Scrum
12	14 (10.45%)	OO
12	14 (10.45%)	OOP
12	14 (10.45%)	Unit Testing
13	13 (9.70%)	Web Development
14	12 (8.96%)	SOA
14	12 (8.96%)	Software Testing

Programming Languages
1	61 (45.52%)	Java
2	49 (36.57%)	SQL
3	30 (22.39%)	JavaScript
4	22 (16.42%)	C#
5	11 (8.21%)	T-SQL
6	9 (6.72%)	VB.NET
6	9 (6.72%)	XPath
6	9 (6.72%)	XQuery
7	6 (4.48%)	Python
8	5 (3.73%)	PHP
9	3 (2.24%)	Assembly Language
9	3 (2.24%)	COBOL
9	3 (2.24%)	Ruby
10	2 (1.49%)	Go
10	2 (1.49%)	Perl
10	2 (1.49%)	Scala
10	2 (1.49%)	Shell Script
10	2 (1.49%)	VB
11	1 (0.75%)	C
11	1 (0.75%)	C++

Qualifications
1	27 (20.15%)	ISEB
2	17 (12.69%)	ISTQB
3	10 (7.46%)	Degree
4	7 (5.22%)	PMI Certification
5	5 (3.73%)	Sun Certification
6	2 (1.49%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	2 (1.49%)	PMP
7	1 (0.75%)	OCP
7	1 (0.75%)	Oracle Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	10 (7.46%)	QA
2	2 (1.49%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	2 (1.49%)	Docker
2	1 (0.75%)	Varnish

Systems Management
1	6 (4.48%)	Opscode Chef
2	2 (1.49%)	Graphite
2	2 (1.49%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (1.49%)	Kubernetes

Vendors
1	17 (12.69%)	Oracle
2	5 (3.73%)	Sun
3	4 (2.99%)	Cognizant
3	4 (2.99%)	Google
4	3 (2.24%)	Chordiant
4	3 (2.24%)	HP
4	3 (2.24%)	IBM
5	2 (1.49%)	Adobe
5	2 (1.49%)	Microsoft
5	2 (1.49%)	Red Hat
5	2 (1.49%)	Xamarin
6	1 (0.75%)	Apigee
6	1 (0.75%)	MuleSoft
6	1 (0.75%)	New Relic
6	1 (0.75%)	Zend