Test Automation Jobs in the North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Automated Testing England / North East
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	36	49	61
Rank change year-on-year	+13	+12
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation	39	36	27
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East	6.91%	4.38%	3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	7.62%	5.16%	4.14%
Number of salaries quoted	37	33	22
Median salary	£35,000	£36,500	£34,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-4.10%	+7.35%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£28,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,250	£56,000	£41,125
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 the North East with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills North East
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	512	698	652
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North East	90.78%	85.02%	84.79%
Number of salaries quoted	1724	2417	2239
Median salary	£39,000	£40,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.50%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£23,250	£27,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£57,500	£71,250
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£43,000
% change year-on-year	-	+4.65%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Test Automation as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the North East

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in the North East

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the North East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Test Automation in the North East over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the North East

Test Automation
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the North East region over the 3 months to 28 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
Tyne and Wear	+23	31	£37,500	+4.16%	11
Durham	-6	8	£34,750	-8.55%	4
Test Automation England

Test Automation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North East

For the 6 months to 28 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 North East region with a requirement for Test Automation.

1	60 (89.55%)	Agile Software Development
2	34 (50.75%)	Selenium
3	33 (49.25%)	Java
4	24 (35.82%)	TDD
4	24 (35.82%)	Continuous Integration
5	20 (29.85%)	JavaScript
5	20 (29.85%)	Web Services
6	19 (28.36%)	QA
6	19 (28.36%)	WebDriver
7	17 (25.37%)	Test Strategy
8	16 (23.88%)	BDD
9	15 (22.39%)	Scrum
10	14 (20.90%)	C#
10	14 (20.90%)	HTML
10	14 (20.90%)	CSS

10	14 (20.90%)	Cucumber
11	13 (19.40%)	Test Scripting
11	13 (19.40%)	Git (software)
12	12 (17.91%)	Functional Testing
12	12 (17.91%)	Regression Testing
13	11 (16.42%)	Microsoft
13	11 (16.42%)	User Stories
13	11 (16.42%)	SDLC
13	11 (16.42%)	Manual Testing
14	10 (14.93%)	Jenkins
14	10 (14.93%)	AngularJS
14	10 (14.93%)	.NET
14	10 (14.93%)	Business Analysis
14	10 (14.93%)	Ruby
15	9 (13.43%)	SQL

Test Automation
Co-occurring IT Skills in the North East 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	5 (7.46%)	CMS
1	5 (7.46%)	Documentum
1	5 (7.46%)	Tomcat
2	4 (5.97%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	4 (5.97%)	Sitecore CMS
2	4 (5.97%)	Umbraco
2	4 (5.97%)	WebLogic
3	2 (2.99%)	Confluence
4	1 (1.49%)	Apache

Applications
1	1 (1.49%)	Microsoft Excel
1	1 (1.49%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	1 (1.49%)	Dynamics CRM
1	1 (1.49%)	Dynamics GP

Cloud Services
1	4 (5.97%)	Amazon AWS
1	4 (5.97%)	GitHub
1	4 (5.97%)	Microsoft Azure
2	2 (2.99%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	2 (2.99%)	HTTP
1	2 (2.99%)	TCP/IP
2	1 (1.49%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	8 (11.94%)	SQL Server
2	4 (5.97%)	MySQL
2	4 (5.97%)	Oracle Reports
3	3 (4.48%)	MongoDB
3	3 (4.48%)	Relational Database
4	1 (1.49%)	Data Warehouse
4	1 (1.49%)	Oracle Database
4	1 (1.49%)	PostgreSQL

Development Applications
1	34 (50.75%)	Selenium
2	19 (28.36%)	WebDriver
3	14 (20.90%)	Cucumber
4	13 (19.40%)	Git (software)
5	10 (14.93%)	Jenkins
6	4 (5.97%)	JUnit
6	4 (5.97%)	RSpec
6	4 (5.97%)	Subversion
6	4 (5.97%)	Team Foundation Server
7	3 (4.48%)	Grunt
7	3 (4.48%)	gulp
7	3 (4.48%)	Maven
7	3 (4.48%)	SonarQube
8	2 (2.99%)	CircleCI
8	2 (2.99%)	Gatling
8	2 (2.99%)	Gradle
8	2 (2.99%)	PhantomJS
8	2 (2.99%)	Ranorex
8	2 (2.99%)	Selenium IDE
9	1 (1.49%)	Appium

General
1	7 (10.45%)	Advertising
2	4 (5.97%)	Finance
3	2 (2.99%)	Games
4	1 (1.49%)	Marketing

Job Titles
1	18 (26.87%)	Analyst
2	17 (25.37%)	Test Analyst
3	16 (23.88%)	Tester
4	15 (22.39%)	Developer
5	8 (11.94%)	Java Developer
6	7 (10.45%)	Automation Test Analyst
6	7 (10.45%)	QA Engineer
6	7 (10.45%)	QA Tester
6	7 (10.45%)	Test Engineer
7	6 (8.96%)	Automation Tester
7	6 (8.96%)	Selenium Test Analyst
7	6 (8.96%)	Senior Analyst
7	6 (8.96%)	Senior Test Analyst
7	6 (8.96%)	Test Automation Engineer
8	5 (7.46%)	Architect
8	5 (7.46%)	Senior Automation Test Analyst
9	4 (5.97%)	Infrastructure Architect
9	4 (5.97%)	QA Automation Engineer
9	4 (5.97%)	Software Analyst
9	4 (5.97%)	Software Test Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	20 (29.85%)	Web Services
2	14 (20.90%)	CSS
2	14 (20.90%)	HTML
3	10 (14.93%)	.NET
3	10 (14.93%)	AngularJS
4	9 (13.43%)	REST
4	9 (13.43%)	SOAP
5	8 (11.94%)	Ajax
6	7 (10.45%)	HTML5
7	6 (8.96%)	.NET Framework
7	6 (8.96%)	jQuery
7	6 (8.96%)	JSON
7	6 (8.96%)	Middleware
8	5 (7.46%)	ASP.NET
8	5 (7.46%)	Entity Framework
8	5 (7.46%)	Gherkin
8	5 (7.46%)	Node.js
9	4 (5.97%)	ASP.NET Web API
9	4 (5.97%)	React
10	3 (4.48%)	CSS3

Miscellaneous
1	8 (11.94%)	Mobile App
2	3 (4.48%)	Enterprise Software
2	3 (4.48%)	NHS
3	2 (2.99%)	Greenfield Project
4	1 (1.49%)	Data Structures
4	1 (1.49%)	iPad
4	1 (1.49%)	iPhone

Operating Systems
1	6 (8.96%)	Linux
2	3 (4.48%)	Windows
3	2 (2.99%)	Unix
4	1 (1.49%)	Android
4	1 (1.49%)	OpenVMS

Processes & Methodologies
1	60 (89.55%)	Agile Software Development
2	24 (35.82%)	Continuous Integration
2	24 (35.82%)	TDD
3	17 (25.37%)	Test Strategy
4	16 (23.88%)	BDD
5	15 (22.39%)	Scrum
6	13 (19.40%)	Test Scripting
7	12 (17.91%)	Functional Testing
7	12 (17.91%)	Regression Testing
8	11 (16.42%)	Manual Testing
8	11 (16.42%)	SDLC
8	11 (16.42%)	User Stories
9	10 (14.93%)	Business Analysis
10	9 (13.43%)	Validation
11	8 (11.94%)	Software Testing
11	8 (11.94%)	User Acceptance Testing
12	7 (10.45%)	DevOps
12	7 (10.45%)	Project Management
12	7 (10.45%)	Root Cause Analysis
12	7 (10.45%)	SOA

Programming Languages
1	33 (49.25%)	Java
2	20 (29.85%)	JavaScript
3	14 (20.90%)	C#
4	10 (14.93%)	Ruby
5	9 (13.43%)	SQL
6	6 (8.96%)	PHP
6	6 (8.96%)	Python
7	4 (5.97%)	Scala
8	2 (2.99%)	C++
8	2 (2.99%)	Clojure
9	1 (1.49%)	Jython
9	1 (1.49%)	Pascal

Qualifications
1	7 (10.45%)	Security Cleared
2	5 (7.46%)	Degree
3	4 (5.97%)	ISEB
4	3 (4.48%)	ISTQB
4	3 (4.48%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	2 (2.99%)	SC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	19 (28.36%)	QA
2	5 (7.46%)	Disclosure Scotland
2	5 (7.46%)	SLA
3	2 (2.99%)	WCAG
4	1 (1.49%)	Data Quality

System Software
1	2 (2.99%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	5 (7.46%)	Puppet
2	4 (5.97%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	11 (16.42%)	Microsoft
2	8 (11.94%)	Oracle
3	5 (7.46%)	EMC
3	5 (7.46%)	Pega
4	4 (5.97%)	Sitecore
5	3 (4.48%)	Cognizant
5	3 (4.48%)	Perforce
6	1 (1.49%)	Google
6	1 (1.49%)	ILOG