Test Automation Jobs in Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Automated Testing UK / Wales
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	30	41	24
Rank change year-on-year	+11	-17
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation	67	64	112
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales	6.69%	4.97%	7.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	7.34%	5.93%	9.05%
Number of salaries quoted	62	58	100
Median salary	£37,500	£34,000	£35,184
Median salary % change year-on-year	+10.29%	-3.36%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,050	£25,000	£29,129
10% offered a salary of more than	£45,000	£47,500	£42,500
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 Wales with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Wales
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	913	1079	1237
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales	91.12%	83.77%	85.96%
Number of salaries quoted	786	926	1010
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,500	£27,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£55,000	£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 Wales

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Wales 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 Wales

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Wales

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Test Automation in Wales over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales	+14	50	£35,000	-	5
West Wales	-5	13	£41,250	+35.24%	1
Mid Wales	-2	2	£40,000	-5.88%
North Wales	-	2	-	-	2
Test Automation UK

Test Automation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Wales

For the 6 months to 22 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 Wales region with a requirement for Test Automation.

1	102 (62.58%)	Agile Software Development
2	76 (46.63%)	C#
3	65 (39.88%)	.NET
4	56 (34.36%)	SQL Server
5	53 (32.52%)	MVC
6	52 (31.90%)	Java
6	52 (31.90%)	ASP.NET
7	51 (31.29%)	TDD
8	47 (28.83%)	Selenium
9	46 (28.22%)	BDD
10	45 (27.61%)	ASP.NET MVC
11	44 (26.99%)	Visual Studio
12	43 (26.38%)	Unit Testing
12	43 (26.38%)	RESTful
13	42 (25.77%)	Subversion

13	42 (25.77%)	Scrum
14	41 (25.15%)	Web Services
14	41 (25.15%)	ASP.NET Web API
15	40 (24.54%)	Software Engineering
16	38 (23.31%)	User Experience
17	37 (22.70%)	REST
17	37 (22.70%)	SOAP
17	37 (22.70%)	SQL
18	36 (22.09%)	.NET Framework
18	36 (22.09%)	SQL Server 2012
19	35 (21.47%)	Spring
19	35 (21.47%)	IIS
20	33 (20.25%)	HTML
21	32 (19.63%)	Tomcat
21	32 (19.63%)	Continuous Deployment

Test Automation
Co-occurring IT Skills in Wales 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	35 (21.47%)	IIS
2	32 (19.63%)	Tomcat
3	29 (17.79%)	WebSphere
4	4 (2.45%)	Skype for Business
5	3 (1.84%)	Apache
5	3 (1.84%)	Elasticsearch
5	3 (1.84%)	JBoss
5	3 (1.84%)	nginx
5	3 (1.84%)	OpenStack
6	1 (0.61%)	CMS

Applications
1	5 (3.07%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (2.45%)	Microsoft Project
3	1 (0.61%)	Microsoft Excel
3	1 (0.61%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	1 (0.61%)	Mingle
3	1 (0.61%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	1 (0.61%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	10 (6.13%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (3.68%)	Microsoft Azure
3	5 (3.07%)	PaaS
3	5 (3.07%)	SaaS
4	3 (1.84%)	IaaS
5	1 (0.61%)	GitHub
5	1 (0.61%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	7 (4.29%)	HTTP
2	4 (2.45%)	Skype
2	4 (2.45%)	Unified Communications
2	4 (2.45%)	WebEx
3	2 (1.23%)	Firewall
3	2 (1.23%)	VPN
4	1 (0.61%)	Ethernet
4	1 (0.61%)	Internet
4	1 (0.61%)	LAN
4	1 (0.61%)	TCP/IP
4	1 (0.61%)	WAN
4	1 (0.61%)	Wireshark

Database & Business Intelligence
1	56 (34.36%)	SQL Server
2	36 (22.09%)	SQL Server 2012
3	12 (7.36%)	MongoDB
4	11 (6.75%)	MySQL
5	4 (2.45%)	NoSQL
5	4 (2.45%)	SQL Server 2008
6	3 (1.84%)	Apache Cassandra
7	2 (1.23%)	Couchbase
7	2 (1.23%)	PostgreSQL
8	1 (0.61%)	Big Data
8	1 (0.61%)	Relational Database
8	1 (0.61%)	SQLite

Development Applications
1	47 (28.83%)	Selenium
2	44 (26.99%)	Visual Studio
3	42 (25.77%)	Subversion
4	30 (18.40%)	Git (software)
5	29 (17.79%)	Eclipse
5	29 (17.79%)	Maven
6	21 (12.88%)	JMeter
7	16 (9.82%)	SoapUI
8	14 (8.59%)	Cucumber
8	14 (8.59%)	LoadRunner
8	14 (8.59%)	LoadUI
8	14 (8.59%)	Ranorex
9	12 (7.36%)	JIRA
9	12 (7.36%)	SpecFlow
10	10 (6.13%)	WebDriver
11	9 (5.52%)	TeamCity
12	7 (4.29%)	Mercurial
13	6 (3.68%)	NUnit
14	5 (3.07%)	Jenkins
15	4 (2.45%)	Artifactory

General
1	27 (16.56%)	Finance
2	9 (5.52%)	Banking
3	7 (4.29%)	Games
4	5 (3.07%)	Advertising
4	5 (3.07%)	Telecoms
5	4 (2.45%)	Billing
5	4 (2.45%)	Marketing
6	2 (1.23%)	Electronics
6	2 (1.23%)	Manufacturing
7	1 (0.61%)	Investment Banking
7	1 (0.61%)	Law
7	1 (0.61%)	Legal
7	1 (0.61%)	Military
7	1 (0.61%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	40 (24.54%)	Developer
2	34 (20.86%)	Software Engineer
3	30 (18.40%)	Analyst
4	26 (15.95%)	Test Analyst
5	22 (13.50%)	Test Engineer
6	17 (10.43%)	.NET Developer
6	17 (10.43%)	.NET Software Engineer
7	16 (9.82%)	Tester
8	14 (8.59%)	C# Software Engineer
9	13 (7.98%)	Java Engineer
9	13 (7.98%)	Java Software Engineer
9	13 (7.98%)	Senior Developer
10	12 (7.36%)	Automation Test Analyst
11	11 (6.75%)	Software Tester
12	9 (5.52%)	QA Tester
12	9 (5.52%)	Software QA Tester
13	8 (4.91%)	Full Stack Developer
13	8 (4.91%)	Java Developer
13	8 (4.91%)	Technical Engineer
14	7 (4.29%)	C# Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	65 (39.88%)	.NET
2	52 (31.90%)	ASP.NET
3	45 (27.61%)	ASP.NET MVC
4	43 (26.38%)	RESTful
5	41 (25.15%)	ASP.NET Web API
5	41 (25.15%)	Web Services
6	37 (22.70%)	REST
6	37 (22.70%)	SOAP
7	36 (22.09%)	.NET Framework
8	35 (21.47%)	Spring
9	33 (20.25%)	HTML
10	29 (17.79%)	EJB
10	29 (17.79%)	Hibernate
10	29 (17.79%)	Java SE
11	26 (15.95%)	CSS
11	26 (15.95%)	Middleware
12	20 (12.27%)	WCF
13	14 (8.59%)	AngularJS
14	12 (7.36%)	CSS3
14	12 (7.36%)	KnockoutJS

Miscellaneous
1	38 (23.31%)	User Experience
2	24 (14.72%)	Mainframe
3	14 (8.59%)	Analytical Skills
4	9 (5.52%)	Computer Science
5	6 (3.68%)	Mobile App
6	4 (2.45%)	Enterprise Software
6	4 (2.45%)	Fintech
6	4 (2.45%)	Greenfield Project
7	3 (1.84%)	Private Cloud
8	1 (0.61%)	Algorithms
8	1 (0.61%)	CCTV
8	1 (0.61%)	Client/Server
8	1 (0.61%)	Data Structures
8	1 (0.61%)	Management Information System
8	1 (0.61%)	N-Tier
8	1 (0.61%)	PDA

Operating Systems
1	12 (7.36%)	Windows
2	8 (4.91%)	Linux
3	5 (3.07%)	Unix
4	4 (2.45%)	Ubuntu
5	3 (1.84%)	Mac OS
5	3 (1.84%)	OpenBSD
5	3 (1.84%)	Windows Server
6	2 (1.23%)	Android
6	2 (1.23%)	VMS
7	1 (0.61%)	CentOS
7	1 (0.61%)	Debian

Processes & Methodologies
1	102 (62.58%)	Agile Software Development
2	53 (32.52%)	MVC
3	51 (31.29%)	TDD
4	46 (28.22%)	BDD
5	43 (26.38%)	Unit Testing
6	42 (25.77%)	Scrum
7	40 (24.54%)	Software Engineering
8	32 (19.63%)	Continuous Deployment
9	31 (19.02%)	Customer Insight
9	31 (19.02%)	Performance Optimisation
10	24 (14.72%)	Digital Transformation Programme
11	21 (12.88%)	Test Strategy
12	19 (11.66%)	Test Scripting
13	18 (11.04%)	Continuous Integration
14	17 (10.43%)	Mentoring
15	15 (9.20%)	User Acceptance Testing
16	14 (8.59%)	DevOps
16	14 (8.59%)	Web Development
17	13 (7.98%)	Manual Testing
17	13 (7.98%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	76 (46.63%)	C#
2	52 (31.90%)	Java
3	37 (22.70%)	SQL
4	30 (18.40%)	JavaScript
5	12 (7.36%)	Python
6	5 (3.07%)	PHP
6	5 (3.07%)	PowerShell
7	3 (1.84%)	C
7	3 (1.84%)	Go
7	3 (1.84%)	Ruby
8	2 (1.23%)	TypeScript
9	1 (0.61%)	Bash Shell
9	1 (0.61%)	C++
9	1 (0.61%)	Groovy
9	1 (0.61%)	Perl
9	1 (0.61%)	Scala
9	1 (0.61%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	18 (11.04%)	ISTQB
2	16 (9.82%)	Degree
3	10 (6.13%)	ITIL Certification
4	5 (3.07%)	ISEB
5	4 (2.45%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	3 (1.84%)	Computer Science Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	29 (17.79%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
1	29 (17.79%)	ISO/IEC 27001
1	29 (17.79%)	QA
2	1 (0.61%)	Def Stans

System Software
1	4 (2.45%)	Docker
2	3 (1.84%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	4 (2.45%)	Terraform
2	3 (1.84%)	HAProxy
3	2 (1.23%)	Opscode Chef
3	2 (1.23%)	Puppet
4	1 (0.61%)	Ansible
4	1 (0.61%)	HP Quality Center
4	1 (0.61%)	Packer

Vendors
1	30 (18.40%)	IBM
2	16 (9.82%)	Microsoft
3	15 (9.20%)	Atlassian
4	7 (4.29%)	Oracle
5	5 (3.07%)	Cisco
6	4 (2.45%)	Red Hat
7	3 (1.84%)	VMware
8	2 (1.23%)	TOWER Software
9	1 (0.61%)	HP
9	1 (0.61%)	Perforce
9	1 (0.61%)	SAP