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 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Automated Testing UK / Wales
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	33	36	25
Rank change year-on-year	+3	-11
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation	63	65	106
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales	6.31%	4.96%	7.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	6.92%	5.90%	8.81%
Number of salaries quoted	58	59	96
Median salary	£37,500	£35,000	£35,184
Median salary % change year-on-year	+7.14%	-0.52%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,350	£25,000	£29,129
10% offered a salary of more than	£45,000	£47,500	£40,250
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	911	1102	1203
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales	91.28%	84.12%	85.87%
Number of salaries quoted	786	939	974
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	£57,500
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 27 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 27 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	+10	46	£35,000	-	5
West Wales	-11	13	£41,250	+35.24%	2
Mid Wales	-1	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 27 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	103 (62.80%)	Agile Software Development
2	77 (46.95%)	C#
3	65 (39.63%)	.NET
4	56 (34.15%)	SQL Server
5	53 (32.32%)	MVC
6	52 (31.71%)	Java
6	52 (31.71%)	ASP.NET
7	51 (31.10%)	TDD
8	49 (29.88%)	Selenium
9	47 (28.66%)	BDD
10	45 (27.44%)	ASP.NET MVC
10	45 (27.44%)	Visual Studio
11	43 (26.22%)	Scrum
11	43 (26.22%)	RESTful
11	43 (26.22%)	Unit Testing

11	43 (26.22%)	Subversion
12	41 (25.00%)	Web Services
12	41 (25.00%)	ASP.NET Web API
13	40 (24.39%)	Software Engineering
14	38 (23.17%)	User Experience
15	37 (22.56%)	REST
15	37 (22.56%)	SOAP
15	37 (22.56%)	SQL
16	36 (21.95%)	.NET Framework
16	36 (21.95%)	SQL Server 2012
17	35 (21.34%)	Spring
17	35 (21.34%)	IIS
18	33 (20.12%)	HTML
19	32 (19.51%)	Tomcat
19	32 (19.51%)	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 (21.34%)	IIS
2	32 (19.51%)	Tomcat
3	29 (17.68%)	WebSphere
4	4 (2.44%)	Skype for Business
5	3 (1.83%)	Apache
5	3 (1.83%)	Elasticsearch
5	3 (1.83%)	JBoss
5	3 (1.83%)	nginx
5	3 (1.83%)	OpenStack
6	1 (0.61%)	CMS

Applications
1	5 (3.05%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (2.44%)	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 (6.10%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (3.66%)	Microsoft Azure
3	5 (3.05%)	PaaS
3	5 (3.05%)	SaaS
4	3 (1.83%)	IaaS
5	1 (0.61%)	GitHub
5	1 (0.61%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	7 (4.27%)	HTTP
2	4 (2.44%)	Skype
2	4 (2.44%)	Unified Communications
2	4 (2.44%)	WebEx
3	2 (1.22%)	Firewall
3	2 (1.22%)	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 (34.15%)	SQL Server
2	36 (21.95%)	SQL Server 2012
3	12 (7.32%)	MongoDB
4	11 (6.71%)	MySQL
5	4 (2.44%)	NoSQL
5	4 (2.44%)	SQL Server 2008
6	3 (1.83%)	Apache Cassandra
7	2 (1.22%)	Couchbase
7	2 (1.22%)	PostgreSQL
8	1 (0.61%)	Big Data
8	1 (0.61%)	Relational Database
8	1 (0.61%)	SQLite

Development Applications
1	49 (29.88%)	Selenium
2	45 (27.44%)	Visual Studio
3	43 (26.22%)	Subversion
4	31 (18.90%)	Git (software)
5	29 (17.68%)	Eclipse
5	29 (17.68%)	Maven
6	21 (12.80%)	JMeter
7	16 (9.76%)	SoapUI
8	14 (8.54%)	Cucumber
8	14 (8.54%)	LoadRunner
8	14 (8.54%)	LoadUI
8	14 (8.54%)	Ranorex
9	13 (7.93%)	SpecFlow
10	12 (7.32%)	JIRA
11	11 (6.71%)	WebDriver
12	9 (5.49%)	TeamCity
13	7 (4.27%)	Jenkins
13	7 (4.27%)	Mercurial
14	6 (3.66%)	NUnit
15	4 (2.44%)	IntelliJ

General
1	28 (17.07%)	Finance
2	9 (5.49%)	Banking
3	7 (4.27%)	Games
4	5 (3.05%)	Advertising
4	5 (3.05%)	Telecoms
5	4 (2.44%)	Billing
5	4 (2.44%)	Marketing
6	2 (1.22%)	Electronics
6	2 (1.22%)	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 (24.39%)	Developer
2	34 (20.73%)	Software Engineer
3	29 (17.68%)	Analyst
4	25 (15.24%)	Test Analyst
5	21 (12.80%)	Test Engineer
6	17 (10.37%)	.NET Developer
6	17 (10.37%)	.NET Software Engineer
6	17 (10.37%)	Tester
7	14 (8.54%)	C# Software Engineer
8	13 (7.93%)	Java Engineer
8	13 (7.93%)	Java Software Engineer
8	13 (7.93%)	Senior Developer
9	12 (7.32%)	Automation Test Analyst
10	10 (6.10%)	Software Tester
11	8 (4.88%)	Automation Tester
11	8 (4.88%)	Full Stack Developer
11	8 (4.88%)	Java Developer
11	8 (4.88%)	QA Tester
11	8 (4.88%)	Software QA Tester
11	8 (4.88%)	Technical Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	65 (39.63%)	.NET
2	52 (31.71%)	ASP.NET
3	45 (27.44%)	ASP.NET MVC
4	43 (26.22%)	RESTful
5	41 (25.00%)	ASP.NET Web API
5	41 (25.00%)	Web Services
6	37 (22.56%)	REST
6	37 (22.56%)	SOAP
7	36 (21.95%)	.NET Framework
8	35 (21.34%)	Spring
9	33 (20.12%)	HTML
10	29 (17.68%)	EJB
10	29 (17.68%)	Hibernate
10	29 (17.68%)	Java SE
11	26 (15.85%)	CSS
11	26 (15.85%)	Middleware
12	20 (12.20%)	WCF
13	14 (8.54%)	AngularJS
14	12 (7.32%)	CSS3
14	12 (7.32%)	KnockoutJS

Miscellaneous
1	38 (23.17%)	User Experience
2	24 (14.63%)	Mainframe
3	14 (8.54%)	Analytical Skills
4	9 (5.49%)	Computer Science
5	6 (3.66%)	Mobile App
6	4 (2.44%)	Enterprise Software
6	4 (2.44%)	Fintech
6	4 (2.44%)	Greenfield Project
7	3 (1.83%)	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 (7.32%)	Windows
2	8 (4.88%)	Linux
3	5 (3.05%)	Unix
4	4 (2.44%)	Ubuntu
5	3 (1.83%)	Mac OS
5	3 (1.83%)	OpenBSD
5	3 (1.83%)	Windows Server
6	2 (1.22%)	Android
6	2 (1.22%)	VMS
7	1 (0.61%)	CentOS
7	1 (0.61%)	Debian

Processes & Methodologies
1	103 (62.80%)	Agile Software Development
2	53 (32.32%)	MVC
3	51 (31.10%)	TDD
4	47 (28.66%)	BDD
5	43 (26.22%)	Scrum
5	43 (26.22%)	Unit Testing
6	40 (24.39%)	Software Engineering
7	32 (19.51%)	Continuous Deployment
8	31 (18.90%)	Customer Insight
8	31 (18.90%)	Performance Optimisation
9	24 (14.63%)	Digital Transformation Programme
10	20 (12.20%)	Test Scripting
10	20 (12.20%)	Test Strategy
11	18 (10.98%)	Continuous Integration
12	17 (10.37%)	Mentoring
13	16 (9.76%)	User Acceptance Testing
14	14 (8.54%)	DevOps
14	14 (8.54%)	Web Development
15	13 (7.93%)	Manual Testing
15	13 (7.93%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	77 (46.95%)	C#
2	52 (31.71%)	Java
3	37 (22.56%)	SQL
4	30 (18.29%)	JavaScript
5	12 (7.32%)	Python
6	5 (3.05%)	PHP
6	5 (3.05%)	PowerShell
7	3 (1.83%)	C
7	3 (1.83%)	Go
7	3 (1.83%)	Ruby
8	2 (1.22%)	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	17 (10.37%)	ISTQB
2	16 (9.76%)	Degree
3	10 (6.10%)	ITIL Certification
4	5 (3.05%)	ISEB
5	3 (1.83%)	Computer Science Degree
5	3 (1.83%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	30 (18.29%)	QA
2	29 (17.68%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
2	29 (17.68%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	1 (0.61%)	Def Stans

System Software
1	4 (2.44%)	Docker
2	3 (1.83%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	4 (2.44%)	Terraform
2	3 (1.83%)	HAProxy
3	2 (1.22%)	Opscode Chef
3	2 (1.22%)	Puppet
4	1 (0.61%)	Ansible
4	1 (0.61%)	HP Quality Center
4	1 (0.61%)	Packer

Vendors
1	30 (18.29%)	IBM
2	16 (9.76%)	Microsoft
3	15 (9.15%)	Atlassian
4	7 (4.27%)	Oracle
5	5 (3.05%)	Cisco
6	4 (2.44%)	Red Hat
7	3 (1.83%)	VMware
8	2 (1.22%)	TOWER Software
9	1 (0.61%)	HP
9	1 (0.61%)	Perforce
9	1 (0.61%)	SAP