The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 47 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 2 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 0.797% 3.960% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.985% 4.734% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 0
Average salary £33,250 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.83% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
203 169 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 80.88% 83.66% 79.27%
Number of salaries quoted 197 160 128
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Bedfordshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedford Test Scripting Jobs Demand Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Bedford region.

Bedford Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Test Scripting 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 Test Scripting.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) ABAP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) BAPI
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SAP PI
2 2 (50.00%) iSeries
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
3 1 (25.00%) FormScape
3 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
3 1 (25.00%) EDI

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Test Scripting 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 Test Scripting. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) BAPI
1 2 (50.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (25.00%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 1 (25.00%) FormScape
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) ABAP Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Integration Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Integration Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft