The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 17 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 160 144 138
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -6
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 55 80 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.069% 1.304% 1.126%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.542% 1.864% 1.651%
Number of salaries quoted 25 73 39
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £49,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3567 4292 3513
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.33% 69.98% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2719 3622 2916
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bracknell -24 18 £40,000 -
Reading -23 14 £33,750 -15.62%
Slough -2 4 £33,000 +4.76%
Newbury +7 3 £35,000 +7.69%
Hungerford 0 1 £50,000 +66.66%
Windsor -2 1 £20,500 -51.19%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 54 (52.94%) Windows
2 51 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
3 48 (47.06%) ISEB
4 44 (43.14%) Finance
5 38 (37.25%) HP
6 34 (33.33%) Regression Testing
6 34 (33.33%) Test Automation
7 32 (31.37%) SC Cleared
7 32 (31.37%) Security Cleared
8 30 (29.41%) SQL
9 28 (27.45%) QA
10 27 (26.47%) SQL Server
10 27 (26.47%) Automated Testing
11 26 (25.49%) Telecoms
11 26 (25.49%) Active Directory
11 26 (25.49%) Windows Server 2003
12 23 (22.55%) Oracle
12 23 (22.55%) ISTQB
13 22 (21.57%) Fujitsu
13 22 (21.57%) Windows XP
13 22 (21.57%) Validation
13 22 (21.57%) Migration
13 22 (21.57%) Retail
14 21 (20.59%) LoadRunner
15 20 (19.61%) QuickTest Pro
16 19 (18.63%) VMware
16 19 (18.63%) Degree
16 19 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
16 19 (18.63%) Windows Server 2008
17 18 (17.65%) Windows 7

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 3 (2.941%) HTML
1 3 (2.941%) XML
2 2 (1.961%) .NET
2 2 (1.961%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.980%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 14 (13.73%) IIS
1 14 (13.73%) Tomcat
2 5 (4.902%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.922%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (12.75%) MS Excel
2 12 (11.76%) MS Office
3 2 (1.961%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.961%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.65%) WAN
1 18 (17.65%) LAN
2 12 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 10 (9.804%) NAS
4 8 (7.843%) IPv6
4 8 (7.843%) VLAN
5 6 (5.882%) ATM
6 1 (0.980%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.980%) 4G
6 1 (0.980%) LTE
6 1 (0.980%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.980%) VoIP
6 1 (0.980%) 3G
6 1 (0.980%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (26.47%) SQL Server
2 16 (15.69%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (2.941%) TOAD
4 1 (0.980%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 21 (20.59%) LoadRunner
2 20 (19.61%) QuickTest Pro
3 10 (9.804%) TestDirector
4 7 (6.863%) WinRunner
4 7 (6.863%) Selenium
5 5 (4.902%) SilkTest
5 5 (4.902%) JIRA
6 2 (1.961%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.961%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.980%) FitNesse
7 1 (0.980%) QARun
7 1 (0.980%) QADirector
7 1 (0.980%) WATIR
7 1 (0.980%) JMeter
7 1 (0.980%) TestPartner
General
1 44 (43.14%) Finance
2 26 (25.49%) Telecoms
3 22 (21.57%) Retail
4 5 (4.902%) Marketing
4 5 (4.902%) Banking
5 4 (3.922%) Advertising
6 2 (1.961%) Games
7 1 (0.980%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (50.00%) Analyst
2 47 (46.08%) Test Analyst
3 13 (12.75%) Senior Analyst
3 13 (12.75%) Test Engineer
3 13 (12.75%) Senior Test Analyst
4 11 (10.78%) Security Analyst
4 11 (10.78%) Tester
5 9 (8.824%) Consultant
5 9 (8.824%) Test Consultant
5 9 (8.824%) QA Engineer
5 9 (8.824%) Performance Test Consultant
6 6 (5.882%) Test Leader
6 6 (5.882%) QA Analyst
6 6 (5.882%) Applications Support
6 6 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (5.882%) QA Tester
7 5 (4.902%) QA Test Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Senior QA Engineer
8 4 (3.922%) Senior QA Tester
8 4 (3.922%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.863%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.902%) EPoS
2 5 (4.902%) EMV
2 5 (4.902%) Chip and PIN
2 5 (4.902%) APACS
2 5 (4.902%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (1.961%) Life Science
3 2 (1.961%) Social Media
4 1 (0.980%) Open Source
4 1 (0.980%) SaaS
4 1 (0.980%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.980%) IVR
4 1 (0.980%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 54 (52.94%) Windows
2 26 (25.49%) Windows Server 2003
3 22 (21.57%) Windows XP
4 19 (18.63%) Windows Server 2008
5 18 (17.65%) Windows 7
6 14 (13.73%) UNIX
7 5 (4.902%) Linux
8 1 (0.980%) AIX
8 1 (0.980%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 34 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 27 (26.47%) Automated Testing
3 22 (21.57%) Validation
3 22 (21.57%) Migration
4 18 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
5 16 (15.69%) Agile Software Development
5 16 (15.69%) Non-Functional Testing
6 14 (13.73%) System Testing
7 13 (12.75%) Change Management
8 11 (10.78%) Manual Testing
9 10 (9.804%) Product Management
10 8 (7.843%) Performance Testing
10 8 (7.843%) Software Testing
11 7 (6.863%) Business Analysis
11 7 (6.863%) Integration Testing
12 6 (5.882%) Data Analysis
12 6 (5.882%) Project Management
12 6 (5.882%) ERP
13 5 (4.902%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 30 (29.41%) SQL
2 9 (8.824%) VB
2 9 (8.824%) Java
3 8 (7.843%) C#
4 3 (2.941%) C++
4 3 (2.941%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.961%) Perl
5 2 (1.961%) PHP
5 2 (1.961%) Python
6 1 (0.980%) C
Qualifications
1 48 (47.06%) ISEB
2 32 (31.37%) SC Cleared
2 32 (31.37%) Security Cleared
3 23 (22.55%) ISTQB
4 19 (18.63%) Degree
5 2 (1.961%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (27.45%) QA
2 5 (4.902%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 19 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (15.69%) VMware ESX
3 16 (15.69%) VMware Workstation
4 11 (10.78%) NFS
Systems Management
1 51 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (9.804%) Legato
3 4 (3.922%) Netcool
3 4 (3.922%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 38 (37.25%) HP
2 23 (22.55%) Oracle
3 22 (21.57%) Fujitsu
4 19 (18.63%) VMware
5 15 (14.71%) Microsoft
6 10 (9.804%) Veritas
7 4 (3.922%) Hitachi
8 1 (0.980%) Ab Initio
8 1 (0.980%) Teradata
Berkshire, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 1 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Analyst your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Proven track record of testing complex user interfaces Thorough experience and understanding of structured test methods and...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Experience of automated test tools such as QA Run or Winrunner. Experience of testing Windows Software Applications and Database Applications produced using VB, C#, Access and SQL Server.
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
This position will be mainly software testing with a small amount of hardware testing and it will be 50% manual testing and 50% automated testing... * Familiarity with JScript,...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire
This is a great opportunity to work within rapidly growing team environment where you will participate in the creation and maintenance of Test Automation scripts using HP Quality...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £33,000 to £37,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Good Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
ISEB Foundation in Software Testing accreditation is preferred... Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Able to work with technologies such as HTML, XML, SQL and...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Skills: Current security clearance to SC Level, ISEB or ISTQB accreditation, planning / execution test experience, application testing experience, an understanding of MS Office and Windows Infrastructure and knowledge...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 13 May 2013