The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 80 59 81
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +22
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 36 33 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.148% 2.271% 0.977%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.882% 3.284% 1.528%
Number of salaries quoted 29 32 7
Average salary £44,000 £29,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+51.72% +20.83%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1249 1005 851
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.52% 69.17% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1055 876 728
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 22 (46.81%) Finance
2 16 (34.04%) QA
2 16 (34.04%) System Testing
3 15 (31.91%) SQL
4 13 (27.66%) Project Management
4 13 (27.66%) CGI
4 13 (27.66%) ERP
4 13 (27.66%) Automated Testing
4 13 (27.66%) Local Government
4 13 (27.66%) Back Office
5 12 (25.53%) SQL Server
6 10 (21.28%) ISEB
6 10 (21.28%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (19.15%) Integration Testing
7 9 (19.15%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (17.02%) Selenium
8 8 (17.02%) .NET
9 7 (14.89%) C#
9 7 (14.89%) Scrum
9 7 (14.89%) Manual Testing
10 6 (12.77%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (12.77%) Performance Testing
10 6 (12.77%) ASP.NET
11 5 (10.64%) CSS
11 5 (10.64%) HTML
11 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
11 5 (10.64%) WCF
11 5 (10.64%) Web Development
11 5 (10.64%) Unit Testing
11 5 (10.64%) Test Management

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 13 (27.66%) CGI
2 8 (17.02%) .NET
3 6 (12.77%) ASP.NET
4 5 (10.64%) CSS
4 5 (10.64%) WCF
4 5 (10.64%) HTML
5 4 (8.511%) Web Services
6 3 (6.383%) WinForms
6 3 (6.383%) Ajax
7 2 (4.255%) jQuery
7 2 (4.255%) soapUI
7 2 (4.255%) XML
7 2 (4.255%) SOAP
8 1 (2.128%) Middleware
8 1 (2.128%) SAP XI
8 1 (2.128%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) Apache
1 2 (4.255%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.128%) MQSeries
2 1 (2.128%) WebLogic Integration
2 1 (2.128%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) PeopleSoft HRMS
1 1 (2.128%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.128%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.255%) HTTP
2 1 (2.128%) LAN
2 1 (2.128%) WAN
2 1 (2.128%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.128%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Selenium
2 4 (8.511%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (6.383%) TestDirector
4 1 (2.128%) TestComplete
General
1 22 (46.81%) Finance
2 13 (27.66%) Back Office
2 13 (27.66%) Local Government
3 2 (4.255%) Advertising
4 1 (2.128%) Banking
4 1 (2.128%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (36.17%) Analyst
2 14 (29.79%) Consultant
3 13 (27.66%) ERP Consultant
4 10 (21.28%) Test Analyst
5 9 (19.15%) Principle Consultant
6 8 (17.02%) Developer
7 7 (14.89%) Business Analyst
8 5 (10.64%) Procurement Consultant
8 5 (10.64%) .NET Developer
8 5 (10.64%) QA Engineer
9 4 (8.511%) IT Business Analyst
9 4 (8.511%) Functional Consultant
10 3 (6.383%) Systems Analyst
10 3 (6.383%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (6.383%) Senior Test Analyst
10 3 (6.383%) UAT Analyst
10 3 (6.383%) UAT Test Analyst
11 2 (4.255%) Manual Test Analyst
11 2 (4.255%) Test Leader
11 2 (4.255%) Manual Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.383%) AS400
2 3 (6.383%) Computer Science
3 2 (4.255%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.128%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.128%) CMDB
4 1 (2.128%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.383%) Windows
2 1 (2.128%) HPUX
2 1 (2.128%) Linux
2 1 (2.128%) SUSE
2 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) System Testing
2 13 (27.66%) ERP
2 13 (27.66%) Project Management
2 13 (27.66%) Automated Testing
3 10 (21.28%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (19.15%) Integration Testing
4 9 (19.15%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (14.89%) Scrum
5 7 (14.89%) Manual Testing
6 6 (12.77%) Performance Testing
7 5 (10.64%) Web Development
7 5 (10.64%) Unit Testing
7 5 (10.64%) Test Management
8 4 (8.511%) Business Analysis
8 4 (8.511%) Security Testing
9 3 (6.383%) Software Testing
9 3 (6.383%) E-Commerce
10 2 (4.255%) Software Engineering
10 2 (4.255%) Regression Testing
10 2 (4.255%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.91%) SQL
2 7 (14.89%) C#
3 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.255%) Java
5 1 (2.128%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.128%) C++
5 1 (2.128%) VB
5 1 (2.128%) ActionScript
5 1 (2.128%) FoxPro (VFP)
5 1 (2.128%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) ISEB
2 4 (8.511%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.255%) Degree
3 2 (4.255%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (34.04%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.128%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (6.383%) HP
2 2 (4.255%) Oracle
2 2 (4.255%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.128%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (2.128%) SAP
3 1 (2.128%) Citrix
3 1 (2.128%) BMC
3 1 (2.128%) TIBCO
3 1 (2.128%) Remedy
3 1 (2.128%) VMware
Birmingham, West Midlands
Responsibilities: - Plan and prioritise work for all incoming testing - Design detailed test cases - Perform test execution on various applications - Document and publish all test results to a defined...
Sand Resources
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Experience with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate... - JavaScript (JQuery, DOJO or any standard frameworks)... - Linux/Redhat Technologies. - Web Servers, IIS, Apache, configuration and implementation. - Virtualisation (VMWare/ESXI)...
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Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013