The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 22 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 Bournemouth region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 40 43 45
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 8 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bournemouth 2.768% 0.769% 0.321%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.774% 1.010% 0.493%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bournemouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
212 198 203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bournemouth 73.36% 76.15% 65.06%
Number of salaries quoted 183 141 109
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Dorset

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Bournemouth region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bournemouth Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bournemouth 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 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) LoadRunner
2 6 (60.00%) QA
3 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 5 (50.00%) C#
3 5 (50.00%) Java
3 5 (50.00%) OOP
3 5 (50.00%) OO
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (20.00%) HTTP
6 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (10.00%) System Testing
6 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (10.00%) Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bournemouth 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Applications Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) QA Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Performance Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 5 (50.00%) OOP
1 5 (50.00%) OO
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) System Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
1 5 (50.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center