The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 50 25 45
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +20
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 13 30 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.338% 7.335% 4.412%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.194% 10.10% 5.400%
Number of salaries quoted 8 28 26
Average salary £33,500 £30,500 £28,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.83% +7.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £24,000 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,500 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
407 297 500
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 73.20% 72.62% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 339 277 471
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
South Wales

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 6 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 6 (42.86%) ISEB
2 6 (42.86%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (42.86%) VBScript
2 6 (42.86%) VB
3 5 (35.71%) Finance
4 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Automated Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 3 (21.43%) ISTQB
5 3 (21.43%) Degree
5 3 (21.43%) Manual Testing
6 2 (14.29%) SQL
6 2 (14.29%) QA
6 2 (14.29%) Selenium
7 1 (7.143%) Load Testing
7 1 (7.143%) Web Testing
7 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (7.143%) WebDriver
7 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.143%) Test Strategy
7 1 (7.143%) JSON
7 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (7.143%) C#
7 1 (7.143%) ClearQuest
7 1 (7.143%) .NET
7 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
7 1 (7.143%) SOAP
7 1 (7.143%) XML

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 1 (7.143%) JSON
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) SOAP
1 1 (7.143%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (14.29%) Selenium
3 1 (7.143%) WebDriver
3 1 (7.143%) ClearQuest
3 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Analyst
2 10 (71.43%) Test Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Test Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Tester
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) QA Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) QA Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Quality Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 6 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Automated Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Manual Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Load Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Web Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.143%) Test Strategy
5 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) VBScript
1 6 (42.86%) VB
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (21.43%) ISTQB
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft