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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 34 27 33
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 5 30 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 2.273% 7.614% 1.633%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.788% 9.494% 2.469%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 1
Average salary £26,000 £34,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% -11.68%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
132 316 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 60.00% 80.20% 66.12%
Number of salaries quoted 126 223 134
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Gloucestershire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (78.57%) Automated Testing
3 9 (64.29%) ISEB
3 9 (64.29%) .NET
4 7 (50.00%) Oracle
4 7 (50.00%) SQL
4 7 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 7 (50.00%) Software Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (28.57%) Manual Testing
5 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (28.57%) V-Model
5 4 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (28.57%) TDD
5 4 (28.57%) XML
5 4 (28.57%) XSD
5 4 (28.57%) XSLT
5 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
6 3 (21.43%) Windows
6 3 (21.43%) Degree
7 2 (14.29%) Performance Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Automation Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Linux
7 2 (14.29%) COM
7 2 (14.29%) C#
7 2 (14.29%) C++
7 2 (14.29%) Java
7 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
8 1 (7.143%) UNIX

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 9 (64.29%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) XML
2 4 (28.57%) XSD
2 4 (28.57%) XSLT
3 2 (14.29%) COM
4 1 (7.143%) ODBC
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
1 4 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.143%) TestDirector
2 1 (7.143%) LoadRunner
2 1 (7.143%) Rational Functional Tester
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
1 9 (64.29%) Test Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Tester
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Tester
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Test Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Test Leader
5 2 (14.29%) Graduate
6 1 (7.143%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
3 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Automated Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (28.57%) Manual Testing
3 4 (28.57%) V-Model
3 4 (28.57%) TDD
4 2 (14.29%) Automation Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Software Deployment
5 1 (7.143%) ITIL
5 1 (7.143%) Service Management
5 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
3 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) ISEB
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix
3 1 (7.143%) Altiris