The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 21 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 50 58 52
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 4 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 0.932% 0.895% 0.759%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.146% 1.498% 1.084%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 4
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
349 267 369
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 81.35% 59.73% 70.02%
Number of salaries quoted 287 235 328
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 £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Derby +12 3 £35,000 +16.66%
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
3 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Vista
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) Cyber Security
3 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 6 (66.67%) IIS
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (66.67%) Biometrics
3 6 (66.67%) Smartcard
3 6 (66.67%) Identity Management
3 6 (66.67%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
4 2 (22.22%) XML
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) ISEB
4 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) System Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) WAI
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
5 1 (11.11%) Web Development
5 1 (11.11%) WPF
5 1 (11.11%) WF
5 1 (11.11%) Silverlight

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 2 (22.22%) XML
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) WPF
2 1 (11.11%) WF
2 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 6 (66.67%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) TOAD
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) TestDirector
1 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Biometrics
1 6 (66.67%) Smartcard
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Vista
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Security
1 6 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) System Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Management
3 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ISEB
3 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) WAI
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
Chesterfield, East Midlands
Software Tester/ Test Analyst - Derbyshire, East Midlands - £30kTester, ISEB, Documentation, Technical Author, Test Script.This award winning and highly successful organisation are looking for a Software Tester/Web...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £29000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Tester, ISEB, Documentation, Technical Author, Test Script... *Write manual test scripts, where required... The ability to investigate, Test and deliver software with knowledge of Web technologies such as ...
IT Ventures
Salary: £29000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013