The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 20 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank - 36 49
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 0 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon - 3.257% 0.726%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 4.274% 1.240%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 3
Average salary - £30,750 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +30.85%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
177 234 242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 63.67% 76.22% 58.60%
Number of salaries quoted 145 194 196
Average salary £33,750 £37,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +20.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,500 £24,100
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 19 (100.00%) ISEB
1 19 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 19 (100.00%) QA
2 18 (94.74%) HTTP
2 18 (94.74%) Web Services
3 16 (84.21%) HND
3 16 (84.21%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) Time Management
4 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.263%) SpecFlow
5 1 (5.263%) Cucumber
5 1 (5.263%) BDD
5 1 (5.263%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Scrum
5 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
5 1 (5.263%) XML
5 1 (5.263%) C
5 1 (5.263%) C#
5 1 (5.263%) SQL
5 1 (5.263%) .NET
5 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 18 (94.74%) Web Services
2 1 (5.263%) XML
2 1 (5.263%) .NET
2 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (94.74%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Cucumber
1 1 (5.263%) SpecFlow
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Software Engineer
1 16 (84.21%) Test Engineer
1 16 (84.21%) Software Test Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Team Leader
2 6 (31.58%) Senior Test Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Senior Software Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Test Team Leader
2 6 (31.58%) Senior Software Test Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Software Team Leader
4 1 (5.263%) Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Test Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) QA Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
1 2 (10.53%) Time Management
2 1 (5.263%) BDD
2 1 (5.263%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
2 1 (5.263%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C
1 1 (5.263%) C#
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) ISEB
1 19 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 16 (84.21%) Degree
2 16 (84.21%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (100.00%) QA
Exeter, Devon
Any experience with the following is highly desirable; Quality Assurance and Testing experience; Experience with .NET, C#, VB.NET, VB6, SQL Server, you will be ISEB or ISTQB...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 17 May 2013