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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 48 49 59
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 16 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 2.649% 1.863% 0.174%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.548% 2.813% 0.270%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
Average salary £38,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
451 320 370
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 74.67% 66.25% 64.46%
Number of salaries quoted 386 241 267
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset Test Scripting Salary Histogram

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bournemouth +6 8 £55,000 -
Weymouth -11 5 £30,000 -
Poole - 2 £25,000 -
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 (57.58%) SQL
1 19 (57.58%) Oracle
2 16 (48.48%) Finance
2 16 (48.48%) QA
3 14 (42.42%) Performance Testing
4 13 (39.39%) ITIL
4 13 (39.39%) ISEB
5 12 (36.36%) Retail
6 11 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 10 (30.30%) JMeter
7 10 (30.30%) Degree
7 10 (30.30%) JIRA
8 9 (27.27%) Load Testing
8 9 (27.27%) Unit Testing
8 9 (27.27%) Integration Testing
8 9 (27.27%) Incident Management
8 9 (27.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 9 (27.27%) Shell Script
8 9 (27.27%) Perl
8 9 (27.27%) UNIX
8 9 (27.27%) Windows
8 9 (27.27%) AIX
8 9 (27.27%) Solaris
8 9 (27.27%) Linux
8 9 (27.27%) Python
8 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
8 9 (27.27%) Test Automation
9 8 (24.24%) Time Management
9 8 (24.24%) Oracle Retail

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 Platforms
1 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS Office
1 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (3.030%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Extranet
2 2 (6.061%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) JMeter
1 10 (30.30%) JIRA
2 8 (24.24%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (18.18%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.030%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 16 (48.48%) Finance
2 12 (36.36%) Retail
3 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Analyst
2 12 (36.36%) Tester
3 11 (33.33%) QA Tester
4 9 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Applications Support
5 3 (9.091%) Systems Tester
5 3 (9.091%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Support Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) QA Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 2 (6.061%) Test Leader
6 2 (6.061%) Junior Tester
6 2 (6.061%) Non-Functional Tester
6 2 (6.061%) Senior Support Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Junior
6 2 (6.061%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Performance Tester
7 1 (3.030%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) UNIX
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
1 9 (27.27%) AIX
1 9 (27.27%) Solaris
1 9 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Performance Testing
2 13 (39.39%) ITIL
3 11 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Incident Management
4 9 (27.27%) Load Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Unit Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Integration Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 8 (24.24%) Time Management
6 6 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (15.15%) OOP
7 5 (15.15%) OO
8 4 (12.12%) Problem Management
9 3 (9.091%) Business Analysis
9 3 (9.091%) Test Strategy
10 2 (6.061%) Workflow
10 2 (6.061%) GAP Analysis
10 2 (6.061%) Use Case
11 1 (3.030%) System Testing
11 1 (3.030%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 19 (57.58%) SQL
2 9 (27.27%) Python
2 9 (27.27%) Shell Script
2 9 (27.27%) Perl
3 5 (15.15%) C#
3 5 (15.15%) Java
4 2 (6.061%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) ISEB
2 10 (30.30%) Degree
3 1 (3.030%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (48.48%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (27.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Oracle
2 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.030%) Kronos
3 1 (3.030%) Fiserv
Bournemouth, Dorset
Coming into a role focussing on the technical performance testing of high transactional trading technology, the Non-Functional Test Analyst must have experience of testing a transactional or...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013