The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 86 60 79
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +19
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 9 44 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.023% 3.531% 1.272%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.461% 4.944% 1.823%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 9
Average salary £27,000 £34,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.58% +19.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £40,000 £39,100
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
616 890 823
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 70.00% 71.43% 69.80%
Number of salaries quoted 537 734 733
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £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
South West

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cirencester -3 6 £27,000 -20.58%
Cheltenham -10 5 £26,000 -23.52%
Tewkesbury +4 4 £26,000 -23.52%
Stroud +1 4 £26,000 -23.52%
Gloucester -20 4 £26,000 -23.52%
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (63.33%) ISEB
3 13 (43.33%) Software Testing
4 12 (40.00%) Windows
5 10 (33.33%) SQL
5 10 (33.33%) Automated Testing
6 9 (30.00%) .NET
6 9 (30.00%) ISTQB
7 8 (26.67%) QA
7 8 (26.67%) Oracle
7 8 (26.67%) CRM
7 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
8 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
8 7 (23.33%) Billing
8 7 (23.33%) BizTalk Server
8 7 (23.33%) Waterfall
8 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (20.00%) Degree
9 6 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (20.00%) XML
9 6 (20.00%) Visual Studio
10 5 (16.67%) Unit Testing
11 4 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (13.33%) Manual Testing
11 4 (13.33%) V-Model
11 4 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (13.33%) XSD
11 4 (13.33%) XSLT
11 4 (13.33%) Java
11 4 (13.33%) Finance

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (30.00%) .NET
2 6 (20.00%) XML
3 4 (13.33%) XSD
3 4 (13.33%) XSLT
4 2 (6.667%) COM
4 2 (6.667%) SGML
5 1 (3.333%) ODBC
5 1 (3.333%) WCF
5 1 (3.333%) WPF
5 1 (3.333%) WF
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 7 (23.33%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.667%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (10.00%) TestDirector
4 2 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (6.667%) LoadRunner
5 1 (3.333%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 7 (23.33%) Billing
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (6.667%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.667%) Advertising
3 2 (6.667%) Military
3 2 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Analyst
2 13 (43.33%) Test Analyst
3 9 (30.00%) Test Leader
4 6 (20.00%) Tester
5 4 (13.33%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Systems Test Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Tester
6 3 (10.00%) Systems Tester
7 2 (6.667%) Graduate
7 2 (6.667%) Support Engineer
7 2 (6.667%) Test Engineer
8 1 (3.333%) Technical Leader
8 1 (3.333%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) EPoS
2 1 (3.333%) Statistics
2 1 (3.333%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 12 (40.00%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (10.00%) UNIX
3 3 (10.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Software Testing
2 10 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 8 (26.67%) CRM
4 7 (23.33%) Waterfall
5 6 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (16.67%) Unit Testing
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (13.33%) Manual Testing
7 4 (13.33%) V-Model
7 4 (13.33%) TDD
8 3 (10.00%) Service Management
8 3 (10.00%) ITIL
8 3 (10.00%) Software Deployment
9 2 (6.667%) Automation Testing
9 2 (6.667%) Performance Testing
9 2 (6.667%) ERP
9 2 (6.667%) Change Management
9 2 (6.667%) Regression Testing
10 1 (3.333%) Business Analysis
10 1 (3.333%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (13.33%) Java
3 3 (10.00%) C#
4 2 (6.667%) PL/SQL
4 2 (6.667%) C++
5 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.333%) VB
5 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) ISEB
2 9 (30.00%) ISTQB
3 6 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) QA
2 2 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.333%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) Altiris
3 3 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (3.333%) HP
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Because of steady repeat business and a healthy order book they are looking to hire a talented QA Software Tester with significant industry experience. Working with some of...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013