The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 22 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 74 76 45
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -31
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 10 5 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 1.115% 0.683% 2.237%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.471% 1.027% 2.959%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 10
Average salary £33,250 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.76% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £39,400 £29,750
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £46,400 £49,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
680 487 338
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 75.81% 66.53% 75.62%
Number of salaries quoted 536 466 320
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Surrey

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Guildford Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 (66.67%) ISEB
1 14 (66.67%) Degree
2 13 (61.90%) Software Testing
3 12 (57.14%) Perl
4 10 (47.62%) Scrum
4 10 (47.62%) Automated Testing
5 9 (42.86%) QA
5 9 (42.86%) SQL
6 7 (33.33%) Extreme Programming
6 7 (33.33%) Information Security
6 7 (33.33%) MySQL
6 7 (33.33%) Windows
6 7 (33.33%) Linux
6 7 (33.33%) TDD
6 7 (33.33%) CentOS
7 6 (28.57%) Bash shell
7 6 (28.57%) Waterfall
7 6 (28.57%) ISTQB
7 6 (28.57%) XML
7 6 (28.57%) PHP
7 6 (28.57%) UNIX
7 6 (28.57%) Games
7 6 (28.57%) Python
8 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
8 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
9 3 (14.29%) Java
9 3 (14.29%) Swing
10 2 (9.524%) ITIL
10 2 (9.524%) JUnit
10 2 (9.524%) C#

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 6 (28.57%) XML
2 3 (14.29%) Swing
3 1 (4.762%) .NET
3 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (9.524%) Big Data
2 2 (9.524%) Hadoop
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) JUnit
2 1 (4.762%) WebDriver
2 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.762%) Selenium
2 1 (4.762%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (28.57%) Games
2 2 (9.524%) Electronics
2 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Analyst
1 8 (38.10%) Test Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) QA Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Technical Support
3 2 (9.524%) Technical Support Team Leader
3 2 (9.524%) Team Leader
3 2 (9.524%) Technical Team Leader
3 2 (9.524%) Support Team Leader
3 2 (9.524%) QA Leader
3 2 (9.524%) Agile Test Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Tester
4 1 (4.762%) Software Tester
4 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Client/Server
1 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.762%) Physics
2 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
1 7 (33.33%) Linux
1 7 (33.33%) CentOS
2 6 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Software Testing
2 10 (47.62%) Scrum
2 10 (47.62%) Automated Testing
3 7 (33.33%) Extreme Programming
3 7 (33.33%) Information Security
3 7 (33.33%) TDD
4 6 (28.57%) Waterfall
5 2 (9.524%) ITIL
5 2 (9.524%) Project Management
5 2 (9.524%) Problem Management
5 2 (9.524%) Load Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
5 2 (9.524%) Cyber Security
5 2 (9.524%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) Perl
2 9 (42.86%) SQL
3 6 (28.57%) Bash shell
3 6 (28.57%) PHP
3 6 (28.57%) Python
4 3 (14.29%) Java
5 2 (9.524%) C#
6 1 (4.762%) C++
6 1 (4.762%) C
6 1 (4.762%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) ISEB
1 14 (66.67%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.762%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle