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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 23 22 15
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 12 15 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 7.229% 7.500% 8.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.756% 10.27% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 5
Average salary £34,000 £29,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -25.62%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
123 146 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 74.10% 73.00% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 86 118 53
Average salary £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.70% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
West Yorkshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

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

Halifax Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 (73.08%) Finance
2 13 (50.00%) UML
2 13 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
3 10 (38.46%) QA
4 9 (34.62%) MS Office
5 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
6 5 (19.23%) Regression Testing
7 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (7.692%) Project Management
7 2 (7.692%) Test Strategy
8 1 (3.846%) Functional Testing
8 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
8 1 (3.846%) Web Services
8 1 (3.846%) XML
8 1 (3.846%) C
8 1 (3.846%) C#
8 1 (3.846%) HTML
8 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
8 1 (3.846%) VB
8 1 (3.846%) .NET
8 1 (3.846%) Oracle
8 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
8 1 (3.846%) Change Management
8 1 (3.846%) MVC
8 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.846%) Web Services
1 1 (3.846%) XML
1 1 (3.846%) HTML
1 1 (3.846%) .NET
1 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 9 (34.62%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (73.08%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (80.77%) Analyst
2 17 (65.38%) Business Analyst
3 13 (50.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 13 (50.00%) UML Business Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Test Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) QA Test Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) QA Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Test Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Tester
6 2 (7.692%) Financial Services Business Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Testing Specialist
7 1 (3.846%) Business Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) UML
1 13 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 5 (19.23%) Regression Testing
3 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (7.692%) Project Management
3 2 (7.692%) Test Strategy
4 1 (3.846%) Functional Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Change Management
4 1 (3.846%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) C
1 1 (3.846%) C#
1 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.846%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle
Halifax, West Yorkshire
A financial services organisation with offices around the globe is looking for a Business Analyst who has worked in a software related environment to join their professional services...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013