The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hereford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 23 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 Hereford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank - 10 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 0 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hereford - 18.75% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 27.27% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £28,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hereford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5 22 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hereford 55.56% 68.75% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 22 6
Average salary £45,000 £28,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% +26.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Herefordshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hereford 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 Hereford region.

Hereford Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hereford 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 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Automation Testing
2 2 (66.67%) COM
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Advertising
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hereford 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) COM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle