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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 11 15 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 3 15 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 10.71% 19.23% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% 24.59% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 0
Average salary £22,500 £28,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
21 61 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 75.00% 78.21% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 21 51 13
Average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,900 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,000 £34,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Ross-on-Wye -3 3 £22,500 -
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) ISEB
2 5 (62.50%) Regression Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) MS Office
3 3 (37.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
4 2 (25.00%) C++
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (25.00%) COM
4 2 (25.00%) HP
4 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) JIRA
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (12.50%) QA

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 (75.00%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) COM
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Tester
2 3 (37.50%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Regression Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ISEB
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) HP