The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 120 115 147
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +32
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 26 36 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.083% 1.425% 0.958%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.389% 1.992% 1.259%
Number of salaries quoted 24 33 33
Average salary £37,500 £41,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.63% -7.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,950 £35,000 £30,400
10% offered a salary of more than £51,750 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1872 1807 2779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 77.97% 71.54% 76.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1426 1452 2233
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
East of England

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Hertfordshire Test Scripting Salary Histogram

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Watford - 6 £38,250 -
Welwyn Garden City -8 5 £37,500 +4.16% 1
Bishop's Stortford - 2 £41,000 -
Hertford - 2 £41,250 -
Rickmansworth -3 1 £40,000 -5.88%
Test Scripting
East of England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 25 (43.10%) HP Quality Center
2 24 (41.38%) ISEB
2 24 (41.38%) Integration Testing
3 21 (36.21%) SQL
3 21 (36.21%) MS Excel
4 20 (34.48%) QA
5 18 (31.03%) SAP
6 17 (29.31%) Java
7 16 (27.59%) MS Project
8 15 (25.86%) Finance
8 15 (25.86%) ISTQB
9 14 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 14 (24.14%) MS Visio
10 13 (22.41%) Manual Testing
11 12 (20.69%) V-Model
12 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
12 11 (18.97%) Oracle
12 11 (18.97%) Test Management
13 10 (17.24%) Software Testing
13 10 (17.24%) .NET
13 10 (17.24%) UNIX
13 10 (17.24%) SAP FI
14 9 (15.52%) QuickTest Pro
14 9 (15.52%) Web Services
14 9 (15.52%) SQL Server
14 9 (15.52%) SAP FI/CO
14 9 (15.52%) SAP CO
14 9 (15.52%) Test Automation
15 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (13.79%) Test Strategy

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 10 (17.24%) .NET
2 9 (15.52%) Web Services
3 6 (10.34%) XML
4 5 (8.621%) Hibernate
4 5 (8.621%) Spring
5 2 (3.448%) .NET Framework
5 2 (3.448%) HTML
5 2 (3.448%) CSS
5 2 (3.448%) HTML5
5 2 (3.448%) soapUI
6 1 (1.724%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.724%) WCF
6 1 (1.724%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.897%) IIS
3 3 (5.172%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (36.21%) MS Excel
2 16 (27.59%) MS Project
3 14 (24.14%) MS Visio
4 3 (5.172%) MS Office
5 2 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (17.24%) SAP FI
2 9 (15.52%) SAP FI/CO
2 9 (15.52%) SAP CO
3 6 (10.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (3.448%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.621%) LAN
1 5 (8.621%) SAN
2 2 (3.448%) HTTP
2 2 (3.448%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.07%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (6.897%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (6.897%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (3.448%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (10.34%) JUnit
3 5 (8.621%) Eclipse
3 5 (8.621%) ClearQuest
3 5 (8.621%) JIRA
4 4 (6.897%) Selenium
5 2 (3.448%) Git (software)
5 2 (3.448%) Ant
6 1 (1.724%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (25.86%) Finance
2 6 (10.34%) Retail
3 3 (5.172%) Law
4 1 (1.724%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Tester
2 14 (24.14%) Analyst
3 13 (22.41%) Test Analyst
4 9 (15.52%) Senior Tester
5 8 (13.79%) Test Leader
6 7 (12.07%) Developer
7 4 (6.897%) Junior
7 4 (6.897%) Consultant
7 4 (6.897%) Test Engineer
7 4 (6.897%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (6.897%) Technical Test Analyst
7 4 (6.897%) SAP Analyst
7 4 (6.897%) SAP Test Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) C# Developer
8 3 (5.172%) QA Engineer
8 3 (5.172%) Junior Tester
8 3 (5.172%) SAP Consultant
8 3 (5.172%) Senior Test Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) Applications Developer
8 3 (5.172%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.621%) PKI
2 3 (5.172%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.448%) SaaS
3 2 (3.448%) Kindle
3 2 (3.448%) Handset
4 1 (1.724%) EFT
4 1 (1.724%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.24%) UNIX
2 8 (13.79%) Windows
3 5 (8.621%) Windows XP
3 5 (8.621%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (41.38%) Integration Testing
2 14 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 13 (22.41%) Manual Testing
4 12 (20.69%) V-Model
5 11 (18.97%) Test Management
6 10 (17.24%) Software Testing
7 9 (15.52%) Test Automation
8 8 (13.79%) CRM
8 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (13.79%) Test Strategy
9 6 (10.34%) Data Migration
9 6 (10.34%) Regression Testing
9 6 (10.34%) Migration
9 6 (10.34%) Requirements Analysis
10 5 (8.621%) Usability Testing
10 5 (8.621%) UML
10 5 (8.621%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (8.621%) Automation Testing
11 4 (6.897%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (6.897%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) SQL
2 17 (29.31%) Java
3 8 (13.79%) JavaScript
3 8 (13.79%) PL/SQL
3 8 (13.79%) C#
4 6 (10.34%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.448%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.448%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 24 (41.38%) ISEB
2 15 (25.86%) ISTQB
3 5 (8.621%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (34.48%) QA
2 2 (3.448%) GMP
2 2 (3.448%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (8.621%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (43.10%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (31.03%) SAP
2 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.97%) Oracle
3 2 (3.448%) HP
3 2 (3.448%) Sage
3 2 (3.448%) Thunderhead
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
The scope of the intelligent trading programme is to add intelligence and automation into the processes and decisions that are taken daily within the commercial area.The Test...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 6 May 2013