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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 101 85 88
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +3
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 48 48 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.855% 2.277% 1.717%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.347% 2.873% 2.355%
Number of salaries quoted 46 43 23
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £26,700 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £47,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2045 1671 1359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.02% 79.27% 72.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1617 1428 1156
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leeds Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 78 (75.73%) QA
2 51 (49.51%) Test Management
3 41 (39.81%) Selenium
4 36 (34.95%) Test Automation
4 36 (34.95%) Agile Software Development
5 33 (32.04%) ISEB
6 28 (27.18%) QuickTest Pro
6 28 (27.18%) Cucumber
7 25 (24.27%) Logistics
7 25 (24.27%) Software Testing
8 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
9 21 (20.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 20 (19.42%) .NET
11 15 (14.56%) SQL Server
12 13 (12.62%) HTML
13 12 (11.65%) Manual Testing
13 12 (11.65%) Finance
13 12 (11.65%) Visual Studio
13 12 (11.65%) Web Services
14 11 (10.68%) ITIL
14 11 (10.68%) C#
14 11 (10.68%) SQL
14 11 (10.68%) MS Office
14 11 (10.68%) Team Foundation Server
15 10 (9.709%) HP Quality Center
15 10 (9.709%) ASP.NET
16 9 (8.738%) ISTQB
17 8 (7.767%) WebDriver
17 8 (7.767%) SOAP
17 8 (7.767%) Oracle

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 20 (19.42%) .NET
2 13 (12.62%) HTML
3 12 (11.65%) Web Services
4 10 (9.709%) ASP.NET
5 8 (7.767%) SOAP
6 6 (5.825%) WCF
6 6 (5.825%) WPF
7 5 (4.854%) XML
8 4 (3.883%) XML Schema
9 2 (1.942%) Swing
9 2 (1.942%) Hibernate
9 2 (1.942%) GWT
9 2 (1.942%) Qt
9 2 (1.942%) JavaFX
9 2 (1.942%) OSGi
9 2 (1.942%) Vaadin
9 2 (1.942%) JFace
10 1 (0.971%) Gherkin
Applications
1 11 (10.68%) MS Office
2 1 (0.971%) Mingle
2 1 (0.971%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.883%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.883%) FTP
2 1 (0.971%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.971%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (0.971%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (0.971%) DB2
2 1 (0.971%) MySQL
2 1 (0.971%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 41 (39.81%) Selenium
2 28 (27.18%) QuickTest Pro
2 28 (27.18%) Cucumber
3 12 (11.65%) Visual Studio
4 11 (10.68%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (7.767%) WebDriver
5 8 (7.767%) LoadRunner
6 4 (3.883%) JUnit
6 4 (3.883%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (2.913%) FitNesse
8 2 (1.942%) Eclipse
8 2 (1.942%) Subversion
8 2 (1.942%) DbUnit
8 2 (1.942%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (1.942%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.942%) JProfiler
8 2 (1.942%) Hudson
9 1 (0.971%) SpecFlow
General
1 12 (11.65%) Finance
2 4 (3.883%) Legal
3 1 (0.971%) Investment Banking
3 1 (0.971%) Retail Banking
3 1 (0.971%) Banking
3 1 (0.971%) Retail
3 1 (0.971%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (41.75%) Tester
2 38 (36.89%) Analyst
3 31 (30.10%) Test Analyst
3 31 (30.10%) Automated Tester
4 30 (29.13%) Web Tester
5 13 (12.62%) Test Manager
5 13 (12.62%) QA Analyst
6 11 (10.68%) QA Test Analyst
7 8 (7.767%) Developer
8 6 (5.825%) Senior C# Developer
8 6 (5.825%) Senior .NET Developer
8 6 (5.825%) .NET Developer
8 6 (5.825%) C# Developer
8 6 (5.825%) Senior Developer
8 6 (5.825%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (3.883%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.883%) Test Engineer
9 4 (3.883%) Senior Test Analyst
9 4 (3.883%) Software Tester
9 4 (3.883%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.883%) Credit Risk
2 3 (2.913%) Open Source
3 2 (1.942%) Client/Server
3 2 (1.942%) Chemistry
4 1 (0.971%) iSeries
4 1 (0.971%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.883%) UNIX
1 4 (3.883%) Linux
2 1 (0.971%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (49.51%) Test Management
2 36 (34.95%) Test Automation
2 36 (34.95%) Agile Software Development
3 25 (24.27%) Logistics
3 25 (24.27%) Software Testing
4 21 (20.39%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (11.65%) Manual Testing
6 11 (10.68%) ITIL
7 8 (7.767%) MVC
7 8 (7.767%) Agile Testing
8 7 (6.796%) Project Management
8 7 (6.796%) Scrum
8 7 (6.796%) System Testing
9 6 (5.825%) Unit Testing
9 6 (5.825%) OO
9 6 (5.825%) Waterfall
10 4 (3.883%) RAD
10 4 (3.883%) CRM
10 4 (3.883%) E-Commerce
10 4 (3.883%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.68%) C#
1 11 (10.68%) SQL
2 5 (4.854%) Java
3 2 (1.942%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.942%) PHP
4 1 (0.971%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.971%) C++
4 1 (0.971%) C
Qualifications
1 33 (32.04%) ISEB
2 9 (8.738%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.883%) Degree
4 2 (1.942%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (75.73%) QA
2 2 (1.942%) SLA
Systems Management
1 10 (9.709%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.767%) Oracle
3 7 (6.796%) HP
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for a Test Analyst with the following experience:-Proven testing background-Automation testing experience (strong plus)-Experience with UNIX/Linux and/or Java considered...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Senior Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Team Lead, Test Leader, automation, automated, Selenium, manual, functional, integration, UNIX, Linux, Java, ISEB, ISTQB, QuickTest...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Test Analyst will also have experience of SQL, system testing and web testing (XML & HTML)... ISEB Certified. System Testing. Web Testing (XML & HTML) Experience of working...
CoreCom Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
If you have a computer related degree, are skilled in SQL and looking to further your career in IT, we would like to hear from you! As a...
EMIS
Salary: £17,500 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They need someone to implement and maintain Automated Test systems, so you need excellent skills in maintaining, designing and building these systems. This role will involve working on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, Bradford, Yorkshire, York, Wakefield,...
Job Title: Java Developer Location: Yorkshire Key Skills: Java Developer, JUnit, Swing, Eclipse IDE My clients, a leader in their chosen field are seeking additional Java experience in...
CMA Group
Salary: £30,000 - £38,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013