The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 19 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 52 60 48
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -12
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 8 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.961% 0.781% 0.299%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.332% 1.034% 0.418%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 1
Average salary £37,500 £31,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.96% +14.81%
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
343 387 239
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 84.07% 75.59% 71.56%
Number of salaries quoted 310 341 199
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £68,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Merseyside

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 17 (85.00%) SQL
2 15 (75.00%) .NET
2 15 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 15 (75.00%) C#
3 13 (65.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
3 13 (65.00%) Degree
3 13 (65.00%) Computer Science
3 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (65.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (65.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (65.00%) Mobile App
4 12 (60.00%) .NET Framework
4 12 (60.00%) VB
4 12 (60.00%) OO
4 12 (60.00%) N-Tier
4 12 (60.00%) VB6
5 10 (50.00%) Telerik
6 5 (25.00%) Selenium
7 4 (20.00%) TestComplete
7 4 (20.00%) Load Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Automated Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Regression Testing
7 4 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
8 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (5.000%) Finance
8 1 (5.000%) Web Testing
8 1 (5.000%) User Stories

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 15 (75.00%) .NET
1 15 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 13 (65.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
3 12 (60.00%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (65.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 13 (65.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Selenium
2 4 (20.00%) TestComplete
2 4 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (5.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Developer
2 10 (50.00%) Web Developer
2 10 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior Web Developer
4 6 (30.00%) .NET Developer
4 6 (30.00%) C# Developer
5 5 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (20.00%) Automated Test Analyst
6 4 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (20.00%) SQL Developer
6 4 (20.00%) Analyst
6 4 (20.00%) Test Analyst
7 3 (15.00%) Senior C# Developer
7 3 (15.00%) Senior .NET Developer
7 3 (15.00%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (15.00%) Senior SQL Developer
8 2 (10.00%) Manual Test Analyst
8 2 (10.00%) .NET Web Developer
9 1 (5.000%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (65.00%) Computer Science
1 13 (65.00%) Mobile App
2 12 (60.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) OO
2 4 (20.00%) Load Testing
2 4 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 4 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Web Testing
3 1 (5.000%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) SQL
2 15 (75.00%) C#
3 12 (60.00%) VB
3 12 (60.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (50.00%) Telerik
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