The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 17 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 Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 4.938% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.018% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £36,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
57 39 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 70.37% 79.59% 61.11%
Number of salaries quoted 54 38 60
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £42,736
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -18.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Kent

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Maidstone region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Maidstone Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 14 (82.35%) MySQL
1 14 (82.35%) Linux
2 13 (76.47%) PHP
3 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
3 8 (47.06%) QA
4 7 (41.18%) Selenium
4 7 (41.18%) CentOS
4 7 (41.18%) Degree
4 7 (41.18%) PHPUnit
4 7 (41.18%) Scrum
4 7 (41.18%) Extreme Programming
4 7 (41.18%) Information Security
4 7 (41.18%) Apache
4 7 (41.18%) SQL
5 6 (35.29%) Perl
5 6 (35.29%) ISEB
5 6 (35.29%) UNIX
6 5 (29.41%) Retail
7 4 (23.53%) E-Commerce
7 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
7 4 (23.53%) Integration Testing
8 3 (17.65%) Test Management
8 3 (17.65%) Java
9 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (5.882%) VB6
9 1 (5.882%) DAO
9 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
9 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (5.882%) Workflow
9 1 (5.882%) LAMP

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 1 (5.882%) .NET
1 1 (5.882%) LAMP
1 1 (5.882%) DAO
1 1 (5.882%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (82.35%) MySQL
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) MS Access
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Selenium
1 7 (41.18%) PHPUnit
2 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (29.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
1 8 (47.06%) Test Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) QA Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) QA Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 14 (82.35%) Linux
2 7 (41.18%) CentOS
3 6 (35.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
2 7 (41.18%) Scrum
2 7 (41.18%) Extreme Programming
2 7 (41.18%) Information Security
3 4 (23.53%) E-Commerce
3 4 (23.53%) Integration Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Test Management
5 1 (5.882%) MVVM
5 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.882%) Workflow
5 1 (5.882%) Use Case
5 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) PHP
2 7 (41.18%) SQL
3 6 (35.29%) Perl
4 3 (17.65%) Java
5 1 (5.882%) VB
5 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
5 1 (5.882%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 6 (35.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) HP