Test Scripting Jobs in the Midlands

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 268 266
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -40
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 50 58 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.43% 0.61% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.63% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 48 52 80
10th Percentile - £31,250 £26,925
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,313 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £73,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,500 - £55,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,632 9,223 10,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.39% 96.61% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,123 4,620 6,979
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,100 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the Midlands

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the Midlands

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the Midlands

Test Scripting
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +24 47 £45,000 -18.18% 10
East Midlands -22 3 £34,500 -1.43% 7
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (2.00%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (2.00%) SAP MDG
2 1 (2.00%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.00%) Azure
2 5 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) Apigee
3 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.00%) GitHub
3 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) HTTP
1 2 (4.00%) Internet
1 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) DynamoDB
1 5 (10.00%) Relational Database
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (18.00%) Postman
2 5 (10.00%) MSTest
2 5 (10.00%) SoapUI
3 2 (4.00%) Git
3 2 (4.00%) Selenium
3 2 (4.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.00%) Appium
4 1 (2.00%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.00%) GitLab
4 1 (2.00%) JUnit
4 1 (2.00%) LSMW
4 1 (2.00%) TestNG
4 1 (2.00%) Zephyr
General
1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (22.00%) Finance
4 5 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Automotive
5 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Billing
6 1 (2.00%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.00%) Law
6 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) Analyst
2 11 (22.00%) Senior
3 10 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Consultant
4 6 (12.00%) Tester
5 5 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (6.00%) Lead
7 3 (6.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 3 (6.00%) Software Tester
8 2 (4.00%) Active Directory Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Lead Consultant
8 2 (4.00%) Logistics Consultant
8 2 (4.00%) SAP Logistics Consultant
8 2 (4.00%) Systems Test Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Validation Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.00%) REST
2 5 (10.00%) JSON
2 5 (10.00%) SOAP
2 5 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (2.00%) .NET
3 1 (2.00%) Node.js
3 1 (2.00%) Playwright
3 1 (2.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Mobile App
1 14 (28.00%) Product Ownership
1 14 (28.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 27 (54.00%) Software Testing
3 25 (50.00%) Agile
4 22 (44.00%) Functional Testing
5 19 (38.00%) Security Testing
5 19 (38.00%) Test Strategy
6 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (34.00%) Regression Testing
6 17 (34.00%) SDLC
6 17 (34.00%) Test Planning
7 15 (30.00%) Performance Testing
7 15 (30.00%) Scenario Testing
7 15 (30.00%) Test Management
8 14 (28.00%) Computer Science
8 14 (28.00%) Data Management
8 14 (28.00%) Mentoring
8 14 (28.00%) Performance Metrics
8 14 (28.00%) Performance Monitoring
8 14 (28.00%) Resource Allocation
8 14 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.00%) SQL
2 6 (12.00%) C
2 6 (12.00%) Python
3 5 (10.00%) C#
3 5 (10.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (6.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.00%) Bash
5 2 (4.00%) Java
5 2 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) Degree
2 14 (28.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (16.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.00%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Grafana
1 1 (2.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.00%) Ariba
3 1 (2.00%) Concur
3 1 (2.00%) Denodo
3 1 (2.00%) Google
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle
3 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.00%) Splunk
3 1 (2.00%) Talend