The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 65 43 66
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +23
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 6 30 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.870% 3.484% 0.410%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.235% 5.051% 0.628%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 3
Average salary £27,500 £31,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.29% +19.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £31,000 £24,400
10% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £40,000 £29,200
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
486 594 478
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 70.43% 68.99% 65.30%
Number of salaries quoted 434 478 383
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Test Scripting Salary Trend

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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Tyne and Wear -23 6 £27,500 -11.29%
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 11 (84.62%) QA
2 7 (53.85%) Validation
3 6 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Integration Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Finance
4 5 (38.46%) ISEB
5 4 (30.77%) Scrum
5 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
5 4 (30.77%) ISTQB
6 3 (23.08%) ISEB Practitioner
6 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (23.08%) System Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
6 3 (23.08%) TDD
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 3 (23.08%) RDF
6 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
7 2 (15.38%) RAD
7 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) Selenium
8 1 (7.692%) Release Management
8 1 (7.692%) Security Testing
8 1 (7.692%) Social Network
8 1 (7.692%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (7.692%) General Ledger

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 (7.692%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle EBS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
2 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.692%) MSTest
2 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) General Ledger
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Law
2 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Test Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Tester
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Test Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Procurement Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Testing Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Social Network
1 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
1 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Android
1 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.692%) UNIX
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Validation
2 6 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
3 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
3 5 (38.46%) Integration Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Scrum
4 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (23.08%) System Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
5 3 (23.08%) TDD
5 3 (23.08%) RDF
5 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
6 2 (15.38%) RAD
6 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
7 1 (7.692%) Release Management
7 1 (7.692%) Security Testing
7 1 (7.692%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) Ruby
1 1 (7.692%) Java
1 1 (7.692%) PHP
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) ISEB
2 4 (30.77%) ISTQB
3 3 (23.08%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (84.62%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be a key member of the Test team, participating in daily SCRUM meetings, liaising with Developers, Project Managers and other technical and none technical staff within...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £24000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Excellent benefit package
Posted: 9 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
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Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013