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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 53 40 61
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +21
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 15 23 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 2.149% 3.469% 2.445%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.935% 4.483% 3.466%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 20
Average salary £31,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,800 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,400 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
511 513 577
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 73.21% 77.38% 70.54%
Number of salaries quoted 448 477 535
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +5.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £23,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Northampton -8 14 £31,000 -17.33%
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 16 (44.44%) Windows
2 12 (33.33%) Finance
3 11 (30.56%) C#
3 11 (30.56%) ISEB
3 11 (30.56%) Project Management
4 10 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (25.00%) Selenium
5 9 (25.00%) QA
5 9 (25.00%) Mainframe
6 8 (22.22%) SQL
6 8 (22.22%) Software Testing
7 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (19.44%) Fault Management
7 7 (19.44%) Functional Testing
8 6 (16.67%) Wiki
8 6 (16.67%) JIRA
8 6 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
8 6 (16.67%) WebCenter
8 6 (16.67%) Content Management
8 6 (16.67%) Web Development
8 6 (16.67%) CMS
8 6 (16.67%) FatWire
8 6 (16.67%) Oracle
8 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
9 5 (13.89%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
9 5 (13.89%) Automated Testing
9 5 (13.89%) WebDriver
9 5 (13.89%) System Testing
9 5 (13.89%) Automation Testing

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 6 (16.67%) WebCenter
2 4 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.778%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (8.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.89%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (5.556%) DTS
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Selenium
2 6 (16.67%) JIRA
3 5 (13.89%) WebDriver
4 3 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (2.778%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Analyst
2 20 (55.56%) Test Analyst
3 8 (22.22%) Tester
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Systems Manager
5 3 (8.333%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.556%) Test Automation Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Financial Services Business Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Lead Test Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Test Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Software Tester
6 2 (5.556%) Systems Test Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Automation Specialist
7 1 (2.778%) Test Team Leader
7 1 (2.778%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.778%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 6 (16.67%) Wiki
3 3 (8.333%) SaaS
4 2 (5.556%) Computer Science
4 2 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Project Management
2 10 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (22.22%) Software Testing
4 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (19.44%) Fault Management
4 7 (19.44%) Functional Testing
5 6 (16.67%) Content Management
5 6 (16.67%) Web Development
6 5 (13.89%) Automated Testing
6 5 (13.89%) System Testing
6 5 (13.89%) Automation Testing
7 3 (8.333%) Test Automation
8 2 (5.556%) Scrum
8 2 (5.556%) Workflow
8 2 (5.556%) Validation
8 2 (5.556%) Manual Testing
9 1 (2.778%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (2.778%) Unit Testing
9 1 (2.778%) Integration Testing
9 1 (2.778%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 11 (30.56%) C#
2 8 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (30.56%) ISEB
2 4 (11.11%) ISTQB
3 3 (8.333%) CIPD
4 2 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (8.333%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (11.11%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) FatWire
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
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