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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 53 30 41
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +11
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 5 22 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norwich 1.420% 5.820% 1.799%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.969% 9.362% 2.232%
Number of salaries quoted 3 20 2
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -17.64%
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Norwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
254 235 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norwich 72.16% 62.17% 80.58%
Number of salaries quoted 235 199 160
Average salary £32,500 £36,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.95% -12.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Norfolk

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Norwich 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 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Test Management
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Web Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) MS Project
2 4 (66.67%) JIRA
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Selenium
2 4 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Bugzilla
2 4 (66.67%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) ISEB
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Internet
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (33.33%) Mercator
4 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 1 (16.67%) V-Model

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Norwich 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 4 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) WCF
3 1 (16.67%) WPF
3 1 (16.67%) Silverlight
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
1 4 (66.67%) Selenium
1 4 (66.67%) Bugzilla
2 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Test Management
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Web Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 1 (16.67%) V-Model
5 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Mercator
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle