The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 23 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 Nottingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 67 73 84
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 22 13 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 2.338% 1.245% 1.237%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.961% 1.686% 1.556%
Number of salaries quoted 20 10 10
Average salary £32,500 £39,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +16.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,850 £33,750 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,100 £39,100 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
743 771 964
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 78.96% 73.85% 79.47%
Number of salaries quoted 649 633 747
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Nottinghamshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Nottingham Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 23 (71.88%) QA
2 19 (59.38%) C#
2 19 (59.38%) QuickTest Pro
3 17 (53.13%) Automated Testing
3 17 (53.13%) Test Automation
4 16 (50.00%) Finance
5 15 (46.88%) .NET
6 14 (43.75%) ASP.NET
6 14 (43.75%) HP
7 13 (40.63%) LoadRunner
7 13 (40.63%) SQL Server
7 13 (40.63%) Degree
7 13 (40.63%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (34.38%) HTML
8 11 (34.38%) Telecoms
9 10 (31.25%) XAML
9 10 (31.25%) XML
9 10 (31.25%) Digital Media
9 10 (31.25%) Mobile App
9 10 (31.25%) WatiN
9 10 (31.25%) Multithreading
9 10 (31.25%) WPF
9 10 (31.25%) LINQ
10 8 (25.00%) SQL
11 7 (21.88%) OO
11 7 (21.88%) ISEB
12 6 (18.75%) Software Testing
13 5 (15.63%) Selenium
13 5 (15.63%) FIX Protocol
13 5 (15.63%) Manual Testing

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 15 (46.88%) .NET
2 14 (43.75%) ASP.NET
3 11 (34.38%) HTML
4 10 (31.25%) XML
4 10 (31.25%) WPF
4 10 (31.25%) LINQ
5 5 (15.63%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (6.250%) .NET Framework
6 2 (6.250%) WCF
7 1 (3.125%) Gherkin
7 1 (3.125%) Silverlight
7 1 (3.125%) Ajax
7 1 (3.125%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.250%) IIS
2 1 (3.125%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.125%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (3.125%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle 11i
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (40.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.125%) DB2
2 1 (3.125%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 19 (59.38%) QuickTest Pro
2 13 (40.63%) LoadRunner
3 10 (31.25%) WatiN
4 5 (15.63%) Selenium
4 5 (15.63%) TestDirector
5 3 (9.375%) Jenkins
5 3 (9.375%) CruiseControl
5 3 (9.375%) JUnit
5 3 (9.375%) Visual Studio
6 2 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (3.125%) Cucumber
7 1 (3.125%) SpecFlow
7 1 (3.125%) TestComplete
7 1 (3.125%) FitNesse
General
1 16 (50.00%) Finance
2 11 (34.38%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.250%) Retail
4 1 (3.125%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.125%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.125%) General Ledger
4 1 (3.125%) Banking
4 1 (3.125%) Legal
4 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Developer
2 7 (21.88%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Tester
3 5 (15.63%) Test Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) QA Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Automation Tester
5 3 (9.375%) Senior Automation Tester
5 3 (9.375%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Lead Software Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior Tester
6 1 (3.125%) Junior Software Tester
6 1 (3.125%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) QA Leader
6 1 (3.125%) Automation Test Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Procurement Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (40.63%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (31.25%) Digital Media
2 10 (31.25%) Mobile App
3 3 (9.375%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.125%) Open Source
4 1 (3.125%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) UNIX
2 3 (9.375%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Automated Testing
1 17 (53.13%) Test Automation
2 10 (31.25%) Multithreading
3 7 (21.88%) OO
4 6 (18.75%) Software Testing
5 5 (15.63%) Manual Testing
6 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (9.375%) Integration Testing
8 2 (6.250%) CRM
8 2 (6.250%) ERP
8 2 (6.250%) OOP
8 2 (6.250%) Scrum
8 2 (6.250%) System Testing
8 2 (6.250%) Automation Testing
8 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.250%) Waterfall
9 1 (3.125%) User Stories
9 1 (3.125%) Test Management
9 1 (3.125%) Fault Management
9 1 (3.125%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (59.38%) C#
2 10 (31.25%) XAML
3 8 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (12.50%) VB
4 4 (12.50%) Java
4 4 (12.50%) C++
5 2 (6.250%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.125%) Progress 4GL
6 1 (3.125%) Smalltalk
6 1 (3.125%) Python
6 1 (3.125%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) ISEB
3 3 (9.375%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.125%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (71.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) HP
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle
Nottingham, East Midlands
Sound knowledge of C#, ASP .NET / SQL Server Web application design and programming is also essential along with experience in developing test scripts using HP Testing tools such...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Sound knowledge of C#, ASP .NET / SQL Server Web application design and programming is also essential along with experience in developing test scripts using HP Testing tools such...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013