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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 75 78 95
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 21 15 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 1.928% 1.279% 1.186%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.521% 1.730% 1.548%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 12
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 £22,500 £35,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £39,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
833 867 1098
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 76.49% 73.91% 76.62%
Number of salaries quoted 713 706 867
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,550
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Nottinghamshire Test Scripting Salary Histogram

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 Nottinghamshire 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
(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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottingham -2 17 £32,500 -16.66% 2
Worksop - 2 £22,500 - 1
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 25 (73.53%) QA
2 21 (61.76%) C#
3 20 (58.82%) QuickTest Pro
3 20 (58.82%) Automated Testing
4 19 (55.88%) Test Automation
5 17 (50.00%) .NET
5 17 (50.00%) ASP.NET
6 16 (47.06%) SQL Server
6 16 (47.06%) LoadRunner
6 16 (47.06%) HP
6 16 (47.06%) Finance
7 15 (44.12%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (41.18%) Degree
9 12 (35.29%) WPF
9 12 (35.29%) LINQ
9 12 (35.29%) Multithreading
9 12 (35.29%) WatiN
9 12 (35.29%) Digital Media
9 12 (35.29%) Mobile App
9 12 (35.29%) XAML
9 12 (35.29%) Telecoms
9 12 (35.29%) XML
9 12 (35.29%) HTML
10 9 (26.47%) SQL
11 8 (23.53%) ISEB
11 8 (23.53%) OO
12 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
13 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
13 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
14 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 17 (50.00%) .NET
1 17 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 12 (35.29%) WPF
2 12 (35.29%) LINQ
2 12 (35.29%) XML
2 12 (35.29%) HTML
3 4 (11.76%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (8.824%) .NET Framework
5 2 (5.882%) WCF
6 1 (2.941%) Silverlight
6 1 (2.941%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) IIS
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (47.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.941%) TOAD
2 1 (2.941%) DB2
Development Applications
1 20 (58.82%) QuickTest Pro
2 16 (47.06%) LoadRunner
3 12 (35.29%) WatiN
4 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
4 4 (11.76%) TestDirector
4 4 (11.76%) Selenium
5 3 (8.824%) Jenkins
5 3 (8.824%) CruiseControl
5 3 (8.824%) JUnit
6 2 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 12 (35.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.941%) Retail
3 1 (2.941%) General Ledger
3 1 (2.941%) Legal
3 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Developer
2 9 (26.47%) Tester
3 6 (17.65%) Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) Test Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) QA Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Test Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Test Automation Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Senior Automation Tester
6 3 (8.824%) Automation Tester
6 3 (8.824%) Software Tester
6 3 (8.824%) Senior Tester
6 3 (8.824%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Junior Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Procurement Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Software Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Automation Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Junior Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (35.29%) Digital Media
2 12 (35.29%) Mobile App
3 3 (8.824%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.941%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) UNIX
2 3 (8.824%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Automated Testing
2 19 (55.88%) Test Automation
3 12 (35.29%) Multithreading
4 8 (23.53%) OO
5 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Manual Testing
7 3 (8.824%) Waterfall
7 3 (8.824%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (8.824%) OOP
8 2 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.882%) Automation Testing
8 2 (5.882%) Integration Testing
9 1 (2.941%) Fault Management
9 1 (2.941%) Test Management
9 1 (2.941%) System Testing
9 1 (2.941%) User Stories
9 1 (2.941%) Project Management
9 1 (2.941%) CRM
9 1 (2.941%) E-Commerce
9 1 (2.941%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 21 (61.76%) C#
2 12 (35.29%) XAML
3 9 (26.47%) SQL
4 4 (11.76%) VB
4 4 (11.76%) Java
4 4 (11.76%) C++
5 1 (2.941%) Python
5 1 (2.941%) Smalltalk
5 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) Degree
2 8 (23.53%) ISEB
3 3 (8.824%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.941%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (73.53%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) HP
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.824%) Oracle
Worksop, East Midlands
Write manual test scripts to verify the performance and specifications of the software... Maintain and create product knowledge documentation for use within the test teamThe ideal candidate will...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 4 June 2013
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: 30 May 2013