The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 18 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 117 90 77
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -13
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 8 15 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.426% 1.027% 2.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.607% 1.582% 3.240%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 36
Average salary £29,500 £45,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.44% +57.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1317 948 1142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 70.13% 64.89% 64.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1120 845 1018
Average salary £43,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.17% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Burford - 4 £26,000 -
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 17 (70.83%) Manual Testing
2 13 (54.17%) SQL
3 11 (45.83%) QA
4 10 (41.67%) Automated Testing
5 9 (37.50%) C#
5 9 (37.50%) ISEB
6 8 (33.33%) Java
6 8 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 8 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
7 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 5 (20.83%) Oracle
8 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
8 5 (20.83%) HP
8 5 (20.83%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (20.83%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (16.67%) V-Model
9 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
9 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (16.67%) Selenium
9 4 (16.67%) Degree
9 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (16.67%) TDD
9 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (16.67%) Visual Studio
9 4 (16.67%) XML
9 4 (16.67%) XSD
9 4 (16.67%) XSLT
10 3 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (12.50%) FitNesse
10 3 (12.50%) ISTQB

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (16.67%) XML
1 4 (16.67%) XSD
1 4 (16.67%) XSLT
2 2 (8.333%) HTML
2 2 (8.333%) CSS
3 1 (4.167%) .NET
3 1 (4.167%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.67%) Selenium
3 3 (12.50%) FitNesse
3 3 (12.50%) Cucumber
3 3 (12.50%) Concordion
4 2 (8.333%) JIRA
4 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (4.167%) LoadRunner
5 1 (4.167%) Bugzilla
5 1 (4.167%) TestDirector
5 1 (4.167%) WATIR
5 1 (4.167%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
1 1 (4.167%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 8 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 8 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Tester
3 7 (29.17%) Test Team Leader
3 7 (29.17%) Team Leader
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Tester
4 5 (20.83%) QA Leader
5 4 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) QA Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Systems Test Analyst
5 4 (16.67%) Senior Test Manager
5 4 (16.67%) Senior QA Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior QA Manager
5 4 (16.67%) Test Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior Manager
5 4 (16.67%) QA Manager
5 4 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Graduate
6 2 (8.333%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.167%) Open Source
2 1 (4.167%) SaaS
2 1 (4.167%) W3C
2 1 (4.167%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) Windows
1 1 (4.167%) Windows XP
1 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
1 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
1 1 (4.167%) Windows 8
1 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Manual Testing
2 10 (41.67%) Automated Testing
3 8 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 5 (20.83%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 4 (16.67%) V-Model
5 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (16.67%) TDD
5 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.333%) Regression Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 2 (8.333%) Project Planning
6 2 (8.333%) Security Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Test Management
7 1 (4.167%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.167%) Test Strategy
7 1 (4.167%) System Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Performance Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) SQL
2 9 (37.50%) C#
3 8 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (8.333%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.167%) VB
5 1 (4.167%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) ISEB
2 4 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) QA
2 1 (4.167%) 21 CFR Part 11
Systems Management
1 8 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
1 5 (20.83%) HP
2 1 (4.167%) TOWER Software
2 1 (4.167%) Siebel