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This section looks at the demand for Test Scripting (Test Scripts) skills within the Poole region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4444
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads118
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.463 %4.380 %
Salaries quoted018
Average minimum salary-£32,222
Average salary-£36,111
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,932£33,101
% change on same period last year-0.50 %
Poole IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Poole
Matching permanent IT job ads216411
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.116 %0.171 %
Salaries quoted196388
Average minimum salary£35,625£38,698
Average salary£39,727£42,588
% change on same period last year-6.71 %
Average maximum salary£43,829£46,479
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Test Scripting DorsetTest Scripting
Dorset

Test Scripting
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Poole region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Poole Test Scripting Demand Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Poole region.

Poole Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Poole 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.

114 (82.35 %)Java
114 (82.35 %)J2EE
114 (82.35 %)WebSphere
210 (58.82 %)WebLogic
210 (58.82 %)Validation
38 (47.06 %)Software Testing
46 (35.29 %)UNIX
54 (23.53 %)XML
54 (23.53 %)JMeter
54 (23.53 %)DMZ
54 (23.53 %)Tivoli
54 (23.53 %)JMX
54 (23.53 %)Python
54 (23.53 %)SNMP
54 (23.53 %)OpenView
54 (23.53 %)HP
54 (23.53 %)Ant
54 (23.53 %)JUnit
54 (23.53 %)SQL
54 (23.53 %)HttpUnit
62 (11.76 %)Windows
62 (11.76 %)IIS
71 (5.882 %)ISEB
71 (5.882 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (5.882 %)Systems Analysis
71 (5.882 %)Finance
71 (5.882 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (5.882 %)Release Management
71 (5.882 %)User Acceptance Testing

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Poole 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.

Poole IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (82.35 %)J2EE
114 (82.35 %)WebSphere
24 (23.53 %)XML
24 (23.53 %)JMX
Poole IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (58.82 %)WebLogic
22 (11.76 %)IIS
Poole IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)SNMP
14 (23.53 %)DMZ
Poole IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (23.53 %)Ant
14 (23.53 %)JUnit
14 (23.53 %)JMeter
14 (23.53 %)HttpUnit
Poole IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.882 %)Finance
Poole IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (58.82 %)Developer
110 (58.82 %)Java Developer
25 (29.41 %)Java Software Engineer
25 (29.41 %)Software Developer
25 (29.41 %)Software Engineer
25 (29.41 %)Java Software Developer
33 (17.65 %)Release Engineer
42 (11.76 %)Systems Tester
42 (11.76 %)Tester
51 (5.882 %)Test Manager
51 (5.882 %)Release Manager
51 (5.882 %)Test Engineer
Poole IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (35.29 %)UNIX
22 (11.76 %)Windows
Poole IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (58.82 %)Validation
28 (47.06 %)Software Testing
31 (5.882 %)Release Management
31 (5.882 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (5.882 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (5.882 %)Systems Analysis
Poole IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (82.35 %)Java
24 (23.53 %)SQL
24 (23.53 %)Python
Poole IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)ISEB
11 (5.882 %)ISEB Practitioner
Poole IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (23.53 %)OpenView
14 (23.53 %)Tivoli
Poole IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (23.53 %)HP