The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reigate region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 22 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 Reigate region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 53 53 28
Rank change year-on-year
0 -25
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 4 9 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 0.980% 2.320% 7.653%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.375% 2.778% 9.434%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 15
Average salary £36,250 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.68% +26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,850 £43,300 £27,200
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £55,500 £40,600
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reigate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
291 324 159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 71.32% 83.51% 81.12%
Number of salaries quoted 278 316 155
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +29.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £57,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Surrey

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reigate 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 Reigate region.

Reigate Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Reigate region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reigate Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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 19 (73.08%) Scrum
2 15 (57.69%) .NET
3 14 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (53.85%) TDD
4 13 (50.00%) SQL
4 13 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 11 (42.31%) HP
5 11 (42.31%) VBScript
5 11 (42.31%) VB
5 11 (42.31%) Regression Testing
5 11 (42.31%) Software Testing
5 11 (42.31%) .NET Framework
5 11 (42.31%) Test Automation
5 11 (42.31%) HP Quality Center
5 11 (42.31%) Waterfall
5 11 (42.31%) BDD
5 11 (42.31%) ATDD
6 10 (38.46%) ISEB
7 9 (34.62%) QA
8 8 (30.77%) Degree
9 7 (26.92%) CentOS
9 7 (26.92%) Linux
9 7 (26.92%) Extreme Programming
9 7 (26.92%) Information Security
9 7 (26.92%) MySQL
10 6 (23.08%) UNIX
10 6 (23.08%) Perl
10 6 (23.08%) PHP
11 4 (15.38%) C#
11 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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 (57.69%) .NET
2 11 (42.31%) .NET Framework
3 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET
4 3 (11.54%) WPF
5 1 (3.846%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) MySQL
2 3 (11.54%) TOAD
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.846%) QARun
3 1 (3.846%) TestDirector
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (11.54%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Test Engineer
2 7 (26.92%) QA Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Test Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Test Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Software Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Systems Test Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Lead Test Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) CentOS
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
2 6 (23.08%) UNIX
3 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) Scrum
2 14 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (53.85%) TDD
3 11 (42.31%) Regression Testing
3 11 (42.31%) Software Testing
3 11 (42.31%) Test Automation
3 11 (42.31%) Waterfall
3 11 (42.31%) BDD
3 11 (42.31%) ATDD
4 7 (26.92%) Extreme Programming
4 7 (26.92%) Information Security
5 3 (11.54%) Automated Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Refactoring
5 3 (11.54%) Web Testing
5 3 (11.54%) MVVM
6 2 (7.692%) Test Management
6 2 (7.692%) System Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Time Management
7 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) SQL
2 11 (42.31%) VBScript
2 11 (42.31%) VB
3 6 (23.08%) Perl
3 6 (23.08%) PHP
4 4 (15.38%) C#
5 1 (3.846%) C++
5 1 (3.846%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) ISEB
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 1 (3.846%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (34.62%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (42.31%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) HP
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft