The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Rickmansworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 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 Rickmansworth region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 25 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 2.963% 2.985% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.390% 3.279% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Rickmansworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
118 61 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 87.41% 91.04% 75.86%
Number of salaries quoted 108 36 20
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -22.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £37,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Hertfordshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rickmansworth 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 Rickmansworth region.

Rickmansworth Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Rickmansworth region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Rickmansworth Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 10 (90.91%) Java
1 10 (90.91%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) Manual Testing
2 9 (81.82%) V-Model
3 8 (72.73%) HP Quality Center
3 8 (72.73%) Finance
3 8 (72.73%) Oracle
3 8 (72.73%) PL/SQL
3 8 (72.73%) UNIX
4 6 (54.55%) QuickTest Pro
5 5 (45.45%) ClearQuest
5 5 (45.45%) Web Services
5 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (45.45%) Spring
5 5 (45.45%) PKI
5 5 (45.45%) Hibernate
5 5 (45.45%) UML
5 5 (45.45%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (45.45%) Eclipse
5 5 (45.45%) JUnit
5 5 (45.45%) JIRA
5 5 (45.45%) Usability Testing
5 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
6 3 (27.27%) WebLogic
7 2 (18.18%) CSS
7 2 (18.18%) HTML
7 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
7 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
7 2 (18.18%) HTTP
7 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 5 (45.45%) Web Services
1 5 (45.45%) Spring
1 5 (45.45%) Hibernate
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 2 (18.18%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (45.45%) ClearQuest
2 5 (45.45%) Eclipse
2 5 (45.45%) JUnit
2 5 (45.45%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Tester
2 8 (72.73%) Senior Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 2 (18.18%) QA Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Testing Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) PKI
2 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
2 2 (18.18%) Handset
2 2 (18.18%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) UNIX
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Manual Testing
1 9 (81.82%) V-Model
2 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) UML
2 5 (45.45%) Usability Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
3 2 (18.18%) MVC
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Web Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Java
1 10 (90.91%) SQL
2 8 (72.73%) PL/SQL
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (72.73%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle