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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 64 51 46
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -5
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 3 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.472% 1.923% 2.287%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.600% 2.535% 3.503%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 7
Average salary £34,000 £25,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,800 £31,503 £30,800
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
500 355 314
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 78.62% 75.85% 65.28%
Number of salaries quoted 460 338 290
Average salary £38,000 £39,160 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.96% +4.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Test Scripting Salary Trend

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Bath -12 2 £33,500 +34.00%
Street - 1 £35,000 -
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Test Management
2 5 (41.67%) Selenium
2 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Retail
2 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Software Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 4 (33.33%) ISEB
3 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) WebLOAD
4 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (25.00%) QA
5 2 (16.67%) Automated Testing
5 2 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (8.333%) WebDriver
6 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
6 1 (8.333%) EPoS
6 1 (8.333%) HTTP
6 1 (8.333%) Delphi
6 1 (8.333%) HTML
6 1 (8.333%) Java
6 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
6 1 (8.333%) SQL
6 1 (8.333%) .NET
6 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
6 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (8.333%) HTML
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
1 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
1 1 (8.333%) CSS
1 1 (8.333%) WinForms
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Selenium
2 3 (25.00%) WebLOAD
3 2 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (8.333%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Applications Manager
3 2 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) QA Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Automated Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Test Leader
4 1 (8.333%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Web Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Web Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Test Management
2 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Software Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (16.67%) Automated Testing
6 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
6 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) Delphi
1 1 (8.333%) Java
1 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB
2 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA