The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 19 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 201 160 164
Rank change year-on-year
-41 +4
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 270 363 342
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 1.224% 1.519% 1.437%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.699% 2.075% 2.039%
Number of salaries quoted 228 331 290
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,700 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,350
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
15889 17498 16770
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 72.03% 73.22% 70.46%
Number of salaries quoted 12990 14918 14408
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire +22 77 £34,000 -9.33% 6
Surrey -18 55 £38,250 -15.00% 6
Berkshire -30 55 £33,500 -16.25% 21
East Sussex +9 23 £36,500 +4.28% 1
Buckinghamshire +4 23 £35,000 -6.66% 2
West Sussex -8 12 £30,000 -25.00% 3
Kent -17 12 £30,000 -14.28% 5
Oxfordshire -27 7 £28,000 -37.77% 1
Thames Valley - 1 £35,000 -
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 210 (35.90%) QA
2 200 (34.19%) ISEB
3 192 (32.82%) SQL
4 154 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
4 154 (26.32%) Software Testing
5 123 (21.03%) Automated Testing
5 123 (21.03%) HP Quality Center
6 110 (18.80%) Scrum
7 97 (16.58%) Windows
8 96 (16.41%) ISTQB
9 94 (16.07%) Regression Testing
10 92 (15.73%) Test Automation
11 90 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
12 87 (14.87%) Degree
13 84 (14.36%) Finance
14 83 (14.19%) .NET
14 83 (14.19%) Java
14 83 (14.19%) HP
15 80 (13.68%) C#
16 79 (13.50%) Selenium
17 77 (13.16%) SQL Server
17 77 (13.16%) Microsoft
18 72 (12.31%) Linux
19 69 (11.79%) UNIX
20 68 (11.62%) Oracle
21 65 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
22 64 (10.94%) Manual Testing
23 53 (9.060%) Security Cleared
24 52 (8.889%) PHP
24 52 (8.889%) VB

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 83 (14.19%) .NET
2 38 (6.496%) XML
3 37 (6.325%) .NET Framework
4 22 (3.761%) HTML
5 13 (2.222%) ASP.NET
6 9 (1.538%) Web Services
7 7 (1.197%) CSS
8 5 (0.855%) Swing
8 5 (0.855%) LAMP
8 5 (0.855%) WinForms
9 4 (0.684%) XSD
9 4 (0.684%) XSLT
10 3 (0.513%) WPF
11 2 (0.342%) COM
11 2 (0.342%) ASP
11 2 (0.342%) NHibernate
11 2 (0.342%) soapUI
11 2 (0.342%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 1 (0.171%) CSS3
12 1 (0.171%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 21 (3.590%) IIS
2 20 (3.419%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.393%) Tomcat
4 10 (1.709%) Apache
4 10 (1.709%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (1.197%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (1.026%) CMS
6 6 (1.026%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.342%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.342%) MS Exchange
7 2 (0.342%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.171%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.171%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.171%) LiveLink
Applications
1 49 (8.376%) MS Excel
2 30 (5.128%) MS Office
3 5 (0.855%) Pro/ENGINEER
4 3 (0.513%) MS Project
5 2 (0.342%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.197%) SAP SD
2 6 (1.026%) SAP PSCD
3 5 (0.855%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.684%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.513%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.342%) Summit
6 2 (0.342%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.171%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.171%) Oracle ASCP
7 1 (0.171%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.171%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.171%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.590%) LAN
2 19 (3.248%) WAN
3 13 (2.222%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.709%) ATM
5 9 (1.538%) NAS
5 9 (1.538%) VLAN
6 7 (1.197%) IPv6
7 3 (0.513%) Internet
7 3 (0.513%) DNS
8 2 (0.342%) HTTP
9 1 (0.171%) 4G
9 1 (0.171%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.171%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.761%) MySQL
3 18 (3.077%) Oracle 8/8i
4 9 (1.538%) TOAD
5 6 (1.026%) Big Data
6 5 (0.855%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.855%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (0.855%) MS Access
7 4 (0.684%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.684%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.513%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (0.342%) Oracle 9i
10 1 (0.171%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.171%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (0.171%) SQLite
10 1 (0.171%) UniData
Development Applications
1 79 (13.50%) Selenium
2 65 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
3 43 (7.350%) WebDriver
4 38 (6.496%) JIRA
5 26 (4.444%) LoadRunner
6 24 (4.103%) Cucumber
7 21 (3.590%) Visual Studio
8 20 (3.419%) TestDirector
9 13 (2.222%) WinRunner
10 9 (1.538%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (1.538%) PHPUnit
11 7 (1.197%) SilkTest
11 7 (1.197%) Fiddler
12 6 (1.026%) LabVIEW
12 6 (1.026%) FitNesse
12 6 (1.026%) Firebug
13 5 (0.855%) Git (software)
13 5 (0.855%) JUnit
14 4 (0.684%) Bugzilla
14 4 (0.684%) Oracle Forms
General
1 84 (14.36%) Finance
2 41 (7.009%) Telecoms
3 37 (6.325%) Retail
4 21 (3.590%) Marketing
5 15 (2.564%) Manufacturing
6 12 (2.051%) Electronics
7 8 (1.368%) Publishing
8 7 (1.197%) Games
8 7 (1.197%) Advertising
9 4 (0.684%) Banking
9 4 (0.684%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.684%) Law
10 3 (0.513%) Military
11 1 (0.171%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.171%) Legal
Job Titles
1 262 (44.79%) Analyst
2 189 (32.31%) Test Analyst
3 119 (20.34%) Tester
4 98 (16.75%) Test Engineer
5 57 (9.744%) QA Engineer
6 49 (8.376%) Software Tester
7 48 (8.205%) Test Manager
8 38 (6.496%) Business Analyst
9 29 (4.957%) Senior Analyst
10 27 (4.615%) QA Analyst
11 24 (4.103%) Test Leader
12 23 (3.932%) Senior Test Analyst
13 22 (3.761%) QA Tester
13 22 (3.761%) Developer
14 19 (3.248%) Team Leader
15 18 (3.077%) Senior Tester
16 17 (2.906%) QA Manager
16 17 (2.906%) Systems Analyst
17 16 (2.735%) Test Team Leader
18 15 (2.564%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.932%) Computer Science
2 21 (3.590%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.419%) Social Media
4 18 (3.077%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.222%) Client/Server
6 12 (2.051%) SaaS
7 6 (1.026%) Mathematics
8 5 (0.855%) Open Source
8 5 (0.855%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 5 (0.855%) Statistics
8 5 (0.855%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.855%) N-Tier
8 5 (0.855%) Replication
8 5 (0.855%) AS400
8 5 (0.855%) APACS
9 4 (0.684%) EPoS
9 4 (0.684%) Physics
9 4 (0.684%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.513%) iSeries
10 3 (0.513%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 97 (16.58%) Windows
2 72 (12.31%) Linux
3 69 (11.79%) UNIX
4 28 (4.786%) Windows Server 2003
5 27 (4.615%) Windows XP
6 21 (3.590%) Windows 7
7 20 (3.419%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.197%) CentOS
8 7 (1.197%) AIX
9 5 (0.855%) Solaris
10 2 (0.342%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.171%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.171%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.171%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.171%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
1 154 (26.32%) Software Testing
2 123 (21.03%) Automated Testing
3 110 (18.80%) Scrum
4 94 (16.07%) Regression Testing
5 92 (15.73%) Test Automation
6 90 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 64 (10.94%) Manual Testing
8 46 (7.863%) TDD
9 43 (7.350%) Test Management
9 43 (7.350%) Waterfall
10 38 (6.496%) Business Analysis
11 36 (6.154%) Validation
12 31 (5.299%) BDD
13 30 (5.128%) Test Strategy
13 30 (5.128%) Automation Testing
13 30 (5.128%) Migration
14 28 (4.786%) Performance Testing
15 27 (4.615%) ITIL
16 26 (4.444%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (32.82%) SQL
2 83 (14.19%) Java
3 80 (13.68%) C#
4 52 (8.889%) PHP
4 52 (8.889%) VB
5 45 (7.692%) Perl
6 27 (4.615%) VBScript
6 27 (4.615%) C++
7 22 (3.761%) JavaScript
8 19 (3.248%) Ruby
9 16 (2.735%) VB.NET
9 16 (2.735%) C
10 14 (2.393%) Python
11 9 (1.538%) Bash shell
11 9 (1.538%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.026%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.855%) Fortran
13 5 (0.855%) VB6
14 4 (0.684%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.684%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 200 (34.19%) ISEB
2 96 (16.41%) ISTQB
3 87 (14.87%) Degree
4 53 (9.060%) Security Cleared
5 43 (7.350%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.197%) HND
7 5 (0.855%) HNC
8 3 (0.513%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (0.342%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.171%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (35.90%) QA
2 3 (0.513%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.171%) SLA
3 1 (0.171%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 28 (4.786%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.419%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.735%) VMware ESX
3 16 (2.735%) VMware Workstation
4 9 (1.538%) NFS
5 1 (0.171%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 123 (21.03%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (1.368%) Legato
3 6 (1.026%) Netcool
3 6 (1.026%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 4 (0.684%) Control-M
5 1 (0.171%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.171%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 83 (14.19%) HP
2 77 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 68 (11.62%) Oracle
4 21 (3.590%) Fujitsu
4 21 (3.590%) VMware
5 16 (2.735%) SAP
6 9 (1.538%) Veritas
7 7 (1.197%) Citrix
8 6 (1.026%) BT
9 5 (0.855%) Remedy
9 5 (0.855%) webMethods
9 5 (0.855%) Progress
10 4 (0.684%) Hitachi
11 2 (0.342%) Vignette
11 2 (0.342%) Borland
11 2 (0.342%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.342%) Tieto
12 1 (0.171%) Red Gate
12 1 (0.171%) McAfee
12 1 (0.171%) JD Edwards
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benefits
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Salary: £30000.00 - £37000.00 per annum
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bens
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Salary: Circa 40,000 Plus benefits
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Salary: 40000
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Salary: 40000
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Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + 8% bonus, 7% pension plus others
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Salary: £2000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Gym Membership, Health
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