Test Scripting Jobs in the South West

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 215 185
Rank change year-on-year -34 -30 +70
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 33 66 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.36% 0.94% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 1.00% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 17 39 58
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,271 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +29.82% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £72,500 - £61,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the South West

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the South West.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the South West

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the South West

Test Scripting
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorset -11 13 £63,000 +2.86%
Bristol -7 9 £57,500 -17.86% 3
Wiltshire -15 6 £32,500 -39.53% 3
Gloucestershire -32 3 £80,000 +55.34%
Somerset +4 2 £42,500 - 2
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
1 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.06%) SaaS
3 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) 4G
1 1 (3.03%) 5G
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 16 (48.48%) Selenium
2 13 (39.39%) Cucumber
3 8 (24.24%) TeamCity
4 7 (21.21%) JIRA
5 3 (9.09%) Cypress.io
5 3 (9.09%) JMeter
5 3 (9.09%) Postman
6 2 (6.06%) SoapUI
6 2 (6.06%) TestComplete
7 1 (3.03%) Eclipse
7 1 (3.03%) Git
7 1 (3.03%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (3.03%) SilkPerformer
7 1 (3.03%) SpecFlow
7 1 (3.03%) Subversion
7 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (42.42%) Finance
2 14 (42.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (36.36%) Law
4 11 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Investment Banking
6 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
7 2 (6.06%) Military
8 1 (3.03%) Aviation
8 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Senior
2 6 (18.18%) Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) QA Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Test Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Lead
5 3 (9.09%) QA Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Tester
6 2 (6.06%) QA Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) QA Leader
6 2 (6.06%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior QA Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Tester
7 1 (3.03%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (39.39%) Gherkin
2 2 (6.06%) REST
3 1 (3.03%) Nightwatchjs
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.03%) POSIX
3 1 (3.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.03%) IoT
2 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
2 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.03%) PKI
2 1 (3.03%) Replication
2 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Android
2 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.06%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) CentOS
3 1 (3.03%) FreeBSD
3 1 (3.03%) Mac OS X
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (81.82%) Test Automation
2 21 (63.64%) Agile
3 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (54.55%) Scrum
4 16 (48.48%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (45.45%) End-to-End Testing
6 13 (39.39%) Coaching
6 13 (39.39%) Mentoring
6 13 (39.39%) TDD
7 12 (36.36%) Project Delivery
8 11 (33.33%) Change Management
8 11 (33.33%) Time Management
8 11 (33.33%) User Stories
9 10 (30.30%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (30.30%) Process Improvement
9 10 (30.30%) Test Management
10 9 (27.27%) Defect Management
10 9 (27.27%) Test Strategy
11 7 (21.21%) DevOps
12 6 (18.18%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Java
2 4 (12.12%) C#
2 4 (12.12%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) SQL
3 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.03%) Perl
4 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Degree
2 5 (15.15%) ISEB
2 5 (15.15%) ISTQB
2 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (63.64%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
1 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Check_MK
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco
2 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.03%) Juniper
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Splunk