The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 20 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 53 57 55
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 15 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.525% 1.217% 0.894%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.341% 1.741% 1.337%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 5
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +33.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £68,000 £40,000 £34,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
449 402 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 75.59% 69.91% 66.91%
Number of salaries quoted 389 343 303
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 5 £34,000 -
Stafford - 2 £30,000 -
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 13 (54.17%) E-Commerce
1 13 (54.17%) QA
2 8 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 8 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 7 (29.17%) Web Testing
3 7 (29.17%) hybris
3 7 (29.17%) CMS
4 6 (25.00%) JIRA
5 5 (20.83%) Retail
5 5 (20.83%) Back Office
5 5 (20.83%) ISEB
6 4 (16.67%) SQL
6 4 (16.67%) Automated Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Games
7 3 (12.50%) Scrum
7 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (12.50%) Supplier Management
7 3 (12.50%) Oracle
7 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
7 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 3 (12.50%) Finance
7 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (8.333%) Performance Testing
8 2 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (8.333%) Automation Testing
8 2 (8.333%) NHS
9 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
9 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Analysis Services

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (4.167%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.167%) Selenium
General
1 5 (20.83%) Back Office
1 5 (20.83%) Retail
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Tester
2 8 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 8 (33.33%) Test Leader
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Tester
4 3 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Web Tester
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Software Tester
5 2 (8.333%) Test Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Programme Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) QA Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Senior QA Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Test Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Programme Test Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) NHS
1 2 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.167%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) E-Commerce
2 8 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 8 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 7 (29.17%) Web Testing
4 4 (16.67%) Automated Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Supplier Management
5 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) Scrum
6 2 (8.333%) Performance Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Automation Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Manual Testing
7 1 (4.167%) V-Model
7 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.167%) Validation
7 1 (4.167%) ETL
7 1 (4.167%) B2C
7 1 (4.167%) Project Management
7 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (54.17%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) hybris
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle