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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 159 141 93
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -48
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 55 93 136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 1.069% 1.552% 2.455%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.473% 2.064% 3.360%
Number of salaries quoted 46 85 111
Average salary £38,250 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £31,000 £27,150
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £54,000 £46,750
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3735 4506 4048
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 72.58% 75.18% 73.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2982 3897 3556
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £33,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

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

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Guildford -5 7 £55,000 +29.41% 1
Reigate +11 1 £37,500 -23.07% 1
Esher 0 1 £25,000 -28.57%
Godalming - 1 £32,500 -
Woking - 1 £34,500 -
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 78 (48.15%) Agile Software Development
2 64 (39.51%) Scrum
3 57 (35.19%) Software Testing
4 53 (32.72%) ISEB
4 53 (32.72%) QA
5 38 (23.46%) Test Automation
6 35 (21.60%) Perl
6 35 (21.60%) PHP
6 35 (21.60%) .NET
7 33 (20.37%) ISTQB
8 32 (19.75%) Linux
9 31 (19.14%) UNIX
9 31 (19.14%) TDD
9 31 (19.14%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
10 27 (16.67%) Waterfall
11 26 (16.05%) Automated Testing
12 24 (14.81%) HP
12 24 (14.81%) VB
12 24 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
13 23 (14.20%) SQL
14 22 (13.58%) VBScript
14 22 (13.58%) .NET Framework
14 22 (13.58%) Regression Testing
14 22 (13.58%) BDD
14 22 (13.58%) ATDD
15 20 (12.35%) Test Management
16 17 (10.49%) Automation Testing
17 16 (9.877%) Degree
18 15 (9.259%) Finance

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 35 (21.60%) .NET
2 22 (13.58%) .NET Framework
3 10 (6.173%) XML
4 5 (3.086%) Swing
5 4 (2.469%) LAMP
6 3 (1.852%) HTML
7 2 (1.235%) ASP
7 2 (1.235%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.617%) soapUI
8 1 (0.617%) Ajax
8 1 (0.617%) COM
8 1 (0.617%) CSS
8 1 (0.617%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (6.173%) SharePoint
1 10 (6.173%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (0.617%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.617%) Joomla!
2 1 (0.617%) CMS
2 1 (0.617%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.235%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.235%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.617%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.617%) HTTP
1 1 (0.617%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.321%) MySQL
2 5 (3.086%) Big Data
2 5 (3.086%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.469%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.235%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.617%) UniData
Development Applications
1 27 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 13 (8.025%) Selenium
3 8 (4.938%) WebDriver
4 7 (4.321%) Visual Studio
5 5 (3.086%) JUnit
6 4 (2.469%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.235%) JIRA
8 1 (0.617%) WatiN
8 1 (0.617%) MSTest
8 1 (0.617%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.617%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.617%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.617%) JMeter
8 1 (0.617%) LoadRunner
General
1 15 (9.259%) Finance
2 7 (4.321%) Electronics
3 6 (3.704%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.086%) Games
4 5 (3.086%) Publishing
5 2 (1.235%) Advertising
6 1 (0.617%) Marketing
6 1 (0.617%) Banking
6 1 (0.617%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (32.72%) Test Engineer
2 38 (23.46%) Analyst
3 37 (22.84%) Tester
4 34 (20.99%) QA Engineer
5 28 (17.28%) Test Analyst
6 24 (14.81%) Test Manager
7 13 (8.025%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (4.938%) Senior Tester
9 7 (4.321%) Senior Test Analyst
9 7 (4.321%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.704%) Senior Business Analyst
10 6 (3.704%) Junior
10 6 (3.704%) Software Tester
10 6 (3.704%) QA Leader
11 5 (3.086%) Senior Test Manager
11 5 (3.086%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 5 (3.086%) Systems Tester
11 5 (3.086%) Senior Test Engineer
11 5 (3.086%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.086%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.704%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.086%) Statistics
2 5 (3.086%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (3.086%) AS400
2 5 (3.086%) Client/Server
3 3 (1.852%) iSeries
3 3 (1.852%) SaaS
4 2 (1.235%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.617%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.617%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (0.617%) Online Banking
5 1 (0.617%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.617%) Physics
5 1 (0.617%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.617%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.75%) Linux
2 31 (19.14%) UNIX
3 10 (6.173%) Windows
4 7 (4.321%) CentOS
5 1 (0.617%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.617%) Android
5 1 (0.617%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (48.15%) Agile Software Development
2 64 (39.51%) Scrum
3 57 (35.19%) Software Testing
4 38 (23.46%) Test Automation
5 31 (19.14%) TDD
5 31 (19.14%) User Acceptance Testing
6 27 (16.67%) Waterfall
7 26 (16.05%) Automated Testing
8 22 (13.58%) Regression Testing
8 22 (13.58%) BDD
8 22 (13.58%) ATDD
9 20 (12.35%) Test Management
10 17 (10.49%) Automation Testing
11 11 (6.790%) Information Security
12 10 (6.173%) Manual Testing
12 10 (6.173%) Test Strategy
13 9 (5.556%) Load Testing
14 7 (4.321%) Integration Testing
14 7 (4.321%) Problem Management
14 7 (4.321%) Extreme Programming
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.60%) Perl
1 35 (21.60%) PHP
2 24 (14.81%) VB
3 23 (14.20%) SQL
4 22 (13.58%) VBScript
5 13 (8.025%) C#
6 12 (7.407%) Java
7 7 (4.321%) C++
8 6 (3.704%) C
9 5 (3.086%) Bash shell
9 5 (3.086%) Python
10 4 (2.469%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.235%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 53 (32.72%) ISEB
2 33 (20.37%) ISTQB
3 16 (9.877%) Degree
4 8 (4.938%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.938%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.852%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.235%) HND
6 2 (1.235%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (32.72%) QA
Systems Management
1 24 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.617%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 24 (14.81%) HP
2 14 (8.642%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.556%) Oracle
4 5 (3.086%) Progress
5 2 (1.235%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.617%) Red Gate
Guildford, Surrey
existing and writing new test cases and test scripts... The key skills for this role are : Manual software testing methodologies, functional testing, integration testing and user acceptance... Automated...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Surrey
Are you a proven Selenium Test Engineer looking to work in a growing software company?... Due to company growth and success, this is a new requirement in the...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Surrey
System testing new development and patches... Managing the disaster recovery process... Manual software testing methodologies, functional testing, integration testing/experience user acceptance testing. Automated software testing systems. SQL...
Eaglecliff
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Surrey
Your role as Business SystemsAnalyst will involve writing business specifications for internal/external clients; review of business requirements, solutions and test plans; create test scripts and data from...
Actis Recruitment.
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Neg c£50,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 18 June 2013
Surrey, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom, West Sussex,...
Your role as Business Systems Analyst will involve writing business specifications for internal/external clients; review of business requirements, solutions and test plans; create test scripts and data...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Neg c£50,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 4 June 2013
Staines, South East
Centrica
Salary: Base salary : Competitive base + bonus + benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013