The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 17 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 50 46 48
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 4 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.860% 2.734% 0.998%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.039% 3.431% 1.374%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 0
Average salary £26,250 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.23% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
385 408 364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 82.80% 79.69% 72.65%
Number of salaries quoted 336 356 337
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Wiltshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Swindon Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
1 5 (55.56%) QA
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
1 5 (55.56%) VB
1 5 (55.56%) XML
2 4 (44.44%) MS Office
2 4 (44.44%) VBA
2 4 (44.44%) OOP
2 4 (44.44%) OO
2 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 4 (44.44%) HP
2 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (44.44%) VBScript
2 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
2 4 (44.44%) System Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Scrum
2 4 (44.44%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Use Case
4 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (22.22%) Logistics
4 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) SAP SD
4 2 (22.22%) SAP MM
4 2 (22.22%) SAP
4 2 (22.22%) ABAP

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 5 (55.56%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) MFC
2 1 (11.11%) ASP
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP SD
1 2 (22.22%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (44.44%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Test Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Developer
3 4 (44.44%) VB Developer
4 3 (33.33%) VBA Developer
4 3 (33.33%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (22.22%) Consultant
6 1 (11.11%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (11.11%) Programmer
6 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (11.11%) Software Tester
6 1 (11.11%) SAP SD Consultant
6 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst Programmer
6 1 (11.11%) Tester
6 1 (11.11%) Senior Programmer
6 1 (11.11%) SAP Logistics Consultant
6 1 (11.11%) Software Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) Biometrics
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) OOP
1 4 (44.44%) OO
1 4 (44.44%) Scrum
1 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
1 4 (44.44%) System Testing
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Use Case
3 2 (22.22%) Logistics
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
1 5 (55.56%) VB
2 4 (44.44%) VBScript
2 4 (44.44%) VBA
3 2 (22.22%) ABAP
4 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Intergraph
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