The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 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 Thames Valley region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 3.571% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.348% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
23 44 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 82.14% 80.00% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17 34 16
Average salary £67,500 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.72% -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £42,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £80,000
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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) NFS
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) IPv6
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) Legato
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Degree

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) NAS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) IPv6
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (50.00%) Legato
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Veritas