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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 58 34 56
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +22
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 6 23 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.068% 3.912% 0.367%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.474% 5.476% 0.546%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 2
Average salary £27,500 £31,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.29% +10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £31,000 £26,400
10% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £40,000 £29,600
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
407 420 366
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 72.42% 71.43% 67.16%
Number of salaries quoted 361 347 308
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
North East

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Test Scripting Salary Trend

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -25 6 £27,500 -11.29%
Test Scripting
North East

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 12 (92.31%) QA
2 8 (61.54%) Validation
3 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 6 (46.15%) ISEB
3 6 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
4 5 (38.46%) ISTQB
4 5 (38.46%) Integration Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Scrum
5 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
6 3 (23.08%) System Testing
6 3 (23.08%) ISEB Practitioner
6 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
6 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
6 3 (23.08%) TDD
6 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 3 (23.08%) RDF
7 2 (15.38%) RAD
7 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
7 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
7 2 (15.38%) Automated Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Social Network
7 2 (15.38%) Selenium
7 2 (15.38%) Security Testing

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (7.692%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
2 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.692%) MSTest
2 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Law
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Test Manager
1 5 (38.46%) Test Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
2 2 (15.38%) QA Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Test Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Tester
2 2 (15.38%) Tester
3 1 (7.692%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) QA Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) QA Test Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Automation Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Testing Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Social Network
2 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) UNIX
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
1 1 (7.692%) Android
1 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Validation
2 6 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
3 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
3 5 (38.46%) Integration Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Scrum
4 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (23.08%) TDD
5 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (23.08%) RDF
5 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
5 3 (23.08%) System Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Automated Testing
6 2 (15.38%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) Java
1 1 (7.692%) PHP
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
1 1 (7.692%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) ISEB
2 5 (38.46%) ISTQB
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (92.31%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be a key member of the Test team, participating in daily SCRUM meetings, liaising with Developers, Project Managers and other technical and none technical staff within...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £24000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Excellent benefit package
Posted: 9 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
We're looking to appoint a Test Analyst to be heavily involved with agile driven testing and proven experience of creating and running automated testing using TFS, Visual...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Some Integration may also be required with -Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Performance Testing, Penetration Testing and Regression Testing - UAT (not all are essential) This is a fantastic opportunity!
RDF Resources
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Salary DOE & Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
You will be responsible for performing end to end testing on a range of projects which will include Functional testing, GUI, Regression, Systems testing and UAT... Test Cases,...
Cloud Computing International
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum plus bens
Posted: 13 May 2013