The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank166185168
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Down-17
Matching permanent IT job ads188916091243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.566 %1.312 %1.302 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.125 %1.802 %1.839 %
Number of salaries quoted160313131026
Average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,118£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£64,250£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,500£33,250£35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75 %-5.00 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
889158928967609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK73.73 %72.82 %70.81 %
Number of salaries quoted755227477355328
Average salary£47,000£47,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.05 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£77,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50 %-

Test Scripting
Demand Trend

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

Test Scripting Demand Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the UK.

Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+191781£37,500-
LondonDown-4662£45,000-
South EastDown-24333£40,000+6.66 %
YorkshireUp+51185£32,500+18.18 %
East of EnglandDown-4147£35,000-
City of LondonUp+33137£50,000+5.26 %
North WestUp+20134£33,750+3.84 %
West YorkshireUp+32130£30,000+4.34 %
South WestUp+24130£34,000+13.33 %
West MidlandsUp+3090£29,000+1.75 %
BerkshireDown-184£40,000+6.66 %
SurreyDown-6775£40,000-
CheshireUp+2572£35,000-
HampshireUp+459£37,500+15.38 %
East MidlandsUp+1658£36,500+8.95 %
BradfordUp+1454£19,000-30.90 %
WalesNo change053£27,500-1.78 %
CambridgeshireDown-3052£32,500-7.14 %
LeedsNo change048£34,000+10.56 %
South WalesDown-145£30,000+7.14 %
GloucestershireUp+1843£34,000+19.29 %
ReadingDown-340£40,000-5.88 %
HertfordshireUp+2838£40,000-5.32 %
ManchesterDown-2838£30,000-6.97 %
ScotlandDown-635£37,500-6.25 %
CambridgeDown-2735£33,250-5.00 %
BirminghamUp+1134£29,000+20.83 %
GloucesterUp+632£34,000+19.29 %
North EastUp+2030£31,000+3.33 %
BristolDown-1830£34,500+6.15 %

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11219 (33.95 %)QA
21091 (30.38 %)ISEB
3885 (24.64 %)Finance
4838 (23.34 %)SQL
5745 (20.75 %)Software Testing
6728 (20.27 %)Automated Testing
7611 (17.01 %)Selenium
8609 (16.96 %)Agile Software Development
9599 (16.68 %)Java
10585 (16.29 %)User Acceptance Testing
11584 (16.26 %)Degree
12498 (13.87 %)C#
13496 (13.81 %)Windows
14490 (13.65 %).NET
15485 (13.51 %)HP Quality Center
16475 (13.23 %)ISTQB
17469 (13.06 %)Oracle
18408 (11.36 %)QuickTest Pro
19387 (10.78 %)Regression Testing
20383 (10.67 %)Test Automation
21377 (10.50 %)SQL Server
22354 (9.858 %)XML
23353 (9.830 %)UNIX
24348 (9.691 %)Microsoft
25328 (9.134 %)HP
26318 (8.855 %)Scrum
27289 (8.048 %)Manual Testing
28276 (7.686 %)Test Strategy
29270 (7.519 %)System Testing
30259 (7.212 %)C++

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1490 (13.65 %).NET
2354 (9.858 %)XML
3174 (4.845 %)ASP.NET
4143 (3.982 %)HTML
5119 (3.314 %)Web Services
673 (2.033 %)J2EE
767 (1.866 %)CSS
861 (1.699 %)WPF
951 (1.420 %).NET Framework
1050 (1.392 %)SOAP
1050 (1.392 %)Flash
1148 (1.337 %)WCF
1237 (1.030 %)soapUI
1331 (0.863 %)FIX Protocol
1429 (0.808 %)Ruby on Rails
1528 (0.780 %)REST
1626 (0.724 %)Ajax
1722 (0.613 %)LAMP
1819 (0.529 %)ASP
1918 (0.501 %)HTML5
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
175 (2.089 %)SharePoint
233 (0.919 %)Apache
327 (0.752 %)CMS
426 (0.724 %)IIS
521 (0.585 %)WebLogic
618 (0.501 %)Oracle Workflow
714 (0.390 %)Tomcat
87 (0.195 %)BizTalk Server
87 (0.195 %)SharePoint Server
87 (0.195 %)SAS
96 (0.167 %)Adobe CQ
105 (0.139 %)Oracle Service Bus
105 (0.139 %)ESB
105 (0.139 %)Drupal
114 (0.111 %)ColdFusion
114 (0.111 %)Oracle SOA Suite
123 (0.084 %)SharePoint 2010
132 (0.056 %)Umbraco
141 (0.028 %)Sitecore CMS
141 (0.028 %)Magento
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1235 (6.544 %)MS Excel
2143 (3.982 %)MS Office
368 (1.894 %)MS Visio
432 (0.891 %)MS Project
515 (0.418 %)MS PowerPoint
612 (0.334 %)Mingle
78 (0.223 %)Acrobat
84 (0.111 %)MATLAB
93 (0.084 %)Office 365
102 (0.056 %)Spreadsheet
102 (0.056 %)Photoshop
102 (0.056 %)Adobe Illustrator
102 (0.056 %)Windchill
111 (0.028 %)Maya
111 (0.028 %)Stata
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1138 (3.843 %)Oracle EBS R12
2123 (3.425 %)Oracle Applications
388 (2.451 %)Oracle EBS
437 (1.030 %)Oracle Financials
535 (0.975 %)SAP APO
535 (0.975 %)SAP SCM
625 (0.696 %)Oracle ASCP
722 (0.613 %)Oracle iProcurement
819 (0.529 %)Temenos T24
916 (0.446 %)Oracle General Ledger
1012 (0.334 %)Oracle 11i
1111 (0.306 %)Dynamics NAV
1111 (0.306 %)Dynamics CRM
1210 (0.278 %)Dynamics AX
139 (0.251 %)Prophet
148 (0.223 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
148 (0.223 %)Oracle ERP
148 (0.223 %)VisionPLUS
148 (0.223 %)JDE OneWorld
157 (0.195 %)SAP FI
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
195 (2.646 %)Internet
249 (1.365 %)TCP/IP
332 (0.891 %)Wireshark
426 (0.724 %)HTTP
524 (0.668 %)Wireless
623 (0.640 %)Intranet
719 (0.529 %)GSM
719 (0.529 %)Intrusion Detection
816 (0.446 %)iSCSI
914 (0.390 %)DNS
1013 (0.362 %)NFC
1111 (0.306 %)3GPP
1210 (0.278 %)SCCP
1210 (0.278 %)SS7
138 (0.223 %)NAS
147 (0.195 %)GPRS
156 (0.167 %)Ethernet
156 (0.167 %)CDMA
156 (0.167 %)Wi-Fi
156 (0.167 %)SIGTRAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1377 (10.50 %)SQL Server
282 (2.283 %)Oracle 8/8i
370 (1.949 %)Data Warehouse
449 (1.365 %)Oracle Reports
449 (1.365 %)SQL Server 2008
544 (1.225 %)MySQL
638 (1.058 %)ETL
737 (1.030 %)SQL Server 2005
832 (0.891 %)TOAD
923 (0.640 %)SQLPlus
1022 (0.613 %)Crystal Reports
1118 (0.501 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1118 (0.501 %)Oracle BI EE
1217 (0.473 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1316 (0.446 %)RDBMS
1415 (0.418 %)MS Access
1415 (0.418 %)Oracle 11g
1513 (0.362 %)SAP BI
169 (0.251 %)Oracle Discoverer
169 (0.251 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1611 (17.01 %)Selenium
2408 (11.36 %)QuickTest Pro
3176 (4.901 %)Visual Studio
4169 (4.706 %)LoadRunner
5119 (3.314 %)TestDirector
6112 (3.119 %)FitNesse
7110 (3.063 %)WinRunner
8106 (2.952 %)Team Foundation Server
983 (2.311 %)JUnit
983 (2.311 %)WebDriver
1076 (2.116 %)JIRA
1173 (2.033 %)JMeter
1173 (2.033 %)Cucumber
1269 (1.921 %)Subversion
1269 (1.921 %)NUnit
1355 (1.532 %)TestComplete
1450 (1.392 %)WATIR
1544 (1.225 %)Rational Robot
1639 (1.086 %)Bugzilla
1732 (0.891 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1885 (24.64 %)Finance
2202 (5.625 %)Banking
3201 (5.597 %)Retail
4118 (3.286 %)Telecoms
5104 (2.896 %)Games
675 (2.089 %)Back Office
766 (1.838 %)Front Office
860 (1.671 %)Marketing
952 (1.448 %)General Ledger
952 (1.448 %)Manufacturing
1051 (1.420 %)Advertising
1141 (1.142 %)Investment Banking
1235 (0.975 %)Pharmaceutical
1333 (0.919 %)Retail Banking
1429 (0.808 %)Law
1429 (0.808 %)Legal
1523 (0.640 %)Financial Institution
1614 (0.390 %)Billing
1713 (0.362 %)Publishing
1713 (0.362 %)Automotive
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11766 (49.18 %)Analyst
21218 (33.92 %)Test Analyst
3818 (22.78 %)Tester
4283 (7.881 %)QA Analyst
5282 (7.853 %)Senior Analyst
6275 (7.658 %)Business Analyst
7265 (7.380 %)Test Engineer
8242 (6.739 %)Software Tester
9229 (6.377 %)Consultant
10206 (5.737 %)Developer
11200 (5.569 %)Senior Test Analyst
12191 (5.319 %)Test Manager
13128 (3.564 %)QA Test Analyst
14126 (3.509 %)Senior Tester
15125 (3.481 %)QA Engineer
1692 (2.562 %)Test Leader
1791 (2.534 %)Senior QA Analyst
1889 (2.478 %)Functional Consultant
1988 (2.451 %)Software Engineer
2083 (2.311 %)Software Test Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1148 (4.121 %)Computer Science
2106 (2.952 %)Open Source
393 (2.590 %)Client/Server
489 (2.478 %)Mathematics
564 (1.782 %)Derivative
663 (1.754 %)Management Information System
752 (1.448 %)EPoS
848 (1.337 %)Online Games
947 (1.309 %)iPhone
1044 (1.225 %)Applied Mathematics
1141 (1.142 %)FMCG
1235 (0.975 %)AS400
1330 (0.835 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1429 (0.808 %)NHS
1527 (0.752 %)New Media
1624 (0.668 %)Replication
1723 (0.640 %)EFT
1723 (0.640 %)SWIFT
1822 (0.613 %)Hedge funds
1822 (0.613 %)iSeries
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1496 (13.81 %)Windows
2353 (9.830 %)UNIX
3222 (6.182 %)Linux
458 (1.615 %)Android
537 (1.030 %)Windows XP
632 (0.891 %)Solaris
632 (0.891 %)Windows 7
728 (0.780 %)Windows Server 2008
827 (0.752 %)Windows Server 2003
924 (0.668 %)Windows Vista
1020 (0.557 %)Mac OS
1119 (0.529 %)Apple iOS
1217 (0.473 %)Windows 2000
1311 (0.306 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
147 (0.195 %)VMS
156 (0.167 %)AIX
164 (0.111 %)Windows 2000 Server
172 (0.056 %)Mac OS X Server
172 (0.056 %)Windows NT
172 (0.056 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1745 (20.75 %)Software Testing
2728 (20.27 %)Automated Testing
3609 (16.96 %)Agile Software Development
4585 (16.29 %)User Acceptance Testing
5387 (10.78 %)Regression Testing
6383 (10.67 %)Test Automation
7318 (8.855 %)Scrum
8289 (8.048 %)Manual Testing
9276 (7.686 %)Test Strategy
10270 (7.519 %)System Testing
11244 (6.795 %)Test Management
12218 (6.071 %)E-Commerce
13210 (5.848 %)Integration Testing
14196 (5.458 %)Business Analysis
15153 (4.261 %)Project Management
16148 (4.121 %)OO
17142 (3.954 %)Waterfall
18135 (3.759 %)Unit Testing
19134 (3.732 %)Performance Testing
20129 (3.592 %)Load Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1838 (23.34 %)SQL
2599 (16.68 %)Java
3498 (13.87 %)C#
4259 (7.212 %)C++
5181 (5.040 %)Perl
6158 (4.400 %)Python
7152 (4.233 %)C
8151 (4.205 %)JavaScript
9130 (3.620 %)VB
10106 (2.952 %)PHP
1187 (2.423 %)PL/SQL
1267 (1.866 %)VBScript
1365 (1.810 %)Shell Script
1464 (1.782 %)Bash shell
1559 (1.643 %)Ruby
1652 (1.448 %)VBA
1744 (1.225 %)VB.NET
1841 (1.142 %)PowerShell
1932 (0.891 %)T-SQL
2021 (0.585 %)XPath
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11091 (30.38 %)ISEB
2584 (16.26 %)Degree
3475 (13.23 %)ISTQB
4194 (5.402 %)Security Cleared
591 (2.534 %)SC Cleared
674 (2.061 %)DV Cleared
744 (1.225 %)HND
834 (0.947 %)ISEB Practitioner
915 (0.418 %)CIMA
915 (0.418 %)Microsoft Certification
107 (0.195 %)MCAD
107 (0.195 %)MCSD
116 (0.167 %)CPIM
125 (0.139 %)HNC
125 (0.139 %)MCDBA
125 (0.139 %)Sun Certification
134 (0.111 %)SAP Certification
143 (0.084 %)Oracle Certification
143 (0.084 %)CISSP
143 (0.084 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11219 (33.95 %)QA
239 (1.086 %)SLA
330 (0.835 %)ISO 9000
419 (0.529 %)21 CFR Part 11
511 (0.306 %)WAI
67 (0.195 %)JSP 440
74 (0.111 %)Basel III
74 (0.111 %)GMP
74 (0.111 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
83 (0.084 %)TickIT
83 (0.084 %)GLP
92 (0.056 %)ISO 9001
92 (0.056 %)PCI DSS
101 (0.028 %)IEC 61508
101 (0.028 %)GAMP
101 (0.028 %)GCP
101 (0.028 %)ISO 14001
101 (0.028 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
142 (1.170 %)Active Directory
222 (0.613 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.167 %)Terminal Services
45 (0.139 %)NFS
53 (0.084 %)Xen
53 (0.084 %)Hyper-V
62 (0.056 %)Sendmail
62 (0.056 %)XenApp
62 (0.056 %)XenServer
62 (0.056 %)XenDesktop
62 (0.056 %)Veritas Cluster Server
71 (0.028 %)VirtualBox
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1485 (13.51 %)HP Quality Center
23 (0.084 %)McAfee ePO
23 (0.084 %)Netcool
23 (0.084 %)OpenView Configuration Management
23 (0.084 %)BladeLogic
23 (0.084 %)SCCM
31 (0.028 %)NetBackup
31 (0.028 %)Legato
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1469 (13.06 %)Oracle
2348 (9.691 %)Microsoft
3328 (9.134 %)HP
4139 (3.871 %)SAP
551 (1.420 %)IBM
650 (1.392 %)Business Objects
733 (0.919 %)VMware
830 (0.835 %)Citrix
923 (0.640 %)Adobe
1021 (0.585 %)T-Plan
1119 (0.529 %)Apple
1214 (0.390 %)JBoss
1214 (0.390 %)SunGard
1313 (0.362 %)Symbian
1313 (0.362 %)Red Hat
1411 (0.306 %)Cognos
1411 (0.306 %)Northgate
1510 (0.278 %)Siebel
1510 (0.278 %)Lawson
1510 (0.278 %)Micro Focus