The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 73 46 43
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -3
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 24 53 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.915% 4.499% 4.339%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.771% 6.393% 6.019%
Number of salaries quoted 16 51 41
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £33,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
866 829 731
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 69.11% 70.37% 72.09%
Number of salaries quoted 766 744 684
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales -24 18 £29,250 -2.50%
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 (34.29%) Security Cleared
1 12 (34.29%) ISEB
1 12 (34.29%) Waterfall
2 10 (28.57%) Degree
2 10 (28.57%) Automated Testing
3 9 (25.71%) V-Model
4 8 (22.86%) Quality Management
4 8 (22.86%) CGI
4 8 (22.86%) Windows
5 7 (20.00%) VBScript
5 7 (20.00%) VB
5 7 (20.00%) XML
5 7 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 7 (20.00%) Finance
5 7 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 7 (20.00%) ISTQB
6 6 (17.14%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (17.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (14.29%) Selenium
7 5 (14.29%) MS Office
7 5 (14.29%) SOAP
8 4 (11.43%) Web Services
8 4 (11.43%) C
8 4 (11.43%) C++
8 4 (11.43%) SQL
8 4 (11.43%) Mainframe
8 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
8 4 (11.43%) VME
8 4 (11.43%) Manual Testing
8 4 (11.43%) HP Quality Center

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 8 (22.86%) CGI
2 7 (20.00%) XML
3 5 (14.29%) SOAP
4 4 (11.43%) Web Services
5 1 (2.857%) .NET
5 1 (2.857%) JSON
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) MS Office
2 2 (5.714%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.857%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.714%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (14.29%) Selenium
3 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.857%) ClearQuest
3 1 (2.857%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (74.29%) Analyst
2 25 (71.43%) Test Analyst
3 9 (25.71%) Junior Test Analyst
3 9 (25.71%) Junior Analyst
3 9 (25.71%) Junior
4 6 (17.14%) Tester
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Systems Tester
5 4 (11.43%) Software Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Software Team Leader
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Test Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Tester
5 4 (11.43%) Team Leader
6 2 (5.714%) QA Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) QA Tester
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.857%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Waterfall
2 10 (28.57%) Automated Testing
3 9 (25.71%) V-Model
4 8 (22.86%) Quality Management
5 7 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 6 (17.14%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (17.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (11.43%) Manual Testing
7 4 (11.43%) Software Engineering
8 3 (8.571%) Software Testing
9 2 (5.714%) Performance Testing
9 2 (5.714%) PRINCE
9 2 (5.714%) Test Strategy
10 1 (2.857%) Agile Project Management
10 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (2.857%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (2.857%) Project Management
10 1 (2.857%) PRINCE2
10 1 (2.857%) Project Planning
10 1 (2.857%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) VBScript
1 7 (20.00%) VB
2 4 (11.43%) C
2 4 (11.43%) C++
2 4 (11.43%) SQL
3 1 (2.857%) Java
3 1 (2.857%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
1 12 (34.29%) ISEB
2 10 (28.57%) Degree
3 7 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (8.571%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft