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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 59 72 57
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -15
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 15 9 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.918% 1.114% 0.845%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.447% 1.544% 1.119%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 4
Average salary £35,000 £32,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £25,050
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,500 £35,300
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
613 583 447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 78.39% 72.15% 75.51%
Number of salaries quoted 524 519 402
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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
Warwick -3 2 £32,500 +8.33%
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 36 (90.00%) SQL
2 30 (75.00%) Finance
3 28 (70.00%) Agile Software Development
4 24 (60.00%) Identity Management
4 24 (60.00%) Biometrics
4 24 (60.00%) Smartcard
4 24 (60.00%) Windows XP
4 24 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (60.00%) IIS
4 24 (60.00%) Windows
4 24 (60.00%) Degree
4 24 (60.00%) Windows Vista
4 24 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (60.00%) Cyber Security
5 14 (35.00%) ISEB
6 10 (25.00%) QA
7 9 (22.50%) ISTQB
7 9 (22.50%) Manual Testing
8 7 (17.50%) Selenium
8 7 (17.50%) Automated Testing
9 5 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 5 (12.50%) Regression Testing
9 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
10 4 (10.00%) Software Testing
11 3 (7.500%) Automation Testing
11 3 (7.500%) Agile Testing
11 3 (7.500%) Oracle
12 2 (5.000%) ITIL
12 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 (2.500%) XML
Application Platforms
1 24 (60.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.500%) Internet
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Selenium
General
1 30 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (2.500%) Retail Banking
2 1 (2.500%) Banking
2 1 (2.500%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (77.50%) Tester
2 26 (65.00%) Software Tester
3 13 (32.50%) Analyst
4 10 (25.00%) Test Analyst
5 3 (7.500%) UAT Analyst
5 3 (7.500%) UAT Test Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Systems Support
6 2 (5.000%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Test Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Senior Tester
6 2 (5.000%) Systems Support Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Senior Test Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Quality Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Software Test Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Agile Test Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 24 (60.00%) Biometrics
1 24 (60.00%) Smartcard
2 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.000%) Replication
4 1 (2.500%) E-Learning
4 1 (2.500%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 24 (60.00%) Windows XP
1 24 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 24 (60.00%) Windows
1 24 (60.00%) Windows Vista
1 24 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (5.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (70.00%) Agile Software Development
2 24 (60.00%) Identity Management
2 24 (60.00%) Cyber Security
3 9 (22.50%) Manual Testing
4 7 (17.50%) Automated Testing
5 5 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 5 (12.50%) Regression Testing
6 4 (10.00%) Software Testing
7 3 (7.500%) Automation Testing
7 3 (7.500%) Agile Testing
8 2 (5.000%) ITIL
8 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2
8 2 (5.000%) Service Management
8 2 (5.000%) Logistics
8 2 (5.000%) Business Analysis
9 1 (2.500%) V-Model
9 1 (2.500%) Data Analysis
9 1 (2.500%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (90.00%) SQL
2 2 (5.000%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 24 (60.00%) Degree
2 14 (35.00%) ISEB
3 9 (22.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (7.500%) Oracle
2 1 (2.500%) HP