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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 39 - 56
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 10 0 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.472% - 2.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.464% - 2.479%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 9
Average salary £41,500 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
224 289 363
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.78% 81.41% 82.50%
Number of salaries quoted 180 189 264
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Scripting
Hertfordshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

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

Watford Test Scripting Salary Histogram

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 24 (92.31%) ISEB
2 23 (88.46%) MS Visio
2 23 (88.46%) MS Excel
2 23 (88.46%) MS Project
2 23 (88.46%) User Acceptance Testing
2 23 (88.46%) HP Quality Center
3 19 (73.08%) Integration Testing
3 19 (73.08%) SAP
4 18 (69.23%) QA
5 17 (65.38%) Test Management
6 13 (50.00%) ISTQB
6 13 (50.00%) SAP FI
6 13 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
6 13 (50.00%) SAP CO
7 11 (42.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (42.31%) Test Strategy
8 10 (38.46%) Windows 7
8 10 (38.46%) Windows XP
8 10 (38.46%) Windows
8 10 (38.46%) LAN
8 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
8 10 (38.46%) SAN
9 7 (26.92%) Finance
10 6 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (23.08%) Retail
11 2 (7.692%) Software Testing
11 2 (7.692%) Manual Testing
11 2 (7.692%) Regression Testing
12 1 (3.846%) Project Management
12 1 (3.846%) Shell Script

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 (3.846%) Web Services
1 1 (3.846%) XML
1 1 (3.846%) soapUI
Applications
1 23 (88.46%) MS Visio
1 23 (88.46%) MS Excel
1 23 (88.46%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 13 (50.00%) SAP FI
1 13 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 13 (50.00%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) LAN
1 10 (38.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Selenium
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Analyst
1 12 (46.15%) Test Analyst
2 11 (42.31%) Test Leader
3 6 (23.08%) SAP Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) SAP Test Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Technical Test Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Junior
5 1 (3.846%) Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Junior Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Applications Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Software Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Junior Software Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Testing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Mathematics
1 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Windows 7
1 10 (38.46%) Windows XP
1 10 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) User Acceptance Testing
2 19 (73.08%) Integration Testing
3 17 (65.38%) Test Management
4 11 (42.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (42.31%) Test Strategy
5 6 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (7.692%) Software Testing
6 2 (7.692%) Manual Testing
6 2 (7.692%) Regression Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Project Management
7 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.846%) Time Management
7 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) Shell Script
1 1 (3.846%) Java
1 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) ISEB
2 13 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (69.23%) QA
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (88.46%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) SAP
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle
Watford, Hertfordshire
Writing SQL queries in ORACLE or SQL Server... ISEB Foundation qualified or working towards certification in Software Testing Automation and manual testing abilities with experience in XML, SQL...
NES Global Talent
Salary: up to £35k (depending on experience)
Posted: 16 May 2013