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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 100 60 81
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +21
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 74 130 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.998% 3.993% 2.152%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.568% 5.179% 3.022%
Number of salaries quoted 61 70 48
Average salary £32,750 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.16% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,800 £21,000 £21,750
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £40,000 £35,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2882 2510 2085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 77.83% 77.09% 71.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2235 2065 1735
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £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
Yorkshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -2 52 £32,500 -4.41%
Halifax -1 12 £34,000 +14.28%
Bradford -19 11 £39,250 +106.57%
Huddersfield -3 1 £32,500 +54.76%
Test Scripting
Yorkshire

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 97 (63.82%) QA
2 62 (40.79%) Test Management
3 47 (30.92%) Finance
4 44 (28.95%) Test Automation
5 43 (28.29%) Selenium
6 41 (26.97%) Agile Software Development
7 33 (21.71%) ISEB
8 29 (19.08%) Cucumber
8 29 (19.08%) QuickTest Pro
9 28 (18.42%) Microsoft
10 27 (17.76%) .NET
11 26 (17.11%) Logistics
11 26 (17.11%) Software Testing
12 24 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (13.82%) SQL Server
14 19 (12.50%) HTML
14 19 (12.50%) ISTQB
15 18 (11.84%) SQL
15 18 (11.84%) MS Office
16 17 (11.18%) C#
16 17 (11.18%) HP Quality Center
17 16 (10.53%) ASP.NET
18 15 (9.868%) XML
19 14 (9.211%) Oracle
19 14 (9.211%) Degree
19 14 (9.211%) Test Strategy
20 13 (8.553%) Team Foundation Server
20 13 (8.553%) GAP Analysis
20 13 (8.553%) UML
20 13 (8.553%) Web Services

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 27 (17.76%) .NET
2 19 (12.50%) HTML
3 16 (10.53%) ASP.NET
4 15 (9.868%) XML
5 13 (8.553%) Web Services
6 11 (7.237%) WCF
7 8 (5.263%) SOAP
8 6 (3.947%) WPF
9 5 (3.289%) CSS
10 4 (2.632%) XML Schema
11 2 (1.316%) Hibernate
11 2 (1.316%) Swing
11 2 (1.316%) XSLT
11 2 (1.316%) GWT
11 2 (1.316%) JavaFX
11 2 (1.316%) Qt
11 2 (1.316%) Vaadin
11 2 (1.316%) OSGi
11 2 (1.316%) JFace
12 1 (0.658%) Gherkin
Applications
1 18 (11.84%) MS Office
2 1 (0.658%) Mingle
2 1 (0.658%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.632%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (2.632%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (2.632%) Oracle ASCP
1 4 (2.632%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.658%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.632%) FTP
2 1 (0.658%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.947%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (3.947%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.658%) MySQL
3 1 (0.658%) DB2
3 1 (0.658%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (0.658%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 43 (28.29%) Selenium
2 29 (19.08%) Cucumber
2 29 (19.08%) QuickTest Pro
3 13 (8.553%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (7.895%) Visual Studio
5 9 (5.921%) WebDriver
6 8 (5.263%) LoadRunner
7 7 (4.605%) JIRA
8 5 (3.289%) JUnit
9 4 (2.632%) Visual Studio Team System
10 3 (1.974%) FitNesse
11 2 (1.316%) Subversion
11 2 (1.316%) Eclipse
11 2 (1.316%) Jenkins
11 2 (1.316%) JProfiler
11 2 (1.316%) DbUnit
11 2 (1.316%) Hudson
11 2 (1.316%) Eclipse RCP
12 1 (0.658%) SpecFlow
General
1 47 (30.92%) Finance
2 4 (2.632%) Legal
3 2 (1.316%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.316%) Retail
4 1 (0.658%) Retail Banking
4 1 (0.658%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.658%) Banking
4 1 (0.658%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (42.11%) Analyst
2 47 (30.92%) Tester
3 40 (26.32%) Test Analyst
4 32 (21.05%) Automated Tester
5 31 (20.39%) Web Tester
6 18 (11.84%) Business Analyst
7 15 (9.868%) Test Manager
8 14 (9.211%) QA Analyst
9 13 (8.553%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 13 (8.553%) UML Business Analyst
9 13 (8.553%) Developer
10 12 (7.895%) QA Test Analyst
11 11 (7.237%) C# .NET Developer
11 11 (7.237%) .NET Developer
11 11 (7.237%) C# Developer
11 11 (7.237%) Senior Test Analyst
11 11 (7.237%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (6.579%) Test Leader
13 7 (4.605%) Consultant
14 6 (3.947%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.632%) Credit Risk
2 3 (1.974%) Open Source
3 2 (1.316%) Client/Server
3 2 (1.316%) Chemistry
4 1 (0.658%) iSeries
4 1 (0.658%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.632%) Linux
1 4 (2.632%) UNIX
2 2 (1.316%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (40.79%) Test Management
2 44 (28.95%) Test Automation
3 41 (26.97%) Agile Software Development
4 26 (17.11%) Logistics
4 26 (17.11%) Software Testing
5 24 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (9.211%) Test Strategy
7 13 (8.553%) GAP Analysis
7 13 (8.553%) UML
8 12 (7.895%) Manual Testing
8 12 (7.895%) Unit Testing
9 11 (7.237%) ITIL
10 10 (6.579%) Project Management
11 9 (5.921%) MVC
12 8 (5.263%) Agile Testing
13 7 (4.605%) System Testing
13 7 (4.605%) Scrum
14 6 (3.947%) OO
14 6 (3.947%) Waterfall
15 5 (3.289%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.84%) SQL
2 17 (11.18%) C#
3 8 (5.263%) VB
3 8 (5.263%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.605%) VBScript
5 6 (3.947%) Java
6 2 (1.316%) PHP
6 2 (1.316%) C
7 1 (0.658%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.658%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.658%) C++
7 1 (0.658%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (21.71%) ISEB
2 19 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 14 (9.211%) Degree
4 2 (1.316%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (63.82%) QA
2 2 (1.316%) SLA
Systems Management
1 17 (11.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.211%) Oracle
3 7 (4.605%) HP
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for a Test Analyst with the following experience:-Proven testing background-Automation testing experience (strong plus)-Experience with UNIX/Linux and/or Java considered...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Senior Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Team Lead, Test Leader, automation, automated, Selenium, manual, functional, integration, UNIX, Linux, Java, ISEB, ISTQB, QuickTest...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Test Analyst will also have experience of SQL, system testing and web testing (XML & HTML)... ISEB Certified. System Testing. Web Testing (XML & HTML) Experience of working...
CoreCom Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Any knowledge of open source framework tools such as Selenium and you will be responsible for writing and performing test scripts. The candidate must have proven experience testing...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Yorkshire
New role for a 2 x Software Testers to join a leading IT Security Systems Integrator and Service Provider in West Yorkshire.Key skills:-Experience within software testing (...
Salary: £25000 per annum + benefits + structured career path
Posted: 4 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
A financial services organisation with offices around the globe is looking for a Business Analyst who has worked in a software related environment to join their professional services...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
SQL... (DBA) / SQL... You will need excellent SQL Database knowledge and ideally have exposure to a .Net environment. In addition you will be executing SQL Database tests, so...
D Tech Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Bradford, Yorkshire, York, Wakefield,...
Job Title: Java Developer Location: Yorkshire Key Skills: Java Developer, JUnit, Swing, Eclipse IDE My clients, a leader in their chosen field are seeking additional Java experience in...
CMA Group
Salary: £30,000 - £38,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013