The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 20 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 34 47 36
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -11
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 9 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 4.091% 0.714% 1.463%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.202% 1.274% 2.113%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 2
Average salary £28,000 £27,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.81% -20.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,200 £27,500 £24,100
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £27,500 £44,900
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
173 157 142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 78.64% 56.07% 69.27%
Number of salaries quoted 153 138 130
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
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 Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Test Scripting Salary Trend

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Worcester +2 4 £25,768 -6.29%
Evesham - 4 £26,000 -
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (58.33%) Oracle
3 7 (58.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (50.00%) QA
4 6 (50.00%) XML
5 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
5 5 (41.67%) ISEB
5 5 (41.67%) Manual Testing
6 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
6 4 (33.33%) V-Model
6 4 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (33.33%) Automated Testing
6 4 (33.33%) TDD
6 4 (33.33%) XSD
6 4 (33.33%) XSLT
6 4 (33.33%) Visual Studio
7 3 (25.00%) COM
7 3 (25.00%) .NET
7 3 (25.00%) C#
7 3 (25.00%) C++
7 3 (25.00%) Java
7 3 (25.00%) Windows
7 3 (25.00%) Linux
7 3 (25.00%) Degree
7 3 (25.00%) Automation Testing
7 3 (25.00%) Performance Testing
8 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 6 (50.00%) XML
2 4 (33.33%) XSD
2 4 (33.33%) XSLT
3 3 (25.00%) .NET
3 3 (25.00%) COM
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) TOAD
1 2 (16.67%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 4 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (8.333%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Test Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Systems Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Test Team Leader
3 2 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 2 (16.67%) Graduate
3 2 (16.67%) Tester
4 1 (8.333%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.333%) QA Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Lead Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Manual Testing
3 4 (33.33%) V-Model
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 4 (33.33%) TDD
3 4 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Automation Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
6 1 (8.333%) Test Management
6 1 (8.333%) Bug Management
6 1 (8.333%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
3 3 (25.00%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) C++
3 3 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) ISEB
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle