Test Scripting Jobs in Dorset

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 88 70
Rank change year-on-year +33 -18 +15
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 3 13 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.67% 1.11% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.28% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile - - £39,271
25th Percentile £29,750 £60,500 £39,271
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £63,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +2.86% +49.39%
75th Percentile £33,250 £65,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £73,625
South West median annual salary £37,000 £55,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year -32.73% -3.93% +33.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 418 1,012 673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 93.93% 86.20% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 165 568 355
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,271
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% - -
75th Percentile £61,500 £61,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £73,750
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.16% -3.81% +5.00%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Dorset

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Dorset.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in Dorset

Test Scripting
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Poole - 2 £31,500 -
Bournemouth +49 1 - - 1
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) TestRail
3 1 (33.33%) Appium
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) JMeter
3 1 (33.33%) Maven
3 1 (33.33%) Postman
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Black-Box Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
2 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) White-Box Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA