Test Scripting Jobs in the South East

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 273 280
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 -27
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 104 121 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.62% 0.83% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.88% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 41 54 139
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,575 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,813 £58,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £72,850 £66,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,207 13,763 18,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.52% 94.56% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,914 7,992 11,897
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,225 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the South East

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the South East

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the South East

Test Scripting
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Hampshire -1 50 £37,500 -28.57% 6
Thames Valley +21 44 £52,500 +29.63% 6
Buckinghamshire -2 24 £56,250 +33.14% 4
Berkshire +35 18 £52,500 - 2
Surrey -1 7 £45,000 +5.88% 2
Kent -2 2 £31,250 -
Oxfordshire -15 2 £37,500 +7.14%
West Sussex +1 1 £42,500 -15.00% 2
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.85%) TWiki
2 1 (0.96%) Apache
2 1 (0.96%) CMS
2 1 (0.96%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.96%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.92%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.54%) SaaS
2 8 (7.69%) Azure
3 7 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.88%) GitHub
5 2 (1.92%) Boomi
5 2 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.96%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (21.15%) 5G
1 22 (21.15%) Bluetooth
1 22 (21.15%) GSM
1 22 (21.15%) ISDN
1 22 (21.15%) LTE
1 22 (21.15%) PSTN
1 22 (21.15%) UMTS
1 22 (21.15%) Wi-Fi
1 22 (21.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.96%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 46 (44.23%) Selenium
2 22 (21.15%) LabVIEW
3 12 (11.54%) Jenkins
4 11 (10.58%) JIRA
5 7 (6.73%) Cucumber
6 6 (5.77%) JBehave
6 6 (5.77%) SpecFlow
6 6 (5.77%) TeamCity
7 4 (3.85%) eggPlant
8 3 (2.88%) Git
8 3 (2.88%) JMeter
8 3 (2.88%) LoadRunner
8 3 (2.88%) Postman
9 2 (1.92%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.96%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.96%) JUnit
10 1 (0.96%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.96%) TestNG
General
1 24 (23.08%) Aerospace
2 23 (22.12%) Telecoms
3 22 (21.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (8.65%) Social Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Retail
7 4 (3.85%) Electronics
8 3 (2.88%) Marketing
9 2 (1.92%) Finance
10 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (25.96%) Tester
2 23 (22.12%) Automation Tester
2 23 (22.12%) Test Engineer
3 15 (14.42%) Hardware Engineer
4 14 (13.46%) Analyst
5 12 (11.54%) QA Analyst
5 12 (11.54%) QA Engineer
5 12 (11.54%) Test Analyst
6 10 (9.62%) QA Test Analyst
7 8 (7.69%) Administrator
7 8 (7.69%) Hardware Test Engineer
8 7 (6.73%) ServiceNow Administrator
9 6 (5.77%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) Test Automation Engineer
10 5 (4.81%) Hardware Technician
10 5 (4.81%) QA Test Engineer
11 4 (3.85%) ServiceNow Specialist
11 4 (3.85%) Systems Test Engineer
12 3 (2.88%) Automation Test Analyst
12 3 (2.88%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) Gherkin
2 5 (4.81%) Middleware
3 3 (2.88%) RESTful
3 3 (2.88%) Swagger
3 3 (2.88%) Web Services
4 2 (1.92%) .NET
5 1 (0.96%) Apache Commons
5 1 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.96%) COM
5 1 (0.96%) Guava
5 1 (0.96%) Java Concurrency
5 1 (0.96%) Playwright
5 1 (0.96%) REST
5 1 (0.96%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 22 (21.15%) Acoustics
1 22 (21.15%) Satnav
2 6 (5.77%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.96%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.96%) FPGA
3 1 (0.96%) GNSS
3 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.96%) IoT
3 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (0.96%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.96%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.65%) Windows
2 4 (3.85%) Windows Server
2 4 (3.85%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (77.88%) Test Automation
2 69 (66.35%) Agile
3 48 (46.15%) Coaching
4 29 (27.88%) Mentoring
5 28 (26.92%) Collaborative Working
6 27 (25.96%) Test Assurance
7 26 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
8 25 (24.04%) Software Testing
9 24 (23.08%) Technical Analysis
10 23 (22.12%) Requirements Analysis
11 22 (21.15%) Critical Thinking
11 22 (21.15%) Data Management
12 17 (16.35%) Test Strategy
13 16 (15.38%) CI/CD
14 15 (14.42%) User Experience
15 13 (12.50%) DevOps
15 13 (12.50%) E-Commerce
15 13 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (11.54%) Web Development
16 12 (11.54%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (23.08%) Python
2 5 (4.81%) Java
2 5 (4.81%) SQL
3 4 (3.85%) C
3 4 (3.85%) C#
4 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.96%) C++
5 1 (0.96%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.96%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 42 (40.38%) Security Cleared
2 29 (27.88%) Degree
3 25 (24.04%) DV Cleared
4 21 (20.19%) SC Cleared
5 15 (14.42%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.96%) ISEB
6 1 (0.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (65.38%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.85%) Firmware
2 1 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (10.58%) ServiceNow
2 7 (6.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.85%) Oracle
4 3 (2.88%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.92%) SAP
6 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.96%) Sitecore