Test Scripting Jobs in the Thames Valley

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 215 200
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 -24
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 47 45 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.70% 0.73% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.77% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 51
10th Percentile £31,450 £31,250 £35,625
25th Percentile £40,938 £34,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £39,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -29.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £46,875 £59,125
90th Percentile £62,875 £52,500 £62,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,753 5,824 6,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.25% 94.56% 92.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,042 3,165 3,914
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,725 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +9.45%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the Thames Valley

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the Thames Valley

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the Thames Valley

Test Scripting
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Buckinghamshire -3 24 £56,250 +33.93% 3
Berkshire +40 21 £52,500 - 5
Oxfordshire -13 2 £37,500 +7.14%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.13%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (46.81%) 5G
1 22 (46.81%) Bluetooth
1 22 (46.81%) GSM
1 22 (46.81%) ISDN
1 22 (46.81%) LTE
1 22 (46.81%) PSTN
1 22 (46.81%) UMTS
1 22 (46.81%) Wi-Fi
1 22 (46.81%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 22 (46.81%) LabVIEW
2 4 (8.51%) Selenium
3 2 (4.26%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.13%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.13%) JIRA
4 1 (2.13%) JUnit
4 1 (2.13%) REST Assured
4 1 (2.13%) TestNG
General
1 23 (48.94%) Telecoms
2 22 (46.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Electronics
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Hardware Engineer
2 14 (29.79%) Test Engineer
3 8 (17.02%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Administrator
4 7 (14.89%) ServiceNow Administrator
4 7 (14.89%) ServiceNow Specialist
5 5 (10.64%) Hardware Technician
5 5 (10.64%) QA Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Associate Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Quality Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Systems Test Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) QA Technician
7 2 (4.26%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Support Specialist
7 2 (4.26%) Test Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Developer in Test
8 1 (2.13%) QA Test Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) QA Tester
8 1 (2.13%) SCADA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) Middleware
2 1 (2.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Commons
2 1 (2.13%) Guava
2 1 (2.13%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (2.13%) Playwright
2 1 (2.13%) REST
2 1 (2.13%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 22 (46.81%) Acoustics
1 22 (46.81%) Satnav
2 1 (2.13%) IoT
2 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.13%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (82.98%) Agile
2 29 (61.70%) Test Automation
3 27 (57.45%) Coaching
4 22 (46.81%) Critical Thinking
4 22 (46.81%) Data Management
5 14 (29.79%) ITSM
5 14 (29.79%) Service Catalogue
5 14 (29.79%) Service Delivery
5 14 (29.79%) Waterfall
6 8 (17.02%) ITIL
7 7 (14.89%) Customer Service
7 7 (14.89%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (14.89%) Service Management
7 7 (14.89%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (12.77%) Software Testing
9 4 (8.51%) Code Quality
9 4 (8.51%) SDET
9 4 (8.51%) Test Strategy
9 4 (8.51%) Validation
10 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) C#
3 2 (4.26%) Java
3 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (57.45%) Degree
2 15 (31.91%) SC Cleared
2 15 (31.91%) Security Cleared
3 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.13%) ISEB
5 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (44.68%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Firmware
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.13%) MuleSoft
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle