Test Scripting Jobs in the West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Test Scripting (Test Scripts) England / West Midlands
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	121	134	128
Rank change year-on-year	+13	-6
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting	109	115	105
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	2.12%	1.84%	1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.40%	2.08%	2.10%
Number of salaries quoted	85	101	86
Median salary	£37,500	£32,500	£32,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+15.38%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,500	£25,000	£22,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£45,000	£42,000
UK excluding London median salary	£38,750	£35,000	£36,500
% change year-on-year	+10.71%	-4.10%

Test Scripting is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills West Midlands
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	4546	5539	5007
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands	88.31%	88.74%	87.28%
Number of salaries quoted	3770	4307	4140
Median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,500
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,000	£26,500	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£62,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the West Midlands citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the West Midlands

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Scripting in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the West Midlands

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Test Scripting in the West Midlands over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Birmingham	+48	66	£40,000	-	7
Staffordshire	0	13	£25,000	-16.66%	2
Warwickshire	-1	8	£32,500	-	2
Shropshire	+8	6	£31,250	-3.84%
Coventry	-8	4	£30,000	-20.00%
Solihull	-15	4	£52,500	+59.09%	2
Dudley	-	3	£25,000	-
Sutton Coldfield	-	2	£24,750	-
Wolverhampton	+9	1	£33,000	-
West Bromwich	-	1	£50,000	-
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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing Test Scripting also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for Test Scripting.

1	140 (67.96%)	Test Automation
2	106 (51.46%)	Agile Software Development
3	100 (48.54%)	Selenium
3	100 (48.54%)	QA
4	71 (34.47%)	ISEB
5	65 (31.55%)	SQL
6	64 (31.07%)	Software Testing
7	58 (28.16%)	ISTQB
8	56 (27.18%)	Finance
9	44 (21.36%)	Java
9	44 (21.36%)	JIRA
10	39 (18.93%)	User Acceptance Testing
11	38 (18.45%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
11	38 (18.45%)	Scrum
12	36 (17.48%)	Cucumber

13	33 (16.02%)	Test Strategy
14	32 (15.53%)	Retail
15	30 (14.56%)	Manual Testing
16	26 (12.62%)	Functional Testing
16	26 (12.62%)	XML
16	26 (12.62%)	E-Commerce
17	25 (12.14%)	Non-Functional Testing
18	24 (11.65%)	SoapUI
18	24 (11.65%)	Migration
18	24 (11.65%)	Analytical Skills
19	23 (11.17%)	Waterfall
20	22 (10.68%)	Regression Testing
21	21 (10.19%)	Oracle
21	21 (10.19%)	Integration Testing
21	21 (10.19%)	Scenario Testing

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	4 (1.94%)	Confluence
2	2 (0.97%)	WebLogic
3	1 (0.49%)	BizTalk Server
3	1 (0.49%)	EPiServer

Applications
1	12 (5.83%)	Microsoft Excel
2	3 (1.46%)	MS Visio
3	2 (0.97%)	Microsoft Office
3	2 (0.97%)	Microsoft Project
4	1 (0.49%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	2 (0.97%)	Dynamics AX
2	1 (0.49%)	Dynamics CRM
2	1 (0.49%)	SAP CRM

Cloud Services
1	8 (3.88%)	Microsoft Azure
2	6 (2.91%)	SaaS
3	1 (0.49%)	Amazon AWS
3	1 (0.49%)	IaaS
3	1 (0.49%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	2 (0.97%)	Internet
1	2 (0.97%)	Intranet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	12 (5.83%)	Data Warehouse
2	11 (5.34%)	SQL Server
3	8 (3.88%)	Big Data
4	7 (3.40%)	Power BI
5	6 (2.91%)	Relational Database
6	4 (1.94%)	MySQL
7	2 (0.97%)	MongoDB
7	2 (0.97%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	2 (0.97%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	2 (0.97%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	1 (0.49%)	Apache Cassandra
8	1 (0.49%)	BusinessObjects
8	1 (0.49%)	NoSQL
8	1 (0.49%)	PostgreSQL

Development Applications
1	100 (48.54%)	Selenium
2	44 (21.36%)	JIRA
3	36 (17.48%)	Cucumber
4	24 (11.65%)	SoapUI
5	18 (8.74%)	WebDriver
6	16 (7.77%)	JMeter
7	10 (4.85%)	eggPlant
7	10 (4.85%)	JBehave
7	10 (4.85%)	Ranorex
7	10 (4.85%)	WATIR
8	9 (4.37%)	SpecFlow
9	8 (3.88%)	HP UFT
9	8 (3.88%)	JUnit
10	6 (2.91%)	Gatling
10	6 (2.91%)	Team Foundation Server
11	5 (2.43%)	TestRail
12	4 (1.94%)	Jenkins
13	2 (0.97%)	TestComplete
13	2 (0.97%)	Visual Studio
13	2 (0.97%)	Visual Studio Team System

General
1	56 (27.18%)	Finance
2	32 (15.53%)	Retail
3	5 (2.43%)	Games
4	4 (1.94%)	Electronics
5	3 (1.46%)	Banking
6	2 (0.97%)	Back Office
6	2 (0.97%)	Marketing
7	1 (0.49%)	Local Government
7	1 (0.49%)	Manufacturing
7	1 (0.49%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	106 (51.46%)	Analyst
2	83 (40.29%)	Test Analyst
3	74 (35.92%)	Tester
4	36 (17.48%)	Software Tester
5	25 (12.14%)	Software Analyst
5	25 (12.14%)	Software Test Analyst
6	22 (10.68%)	Test Engineer
7	21 (10.19%)	Test Leader
8	20 (9.71%)	QA Engineer
9	19 (9.22%)	QA Test Engineer
10	18 (8.74%)	Automation Tester
10	18 (8.74%)	QA Analyst
11	16 (7.77%)	QA Tester
12	14 (6.80%)	Business Analyst
12	14 (6.80%)	QA Test Analyst
13	12 (5.83%)	Senior Analyst
13	12 (5.83%)	Test Automation Engineer
14	11 (5.34%)	Senior Test Analyst
15	10 (4.85%)	QA Automation Engineer
15	10 (4.85%)	Senior Tester

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	26 (12.62%)	XML
2	19 (9.22%)	SOAP
3	10 (4.85%)	Gherkin
4	5 (2.43%)	.NET
5	4 (1.94%)	AngularJS
5	4 (1.94%)	CSS
5	4 (1.94%)	Web Services
6	3 (1.46%)	HTML
6	3 (1.46%)	JSON
7	2 (0.97%)	Middleware
8	1 (0.49%)	.NET Framework
8	1 (0.49%)	ASP.NET
8	1 (0.49%)	BAPI
8	1 (0.49%)	HTML5
8	1 (0.49%)	IDoc
8	1 (0.49%)	REST
8	1 (0.49%)	SAP ALE
8	1 (0.49%)	SAP Smart Forms
8	1 (0.49%)	XML Messaging
8	1 (0.49%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	24 (11.65%)	Analytical Skills
2	12 (5.83%)	Fintech
3	7 (3.40%)	Reinsurance
4	5 (2.43%)	Client/Server
5	4 (1.94%)	EPoS
5	4 (1.94%)	Mobile App
6	3 (1.46%)	Management Information System
7	2 (0.97%)	Computer Science
7	2 (0.97%)	iPad
8	1 (0.49%)	BYOD
8	1 (0.49%)	Cloud Native
8	1 (0.49%)	Derivative
8	1 (0.49%)	Fixed Income
8	1 (0.49%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
8	1 (0.49%)	Greenfield Project
8	1 (0.49%)	Internet of Things
8	1 (0.49%)	Online Gambling
8	1 (0.49%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	13 (6.31%)	Unix
2	12 (5.83%)	Linux
3	11 (5.34%)	Windows
4	9 (4.37%)	Apple iOS
5	7 (3.40%)	Android

Processes & Methodologies
1	140 (67.96%)	Test Automation
2	106 (51.46%)	Agile Software Development
3	64 (31.07%)	Software Testing
4	39 (18.93%)	User Acceptance Testing
5	38 (18.45%)	Scrum
6	33 (16.02%)	Test Strategy
7	30 (14.56%)	Manual Testing
8	26 (12.62%)	E-Commerce
8	26 (12.62%)	Functional Testing
9	25 (12.14%)	Non-Functional Testing
10	24 (11.65%)	Migration
11	23 (11.17%)	Waterfall
12	22 (10.68%)	Regression Testing
13	21 (10.19%)	Integration Testing
13	21 (10.19%)	Scenario Testing
14	20 (9.71%)	SDLC
15	17 (8.25%)	BDD
16	14 (6.80%)	Unit Testing
16	14 (6.80%)	User Stories
17	12 (5.83%)	System Testing

Programming Languages
1	65 (31.55%)	SQL
2	44 (21.36%)	Java
3	19 (9.22%)	C#
3	19 (9.22%)	JavaScript
4	12 (5.83%)	Python
5	10 (4.85%)	C++
6	8 (3.88%)	VB
7	7 (3.40%)	Scala
7	7 (3.40%)	VBScript
8	5 (2.43%)	C
9	3 (1.46%)	Perl
9	3 (1.46%)	PHP
9	3 (1.46%)	VB.NET
10	1 (0.49%)	ABAP
10	1 (0.49%)	Groovy
10	1 (0.49%)	PL/SQL
10	1 (0.49%)	PowerShell
10	1 (0.49%)	SAPscript
10	1 (0.49%)	T-SQL
10	1 (0.49%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	71 (34.47%)	ISEB
2	58 (28.16%)	ISTQB
3	38 (18.45%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
4	15 (7.28%)	Degree
5	2 (0.97%)	ISTQB Advanced Certification
5	2 (0.97%)	Microsoft Certification
6	1 (0.49%)	Computer Science Degree
6	1 (0.49%)	ISEB Practitioner