Test Scripting Jobs in the South West

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 201 152
Rank change year-on-year -71 -49 +117
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 23 54 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.22% 0.84% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.89% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7 40 54
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £33,425
25th Percentile £35,299 £38,828 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,250 £41,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.55% +32.34% -7.22%
75th Percentile £53,500 £68,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £64,250 £70,000 £53,375
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,437 6,100 8,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 79.87% 94.60% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,959 3,496 4,999
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,241
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,519 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +7.04% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,675 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the South West

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the South West

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the South West

Test Scripting
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Dorset -29 13 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Wiltshire -9 5 £38,750 -42.59% 7
Gloucestershire -26 3 £80,000 +49.53% 3
Bristol -21 2 £39,347 -43.79% 1
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DHCP
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
Development Applications
1 13 (56.52%) Selenium
2 12 (52.17%) Cucumber
3 8 (34.78%) TeamCity
4 6 (26.09%) JIRA
5 3 (13.04%) Postman
6 2 (8.70%) Cypress.io
6 2 (8.70%) JMeter
6 2 (8.70%) SoapUI
6 2 (8.70%) TestComplete
7 1 (4.35%) Eclipse
7 1 (4.35%) Git
7 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
7 1 (4.35%) Subversion
7 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (60.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
3 12 (52.17%) Law
4 10 (43.48%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Banking
5 4 (17.39%) Investment Banking
6 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.35%) Aviation
7 1 (4.35%) Military
7 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Test Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) QA Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (4.35%) QA Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Tester
4 1 (4.35%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Test Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Test Programme Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Tester
4 1 (4.35%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (4.35%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (52.17%) Gherkin
2 2 (8.70%) REST
3 1 (4.35%) Nightwatchjs
3 1 (4.35%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.35%) IoT
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) PKI
2 1 (4.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Android
3 2 (8.70%) Apple iOS
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.35%) CentOS
4 1 (4.35%) FreeBSD
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Agile
1 19 (82.61%) Test Automation
2 14 (60.87%) End-to-End Testing
2 14 (60.87%) Scrum
2 14 (60.87%) User Acceptance Testing
3 13 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (56.52%) TDD
4 12 (52.17%) Project Delivery
5 11 (47.83%) Coaching
5 11 (47.83%) Mentoring
6 10 (43.48%) Change Management
6 10 (43.48%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (43.48%) Process Improvement
6 10 (43.48%) Time Management
6 10 (43.48%) User Stories
7 9 (39.13%) Test Management
7 9 (39.13%) Test Strategy
8 8 (34.78%) Defect Management
9 6 (26.09%) Manual Testing
10 5 (21.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Java
2 5 (21.74%) Python
3 3 (13.04%) SQL
4 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.35%) C#
5 1 (4.35%) C++
5 1 (4.35%) Perl
5 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) ISEB
2 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) MCSA
4 1 (4.35%) MCSE
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (52.17%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Firmware
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) VMware