Test Scripting Jobs in the South East

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 303 268 236
Rank change year-on-year -35 -32 +45
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 101 110 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.54% 0.83% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.88% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 35 60 142
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,275 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,400 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.89% +1.11%
75th Percentile £50,625 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £75,500 £62,500
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 East

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 East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,283 12,518 20,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.98% 94.30% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,406 7,566 11,829
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £78,750 £85,000 £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 12 June 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 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
Hampshire -16 50 £37,500 -38.78% 2
Thames Valley +1 42 £52,500 +34.62% 12
Buckinghamshire +6 26 £42,500 +0.59% 8
Berkshire +9 14 £52,500 +38.34% 4
Surrey -19 7 £45,000 +38.46% 3
Oxfordshire -21 2 £37,500 -
West Sussex -2 1 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Kent -18 1 £27,500 -
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 (3.96%) TWiki
2 1 (0.99%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.98%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.87%) SaaS
2 7 (6.93%) Azure
3 6 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.97%) GitHub
5 2 (1.98%) Boomi
5 2 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.99%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (21.78%) 5G
1 22 (21.78%) Bluetooth
1 22 (21.78%) GSM
1 22 (21.78%) ISDN
1 22 (21.78%) LTE
1 22 (21.78%) PSTN
1 22 (21.78%) UMTS
1 22 (21.78%) Wi-Fi
1 22 (21.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.99%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 48 (47.52%) Selenium
2 22 (21.78%) LabVIEW
3 11 (10.89%) Jenkins
3 11 (10.89%) JIRA
4 6 (5.94%) Cucumber
5 5 (4.95%) JBehave
5 5 (4.95%) SpecFlow
5 5 (4.95%) TeamCity
6 4 (3.96%) eggPlant
7 3 (2.97%) Git
7 3 (2.97%) JMeter
7 3 (2.97%) LoadRunner
7 3 (2.97%) Postman
7 3 (2.97%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.98%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.98%) TestRail
9 1 (0.99%) JUnit
9 1 (0.99%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.99%) TestNG
General
1 27 (26.73%) Aerospace
2 23 (22.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 23 (22.77%) Telecoms
3 13 (12.87%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.91%) Social Skills
5 5 (4.95%) Retail
6 4 (3.96%) Electronics
7 3 (2.97%) Marketing
8 2 (1.98%) Automotive
9 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Finance
9 1 (0.99%) Legal
9 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (27.72%) Tester
2 24 (23.76%) Automation Tester
2 24 (23.76%) Test Engineer
3 15 (14.85%) Hardware Engineer
4 13 (12.87%) Analyst
4 13 (12.87%) QA Analyst
4 13 (12.87%) QA Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) QA Test Analyst
5 11 (10.89%) Test Analyst
6 8 (7.92%) Administrator
6 8 (7.92%) Hardware Test Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) ServiceNow Administrator
7 7 (6.93%) Test Automation Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Hardware Technician
9 5 (4.95%) QA Test Engineer
10 4 (3.96%) Quality Engineer
10 4 (3.96%) Systems Test Engineer
11 3 (2.97%) Associate Engineer
11 3 (2.97%) Automation Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.93%) Gherkin
2 5 (4.95%) Middleware
3 3 (2.97%) RESTful
3 3 (2.97%) Swagger
3 3 (2.97%) Web Services
4 2 (1.98%) .NET
4 2 (1.98%) Playwright
5 1 (0.99%) Apache Commons
5 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.99%) COM
5 1 (0.99%) Guava
5 1 (0.99%) Java Concurrency
5 1 (0.99%) REST
5 1 (0.99%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 22 (21.78%) Acoustics
1 22 (21.78%) Satnav
2 6 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.95%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.98%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.99%) FPGA
5 1 (0.99%) GNSS
5 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.99%) IoT
5 1 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.99%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.99%) SCADA
5 1 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.91%) Windows
2 4 (3.96%) Windows Server
2 4 (3.96%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (82.18%) Test Automation
2 67 (66.34%) Agile
3 46 (45.54%) Coaching
4 31 (30.69%) Collaborative Working
5 29 (28.71%) Mentoring
6 28 (27.72%) Test Assurance
7 27 (26.73%) Software Testing
8 24 (23.76%) Actionable Insight
8 24 (23.76%) Requirements Analysis
8 24 (23.76%) Technical Analysis
9 22 (21.78%) Critical Thinking
9 22 (21.78%) Data Management
10 17 (16.83%) Test Strategy
11 15 (14.85%) CI/CD
11 15 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (14.85%) User Experience
12 14 (13.86%) E-Commerce
13 13 (12.87%) Web Development
13 13 (12.87%) Web Testing
14 11 (10.89%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (25.74%) Python
2 8 (7.92%) Java
3 5 (4.95%) C#
3 5 (4.95%) SQL
4 4 (3.96%) C
5 3 (2.97%) C++
5 3 (2.97%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.99%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.99%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (39.60%) Security Cleared
2 31 (30.69%) Degree
3 23 (22.77%) DV Cleared
4 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
5 15 (14.85%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.99%) ISEB
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (69.31%) QA
2 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (5.94%) Firmware
2 1 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (6.93%) Microsoft
1 7 (6.93%) ServiceNow
2 4 (3.96%) Oracle
3 3 (2.97%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.98%) SAP
5 1 (0.99%) MuleSoft