The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Abingdon region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Abingdon 8.000% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+9.58% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-7.27% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Abingdon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
14 21 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Abingdon 56.00% 60.00% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 2
Average daily rate £400 £135 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+196.29% -53.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 £26.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Scripting
Oxfordshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Abingdon Test Scripting Jobs Demand Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Scripting across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Abingdon region citing Test Scripting also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Test Scripting.

1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) LSMW
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (50.00%) eCATT
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Abingdon region citing Test Scripting also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Test Scripting. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LSMW
1 1 (50.00%) eCATT
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Process Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Test Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Business Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PM Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PI Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP