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The table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills within the Basingstoke region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAutomated Testing
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3042
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.548 %0.508 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£270-
Average daily rate£285-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£291
% change on same period last year+5.67 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£41.00-
Average hourly rate£41.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£41.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.36£35.07
% change on same period last year+9.37 %
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Basingstoke
Matching contract IT job ads157197
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.223 %0.199 %
Daily rates quoted4369
Average minimum daily rate£348£353
Average daily rate£373£378
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted3615
Average minimum hourly rate£30.93£29.05
Average hourly rate£33.39£31.95
% change on same period last year+4.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.85£34.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Automated Testing HampshireAutomated Testing
Hampshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Automated Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Basingstoke Automated Testing Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automated Testing across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Basingstoke Automated Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing.

110 (83.33 %)Java
110 (83.33 %)JUnit
29 (75.00 %)Swing
33 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
42 (16.67 %)QA
42 (16.67 %)Finance
42 (16.67 %)ISEB
51 (8.333 %)WinRunner
51 (8.333 %)TestDirector
51 (8.333 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (8.333 %)LoadRunner
51 (8.333 %)Bugzilla
51 (8.333 %)Games
51 (8.333 %)IBM
51 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
51 (8.333 %)VB.NET
51 (8.333 %).NET
51 (8.333 %)C
51 (8.333 %)HTML
51 (8.333 %)Web Testing
51 (8.333 %)NUnit
51 (8.333 %)Retail
51 (8.333 %)ISTQB
51 (8.333 %)Rational Functional Tester

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (75.00 %)Swing
21 (8.333 %).NET
21 (8.333 %)HTML
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (83.33 %)JUnit
21 (8.333 %)WinRunner
21 (8.333 %)TestDirector
21 (8.333 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (8.333 %)LoadRunner
21 (8.333 %)Bugzilla
21 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
21 (8.333 %)NUnit
21 (8.333 %)Rational Functional Tester
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Games
21 (8.333 %)Retail
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (75.00 %)Developer
19 (75.00 %)Java Developer
19 (75.00 %)Java Swing Developer
22 (16.67 %)Tester
22 (16.67 %)Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Test Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Software Tester
31 (8.333 %)Test Engineer
31 (8.333 %)QA Test Analyst
31 (8.333 %)QA Analyst
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (8.333 %)Web Testing
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (83.33 %)Java
21 (8.333 %)VB.NET
21 (8.333 %)C
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (16.67 %)ISEB
21 (8.333 %)ISTQB
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (16.67 %)QA
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)IBM