The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 23 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 Bracknell 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 33 - 25
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 2.510% - 0.595%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.947% - 0.917%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £316 £350
% change year-on-year
+10.84% -9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
152 97 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 63.60% 63.82% 64.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 36 37
Average daily rate £400 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £1,000
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 15
Average hourly rate £17.50 £14.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.68% -51.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £12.10 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £14.50 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Test Automation
Berkshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell Test Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bracknell Test Automation Daily Rate Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing Test Automation 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 Automation.

1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 7
2 5 (71.43%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 5 (71.43%) Non-Functional Testing
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) IIS
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Tomcat
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
2 5 (71.43%) LAN
2 5 (71.43%) WAN
2 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) LoadRunner
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) VMware ESX
3 3 (42.86%) NetApp
3 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) TestPartner

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing Test Automation 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 Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) IIS
1 5 (71.43%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
1 5 (71.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) LoadRunner
2 2 (28.57%) TestPartner
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Test Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Automation Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 7
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
1 5 (71.43%) Non-Functional Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
1 5 (71.43%) VMware ESX
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
1 5 (71.43%) HP
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) NetApp