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The table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting (Test Scripts) skills within the Bracknell region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2530
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.961 %2.985 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£250£350
Average daily rate£275£350
% change on same period last year-21.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£314
% change on same period last year+2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.96£27.90
% change on same period last year+7.39 %
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Bracknell
Matching contract IT job ads153134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.241 %0.144 %
Daily rates quoted6441
Average minimum daily rate£372£356
Average daily rate£385£371
% change on same period last year+3.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted819
Average minimum hourly rate£19.78£27.28
Average hourly rate£21.42£27.97
% change on same period last year-23.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.06£28.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Test Scripting BerkshireTest Scripting
Berkshire

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.

Test Scripting
Demand Trend

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

Bracknell Test Scripting Demand Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bracknell Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

14 (66.67 %)UNIX
14 (66.67 %)Linux
23 (50.00 %)HP
23 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)DV Cleared
32 (33.33 %)Automated Testing
32 (33.33 %)Performance Testing
32 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
32 (33.33 %)FTP
32 (33.33 %)HTTP
32 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
32 (33.33 %)Windows NT
32 (33.33 %)Windows
32 (33.33 %)HPUX
32 (33.33 %)Solaris
32 (33.33 %)Government
32 (33.33 %)Migration
32 (33.33 %)Sophos
32 (33.33 %)Tru64
32 (33.33 %)INAP
41 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
41 (16.67 %)C
41 (16.67 %)COBOL
41 (16.67 %)HTML
41 (16.67 %)Java
41 (16.67 %)Perl
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)Oracle
41 (16.67 %)N-Tier
41 (16.67 %)CISSP

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)HTML
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)FTP
12 (33.33 %)HTTP
12 (33.33 %)INAP
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Government
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Tester
22 (33.33 %)Consultant
22 (33.33 %)Systems Administrator
22 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Administrator
22 (33.33 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
22 (33.33 %)Test Engineer
22 (33.33 %)UNIX Administrator
22 (33.33 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
22 (33.33 %)UNIX Engineer
22 (33.33 %)UNIX Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Penetration Tester
31 (16.67 %)Systems Tester
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)N-Tier
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)UNIX
14 (66.67 %)Linux
22 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
22 (33.33 %)Windows NT
22 (33.33 %)Tru64
22 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)HPUX
22 (33.33 %)Solaris
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (33.33 %)Migration
22 (33.33 %)Automated Testing
22 (33.33 %)Performance Testing
22 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
22 (33.33 %)DV Cleared
31 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
31 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
31 (16.67 %)Security Testing
31 (16.67 %)Penetration Testing
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)C
11 (16.67 %)COBOL
11 (16.67 %)Java
11 (16.67 %)Perl
11 (16.67 %)SQL
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)CISSP
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)HP
22 (33.33 %)Sophos
31 (16.67 %)Oracle