The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 17 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 Brighton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 26 36 20
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -16
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 1 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 0.699% 1.163% 3.846%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.962% 1.657% 5.495%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £390 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +41.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
104 181 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 72.73% 70.16% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 91 50
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -51.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
East Sussex

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 1 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 (100.00%) Web Testing

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Web Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing