The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 57 57 73
Rank change year-on-year
0 +16
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 11 18 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.358% 1.844% 0.468%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.930% 2.778% 0.782%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 4
Average daily rate £250 £325 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +85.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £350 £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+9.58% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-7.27% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
570 648 639
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 70.37% 66.39% 59.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 303 267
Average daily rate £338 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £207 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £424 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 47
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £10.58 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +6 9 £250 -24.81%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 12 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 5 (18.52%) SQL
3 5 (18.52%) HP
4 4 (14.81%) DNS
4 4 (14.81%) LAN
4 4 (14.81%) WAN
4 4 (14.81%) DHCP
4 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
4 4 (14.81%) SAN
4 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (14.81%) Blackberry
4 4 (14.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
4 4 (14.81%) Oracle
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) Windows
4 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
4 4 (14.81%) MS Exchange
4 4 (14.81%) Firewall
4 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) Validation
4 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
4 4 (14.81%) VMware
4 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (14.81%) Windows Vista
4 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (3.704%) WPF
1 1 (3.704%) WebSphere
1 1 (3.704%) BPEL4WS
1 1 (3.704%) SOAP
1 1 (3.704%) XML
1 1 (3.704%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 4 (14.81%) MS Exchange
1 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (3.704%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (7.407%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle iRecruitment
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) DNS
1 4 (14.81%) LAN
1 4 (14.81%) WAN
1 4 (14.81%) DHCP
1 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
1 4 (14.81%) SAN
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) BODI
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.704%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.407%) Retail
2 1 (3.704%) Billing
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Test Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Test Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) SAP Manager
5 3 (11.11%) SAP Test Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Tester
6 2 (7.407%) Functional Tester
7 1 (3.704%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.704%) Development Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) UAT Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Software Development Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Business Test Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Release Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Software Tester
7 1 (3.704%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.704%) FMCG
2 1 (3.704%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
1 4 (14.81%) Windows Vista
1 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (14.81%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
3 4 (14.81%) ITIL
3 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (14.81%) Validation
3 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
4 3 (11.11%) Test Management
4 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 2 (7.407%) OO
5 2 (7.407%) Workflow
5 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.407%) Logistics
5 2 (7.407%) Manual Testing
5 2 (7.407%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Functional Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Automation Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
6 1 (3.704%) V-Model
6 1 (3.704%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) C#
2 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) ISEB
3 1 (3.704%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (3.704%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
1 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) HP
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
2 4 (14.81%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.704%) Software AG
4 1 (3.704%) webMethods
4 1 (3.704%) JDA
Buckinghamshire
The role: Providing documentation to support the test work undertaken through to handover Creating test scripts Carrying out regression and unit test across a range of technologies Responsible...
Venn Group
Rate: likely to extend
Posted: 22 May 2013