The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing 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 Cambridge 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
Automated Testing
Rank 33 46 31
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -15
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 3 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.912% 0.472% 1.172%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.648% 0.897% 2.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £300 £318 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% -10.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £323
% change year-on-year
- +0.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +35.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
182 223 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.32% 52.59% 55.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 110 89
Average daily rate £350 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 20 18
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £33.25 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.85 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Automated Testing
Cambridgeshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Automated Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (45.45%) QA
2 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
2 5 (45.45%) ISEB
3 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Python
3 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
4 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Embedded C
4 3 (27.27%) Performance Management
4 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
4 3 (27.27%) C
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
4 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) C++
5 2 (18.18%) STL
5 2 (18.18%) Google
5 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 2 (18.18%) LabVIEW
5 2 (18.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (18.18%) GoogleTest
6 1 (9.091%) OpenCL
6 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (36.36%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) STL
2 2 (18.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (9.091%) OpenCL
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) LabVIEW
1 2 (18.18%) GoogleTest
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Test Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Test Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Software Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Test Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Automated Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Automated Test Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) C++ Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Software Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Programmer
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
3 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Management
3 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
4 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
4 2 (18.18%) UML
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
5 1 (9.091%) TDD
5 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) Embedded C
2 3 (27.27%) C
3 2 (18.18%) C++
4 1 (9.091%) C#
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
1 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 4 (36.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Google
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The ideal candidate will have experience using a variety of automated testing tools within a cloud environment... Key Skills: List of key skills for the role; Test analyst,...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - 350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013