The first table below looks at the demand for WebDriver 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 WebDriver 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 Development Applications 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium WebDriver
Rank 37 46 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.610% 0.711% -
As % of the Development Applications category 7.407% 4.167% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £315 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
27 72 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 8.232% 17.06% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 12
Average daily rate £315 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £360 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 9
Average hourly rate £40.50 £36.25 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.72% +45.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.65 £47.00 £34.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WebDriver
Cambridgeshire

WebDriver
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebDriver across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Cambridge WebDriver Jobs Demand Trend

WebDriver
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge WebDriver Daily Rate Trend

WebDriver
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing WebDriver 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 WebDriver.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting

WebDriver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB