Cambridgeshire Test Scripting Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Test Scripting (Test Scripts) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Atherstone Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bournemouth Bracknell Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Reading Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	51	52
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	12	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	3.279 %	3.093 %
Daily rates quoted	4	2
Average minimum daily rate	£263	£263
Average daily rate	£263	£269
% change on same period last year	-2.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£263	£275
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£321
% change on same period last year	+1.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£13.00
Average hourly rate	-	£13.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.81	£30.86
% change on same period last year	-9.89 %
Processes & Methodologies Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	366	388
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.488 %	0.393 %
Daily rates quoted	85	128
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£337
Average daily rate	£348	£357
% change on same period last year	-2.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	39
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.90	£30.28
Average hourly rate	£25.79	£32.36
% change on same period last year	-20.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.68	£34.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Test Scripting East of England

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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the Cambridgeshire region.

Test Scripting
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Peterborough	+1	3	£250	-13.04 %
Cambridge	+2	2	£300	-

Test Scripting East of England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 11 (37.93 %) Software Testing 2 10 (34.48 %) Windows 3 8 (27.59 %) Java 4 7 (24.14 %) SQL Server 4 7 (24.14 %) IIS 4 7 (24.14 %) Tomcat 5 5 (17.24 %) GPRS 5 5 (17.24 %) GSM 5 5 (17.24 %) ISEB 5 5 (17.24 %) 3G 5 5 (17.24 %) Handset 5 5 (17.24 %) Regression Testing 5 5 (17.24 %) Finance 5 5 (17.24 %) Validation 5 5 (17.24 %) QA

6 4 (13.79 %) Embedded C 6 4 (13.79 %) Manual Testing 6 4 (13.79 %) C 6 4 (13.79 %) MATLAB 6 4 (13.79 %) Python 7 3 (10.34 %) Microsoft 7 3 (10.34 %) WinRunner 8 2 (6.897 %) Rational Robot 8 2 (6.897 %) GIS 8 2 (6.897 %) Smallworld 8 2 (6.897 %) Client/Server 8 2 (6.897 %) TCP/IP 8 2 (6.897 %) Manufacturing 9 1 (3.448 %) Bugzilla 9 1 (3.448 %) Banking

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (3.448 %) WebServices 1 1 (3.448 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 7 (24.14 %) IIS 1 7 (24.14 %) Tomcat 2 2 (6.897 %) Smallworld 3 1 (3.448 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 4 (13.79 %) MATLAB	Communications & Networking 1 5 (17.24 %) GPRS 1 5 (17.24 %) GSM 1 5 (17.24 %) 3G 2 2 (6.897 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (3.448 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (24.14 %) SQL Server 2 2 (6.897 %) GIS 3 1 (3.448 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 3 (10.34 %) WinRunner 2 2 (6.897 %) Rational Robot 3 1 (3.448 %) Bugzilla 3 1 (3.448 %) Subversion
General 1 5 (17.24 %) Finance 2 2 (6.897 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (3.448 %) Banking 3 1 (3.448 %) Investment Banking 3 1 (3.448 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 10 (34.48 %) Test Engineer 2 9 (31.03 %) Analyst 3 8 (27.59 %) Test Analyst 4 5 (17.24 %) QA Analyst 5 4 (13.79 %) QA Test Analyst 5 4 (13.79 %) Tester 5 4 (13.79 %) Software Engineer 6 2 (6.897 %) GSM Engineer 6 2 (6.897 %) GIS Analyst 7 1 (3.448 %) Embedded C Engineer 7 1 (3.448 %) C Software Engineer 7 1 (3.448 %) 3G Engineer 7 1 (3.448 %) Test Manager 7 1 (3.448 %) Embedded Software Engineer 7 1 (3.448 %) Hardware Engineer 7 1 (3.448 %) Embedded C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (17.24 %) Handset 2 2 (6.897 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 10 (34.48 %) Windows 2 1 (3.448 %) Solaris 2 1 (3.448 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (37.93 %) Software Testing 2 5 (17.24 %) Regression Testing 2 5 (17.24 %) Validation 3 4 (13.79 %) Manual Testing 4 1 (3.448 %) Project Management 4 1 (3.448 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (3.448 %) Load Testing	Programming Languages 1 8 (27.59 %) Java 2 4 (13.79 %) Python 2 4 (13.79 %) Embedded C 2 4 (13.79 %) C 3 1 (3.448 %) Shell Script 3 1 (3.448 %) Perl 3 1 (3.448 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 5 (17.24 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (17.24 %) QA
Vendors 1 3 (10.34 %) Microsoft 2 1 (3.448 %) Oracle 2 1 (3.448 %) Progress