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Test Scripting Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills
Browse 27 Test Scripting job vacancies in the City of London

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 20 June 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 City of London 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 111 105 108
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 111 119 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.611% 1.564% 1.497%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.174% 2.166% 2.110%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 88 107
Average daily rate £385 £375 £460
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -18.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £250 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £41.50 - £19.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.70% +54.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5105 5494 7109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 74.08% 72.20% 70.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3858 4048 5239
Average daily rate £450 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £301 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 80 126
Average hourly rate £27.97 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.88% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 £16.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £48.00 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Test Scripting
London

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

City of London Test Scripting Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 77 (40.74%) Finance
2 68 (35.98%) User Acceptance Testing
3 49 (25.93%) Banking
4 33 (17.46%) ISEB
4 33 (17.46%) SQL
5 31 (16.40%) Agile Software Development
5 31 (16.40%) QA
6 28 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
7 23 (12.17%) User Stories
8 20 (10.58%) JIRA
8 20 (10.58%) Automated Testing
9 19 (10.05%) Selenium
9 19 (10.05%) Test Automation
10 18 (9.524%) Test Strategy
10 18 (9.524%) Market Risk
11 17 (8.995%) UML
11 17 (8.995%) Business Analysis
11 17 (8.995%) Migration
12 16 (8.466%) ISTQB
12 16 (8.466%) Use Case
12 16 (8.466%) Performance Testing
13 15 (7.937%) Investment Banking
13 15 (7.937%) Java
14 14 (7.407%) RUP
14 14 (7.407%) Microsoft
14 14 (7.407%) Scrum
14 14 (7.407%) Waterfall
15 13 (6.878%) E-Commerce
15 13 (6.878%) SAP
16 12 (6.349%) Oracle

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 7 (3.704%) .NET
2 6 (3.175%) Web Services
2 6 (3.175%) XML
3 2 (1.058%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.058%) Spring
3 2 (1.058%) Hibernate
3 2 (1.058%) WCF
3 2 (1.058%) Grails
3 2 (1.058%) Ajax
3 2 (1.058%) RESTful
3 2 (1.058%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.529%) soapUI
4 1 (0.529%) REST
4 1 (0.529%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.529%) ISPF
4 1 (0.529%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.529%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.529%) Silverlight
4 1 (0.529%) jQuery
4 1 (0.529%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.116%) MS Exchange
1 4 (2.116%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (1.587%) Adobe CQ
3 2 (1.058%) CMS
4 1 (0.529%) Confluence
4 1 (0.529%) Liferay
4 1 (0.529%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.529%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (5.820%) MS Office
2 8 (4.233%) MS Excel
3 4 (2.116%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (2.116%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.529%) Quicktime
4 1 (0.529%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.529%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.175%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (1.587%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.058%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.058%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.058%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.058%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.529%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.529%) TradeThru
4 1 (0.529%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.529%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.529%) Cognos Planning
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.529%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.529%) Summit
4 1 (0.529%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.529%) HFM
4 1 (0.529%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.529%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.233%) HTTP
2 3 (1.587%) Firewall
2 3 (1.587%) CTI
2 3 (1.587%) SSL
3 2 (1.058%) Network Security
4 1 (0.529%) FTP
4 1 (0.529%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.175%) SQL Server
1 6 (3.175%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (1.587%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.587%) MySQL
3 2 (1.058%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.058%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.058%) EDRMS
3 2 (1.058%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.058%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.529%) Big Data
4 1 (0.529%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.529%) QlikView
4 1 (0.529%) SQLPlus
4 1 (0.529%) DataStage
4 1 (0.529%) MS Access
4 1 (0.529%) DB2
Development Applications
1 20 (10.58%) JIRA
2 19 (10.05%) Selenium
3 8 (4.233%) QuickTest Pro
4 7 (3.704%) Cucumber
4 7 (3.704%) WebDriver
5 6 (3.175%) ClearCase
5 6 (3.175%) LoadRunner
6 5 (2.646%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (2.646%) JUnit
7 4 (2.116%) FitNesse
7 4 (2.116%) TestNG
8 3 (1.587%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (1.587%) JMeter
9 2 (1.058%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.058%) WinRunner
9 2 (1.058%) TestDirector
9 2 (1.058%) WatiN
9 2 (1.058%) Hudson
10 1 (0.529%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.529%) TeamCity
General
1 77 (40.74%) Finance
2 49 (25.93%) Banking
3 15 (7.937%) Investment Banking
4 12 (6.349%) Front Office
5 9 (4.762%) Back Office
6 8 (4.233%) Retail
7 7 (3.704%) Advertising
7 7 (3.704%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.175%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.175%) Retail Banking
8 6 (3.175%) Marketing
9 4 (2.116%) Law
10 3 (1.587%) Publishing
10 3 (1.587%) Electronics
10 3 (1.587%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.529%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.529%) Games
11 1 (0.529%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.529%) Legal
Job Titles
1 105 (55.56%) Analyst
2 58 (30.69%) Test Analyst
3 40 (21.16%) Business Analyst
4 27 (14.29%) Tester
5 18 (9.524%) Test Manager
6 14 (7.407%) Test Leader
7 10 (5.291%) Market Risk Analyst
8 8 (4.233%) Risk Analyst
8 8 (4.233%) Market Risk Business Analyst
8 8 (4.233%) Market Analyst
9 6 (3.175%) Developer
9 6 (3.175%) Systems Analyst
9 6 (3.175%) Consultant
9 6 (3.175%) Senior Tester
9 6 (3.175%) Technical Business Analyst
10 5 (2.646%) SAP Analyst
10 5 (2.646%) Banking Business Analyst
10 5 (2.646%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 5 (2.646%) UAT Tester
10 5 (2.646%) Siebel Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.524%) Market Risk
2 6 (3.175%) Credit Risk
3 5 (2.646%) Derivative
3 5 (2.646%) Equities
4 4 (2.116%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.587%) SWIFT
5 3 (1.587%) Open Source
5 3 (1.587%) DTV
5 3 (1.587%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.058%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.058%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.058%) Ergonomics
6 2 (1.058%) Data Conversion
6 2 (1.058%) FMCG
7 1 (0.529%) New Media
7 1 (0.529%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.529%) Kindle
7 1 (0.529%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (0.529%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.529%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.291%) Windows
2 9 (4.762%) Linux
3 3 (1.587%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.587%) Android
3 3 (1.587%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.587%) UNIX
4 1 (0.529%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.529%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (35.98%) User Acceptance Testing
2 31 (16.40%) Agile Software Development
3 23 (12.17%) User Stories
4 20 (10.58%) Automated Testing
5 19 (10.05%) Test Automation
6 18 (9.524%) Test Strategy
7 17 (8.995%) UML
7 17 (8.995%) Business Analysis
7 17 (8.995%) Migration
8 16 (8.466%) Use Case
8 16 (8.466%) Performance Testing
9 14 (7.407%) RUP
9 14 (7.407%) Scrum
9 14 (7.407%) Waterfall
10 13 (6.878%) E-Commerce
11 12 (6.349%) CRM
11 12 (6.349%) Software Testing
11 12 (6.349%) Integration Testing
12 11 (5.820%) Test Management
13 10 (5.291%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.46%) SQL
2 15 (7.937%) Java
3 9 (4.762%) C#
4 8 (4.233%) Python
5 7 (3.704%) VB
6 5 (2.646%) Ruby
6 5 (2.646%) VBScript
7 4 (2.116%) C
7 4 (2.116%) Perl
8 3 (1.587%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.587%) C++
9 2 (1.058%) VBA
9 2 (1.058%) Scala
9 2 (1.058%) Groovy
10 1 (0.529%) Fortran
10 1 (0.529%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.529%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 33 (17.46%) ISEB
2 16 (8.466%) ISTQB
3 12 (6.349%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.646%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.646%) Degree
5 4 (2.116%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.058%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.529%) CISA
7 1 (0.529%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (16.40%) QA
2 1 (0.529%) COBIT
2 1 (0.529%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.529%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.529%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.058%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.529%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (7.407%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.878%) SAP
3 12 (6.349%) Oracle
4 10 (5.291%) Siebel
5 9 (4.762%) HP
6 5 (2.646%) Cognos
7 4 (2.116%) Adobe
8 3 (1.587%) OpenLink
8 3 (1.587%) Mercator
9 2 (1.058%) JBoss
9 2 (1.058%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.529%) T-Plan
10 1 (0.529%) Talend
10 1 (0.529%) Infor
10 1 (0.529%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.529%) hybris
10 1 (0.529%) SumTotal
10 1 (0.529%) FatWire
10 1 (0.529%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.529%) Remedy
UAT Test Analyst - Banking
City of London
The successful UAT Test Analyst will meet the following requirements: Strong UAT and Manual Testing background... ISEB or ISTQB qualified... Key Words: Analyst, Testing, Digital Banking, Online Banking,...
Orgtel
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst
City of London
Manual Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Test Planning experience... Strong Microsoft Excel... ISEB qualified... Key Words: Test, Analyst, Investment Banking, ALM, Quality Centre, UAT, London, Manual Testing, ISEB,...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
IT System Tester - CRM
City of London
You must also have experience of using Microsoft Team Foundation Server and of working in an Agile delivery environment. Role Responsibilities:*Testing of revisions to the business systems*...
Sand Resources
Rate: £210 - £260 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Recovery & Resolution Planning BA/PM
City of London
Business Analyst-Recovery & Resolution Planning-Contract-London. An experienced Recovery & Resolution Planning Business Analyst/Project Manager for a contract position based in Canary Wharf for an Investment banking...
Real Staffing
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
C# Developer - London - Contract - Finance
City of London
C# Developer required by my client, a top-tier financial services software vendor, to perform script testing for tasks and tests that run inside solutions. This is an...
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
C# Developer - London - Contract - Finance
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Senior Test Automation Developer
City, London
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £250 - £258 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
Middle Office Manager - Operations
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £501 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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