The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 19 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 Coventry 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 17 24 21
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -3
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 9 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 5.056% 3.093% 2.312%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.522% 4.500% 2.985%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.63 £27.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+2.31% +54.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
138 200 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 77.53% 68.73% 77.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 102 50
Average daily rate £375 £375 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 6
Average hourly rate £37.80 £32.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.12% -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (50.00%) SAP
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Automotive
2 5 (41.67%) Migration
3 4 (33.33%) ISEB
4 3 (25.00%) Internet
4 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
4 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Selenium
4 3 (25.00%) Manual Testing
4 3 (25.00%) System Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Android
4 3 (25.00%) iPhone
4 3 (25.00%) Telematics
4 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (16.67%) Electronics
5 2 (16.67%) Use Case
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) CRM
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 1 (8.333%) SAP BI
6 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
6 1 (8.333%) MS Visio

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Automotive
3 2 (16.67%) Electronics
4 1 (8.333%) Billing
4 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) SAP Test Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Test Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) SAP Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Software Tester
5 1 (8.333%) Mobile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (25.00%) iPhone
1 3 (25.00%) Telematics
1 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (8.333%) VMS
2 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 3 (25.00%) System Testing
3 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Use Case
4 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.333%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
1 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (8.333%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP