The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 18 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 Crawley 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 24 33 25
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -8
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 5 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 3.012% 1.099% 0.690%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.906% 1.364% 0.926%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £320 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £308
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +66.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
128 220 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 77.11% 80.59% 74.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 128 73
Average daily rate £355 £313 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.60% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
Average hourly rate £32.50 £26.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -25.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Automated Testing
West Sussex

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 6 (85.71%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Selenium
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) TDD
4 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
Crawley, West Sussex
Essential Skills & Experience: At least 3 years’ experience in manual software testing... Excellent knowledge of software testing methodologies and best practice. Desirable: ISEB Foundation Certificate... Automated testing experience...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £300 to £340 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013