The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon 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 Croydon 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 16 23 23
Rank change year-on-year
+7 0
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 2.740% 1.613% 4.459%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.571% 2.353% 7.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £418 £263 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+59.33% -38.95%
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
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
56 85 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 76.71% 68.55% 63.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 63 60
Average daily rate £405 £463 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.43% +2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £325 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £700 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -14.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Content Management
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) System Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) QA Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) HP