Test Scripting Contracts in Dorset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 22 24 22
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 10 9 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 5.102% 3.422% 5.611%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.667% 5.000% 7.870%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 8
Average daily rate £350 £313 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -20.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 150 180 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 76.53% 68.44% 71.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 111 115
Average daily rate £350 £375 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £275 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 8
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £25.50 £22.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Weymouth - 6 - -
Bournemouth -5 1 - -
Poole - 1 - -
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 19 (79.17%) Retail
2 18 (75.00%) Time Management
3 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
3 13 (54.17%) SQL
3 13 (54.17%) Software Testing
3 13 (54.17%) Degree
4 11 (45.83%) Finance
4 11 (45.83%) Oracle
5 9 (37.50%) ITIL
5 9 (37.50%) E-Commerce
5 9 (37.50%) EPoS
5 9 (37.50%) Incident Management
6 8 (33.33%) ATG
6 8 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (33.33%) Mobile Commerce
6 8 (33.33%) ISEB
7 7 (29.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 7 (29.17%) Lawson
7 7 (29.17%) JIRA
7 7 (29.17%) JMeter
7 7 (29.17%) Kronos
7 7 (29.17%) Fiserv
8 6 (25.00%) Analytics
8 6 (25.00%) Web Services
9 4 (16.67%) ISTQB
9 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (12.50%) QA
10 3 (12.50%) System Testing
10 3 (12.50%) Banking

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 6 (25.00%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Lawson
2 1 (4.167%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) FTP
2 1 (4.167%) Internet
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) JMeter
1 7 (29.17%) JIRA
2 2 (8.333%) WinRunner
2 2 (8.333%) TestDirector
2 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 19 (79.17%) Retail
2 11 (45.83%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (8.333%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.167%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Applications Support
3 6 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Tester
4 4 (16.67%) Test Leader
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Support
6 2 (8.333%) Test Manager
7 1 (4.167%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) QA Tester
7 1 (4.167%) Banking Business Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) SAP Tester
7 1 (4.167%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) EPoS
2 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.167%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Time Management
2 13 (54.17%) Software Testing
3 9 (37.50%) Incident Management
3 9 (37.50%) ITIL
3 9 (37.50%) E-Commerce
4 8 (33.33%) Mobile Commerce
4 8 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (25.00%) Analytics
6 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 3 (12.50%) System Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Integration Testing
8 2 (8.333%) Quality Management
8 2 (8.333%) Performance Testing
8 2 (8.333%) UML
8 2 (8.333%) RUP
8 2 (8.333%) Regression Testing
8 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (8.333%) V-Model
8 2 (8.333%) Test Management
8 2 (8.333%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Degree
2 8 (33.33%) ISEB
3 4 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (8.333%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 11 (45.83%) Oracle
3 8 (33.33%) ATG
4 7 (29.17%) Kronos
4 7 (29.17%) Fiserv
5 2 (8.333%) HP
6 1 (4.167%) SAP
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