The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Anglia 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 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 East Anglia 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Anglia - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Anglia
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
10 51 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Anglia 62.50% 72.86% 78.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 22
Average daily rate £325 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Test Scripting
East of England

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) ISEB
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 4 (66.67%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (33.33%) Sun

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Test Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
3 1 (16.67%) Test Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB
1 4 (66.67%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Sun