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Test Automation Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 14 Test Automation job vacancies in the East of England

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation 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 East of England 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 Automation
Rank 87 114 116
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +2
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 31 22 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.402% 0.728% 0.504%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.122% 1.125% 0.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 5
Average daily rate £350 £294 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.14% +10.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £103 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £388 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £355
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 5
Average hourly rate £30.25 £42.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.82% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.45 £32.80 £25.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.05 £54.10 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.38 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-28.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1461 1956 1845
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.08% 64.77% 66.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 928 830
Average daily rate £363 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 176 190
Average hourly rate £35.11 £32.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.71% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £12.58 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £49.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Test Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Automation across the East of England region.

East of England Test Automation Daily Rate Trend

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Automation across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England Test Automation Daily Rate Histogram

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Automation across the East of England region.

East of England Test Automation Hourly Rate Trend

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Automation across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England Test Automation Hourly Rate Histogram

Test Automation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Norfolk +15 12 £325 +116.66% 1
Cambridgeshire +10 10 £398 +27.20% 7
Hertfordshire +26 7 £325 +18.18% 3
Essex - 2 - -
Bedfordshire - - - - 3
Suffolk - - - -
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Test Automation 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 Automation.

1 17 (34.69%) C++
1 17 (34.69%) QA
2 14 (28.57%) Python
3 13 (26.53%) Windows
4 12 (24.49%) Degree
4 12 (24.49%) ISEB
5 11 (22.45%) SQL
5 11 (22.45%) Java
5 11 (22.45%) Software Testing
6 10 (20.41%) C
6 10 (20.41%) Linux
7 9 (18.37%) C#
7 9 (18.37%) .NET
7 9 (18.37%) SQL Server
7 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
8 8 (16.33%) CRM
8 8 (16.33%) Regression Testing
8 8 (16.33%) Games
8 8 (16.33%) ISTQB
8 8 (16.33%) Selenium
8 8 (16.33%) Android
8 8 (16.33%) Test Management
8 8 (16.33%) Test Scripting
8 8 (16.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (12.24%) Objective-C
9 6 (12.24%) Windows Mobile
9 6 (12.24%) E-Commerce
9 6 (12.24%) Windows XP
9 6 (12.24%) Mac OS X
9 6 (12.24%) Windows 7

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Test Automation 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 Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (18.37%) .NET
2 5 (10.20%) Web Services
3 4 (8.163%) ASP.NET
3 4 (8.163%) iOS SDK
4 3 (6.122%) HTML5
4 3 (6.122%) Flash
4 3 (6.122%) XML
4 3 (6.122%) Silverlight
5 2 (4.082%) SOAP
5 2 (4.082%) HTML
5 2 (4.082%) jQuery
5 2 (4.082%) REST
6 1 (2.041%) soapUI
6 1 (2.041%) Apache CXF
6 1 (2.041%) Middleware
6 1 (2.041%) J2EE
6 1 (2.041%) CSS
6 1 (2.041%) XSD
6 1 (2.041%) XSL
6 1 (2.041%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.041%) GlassFish
1 1 (2.041%) Apache
1 1 (2.041%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.041%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.041%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.082%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.163%) HTTP
2 3 (6.122%) xDSL
2 3 (6.122%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.122%) DNS
2 3 (6.122%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.122%) Broadband
3 2 (4.082%) Wireless
4 1 (2.041%) LTE
4 1 (2.041%) Internet
4 1 (2.041%) 3G
4 1 (2.041%) 3GPP
4 1 (2.041%) DHCP
4 1 (2.041%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.041%) RNC
4 1 (2.041%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.122%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.082%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Selenium
1 8 (16.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (10.20%) Bugzilla
3 4 (8.163%) WebDriver
4 3 (6.122%) Cucumber
4 3 (6.122%) FogBugz
4 3 (6.122%) Fiddler
4 3 (6.122%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (6.122%) Maven
5 2 (4.082%) Subversion
5 2 (4.082%) Visual Studio
5 2 (4.082%) JUnit
5 2 (4.082%) Eclipse
5 2 (4.082%) LoadRunner
5 2 (4.082%) Jenkins
5 2 (4.082%) JBehave
6 1 (2.041%) WatiN
6 1 (2.041%) JProfiler
6 1 (2.041%) Valgrind
6 1 (2.041%) SpecFlow
General
1 8 (16.33%) Games
2 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.122%) Finance
3 3 (6.122%) Publishing
4 2 (4.082%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Test Engineer
2 11 (22.45%) Analyst
2 11 (22.45%) Test Manager
3 10 (20.41%) Test Analyst
4 7 (14.29%) Tester
5 5 (10.20%) QA Engineer
6 4 (8.163%) QA Tester
6 4 (8.163%) QA Analyst
6 4 (8.163%) Software Manager
7 3 (6.122%) Software Test Manager
7 3 (6.122%) Windows Server Engineer
7 3 (6.122%) Server Engineer
7 3 (6.122%) Software Tester
7 3 (6.122%) Architect
7 3 (6.122%) Software Engineer
7 3 (6.122%) Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Consultant
8 2 (4.082%) QA Manager
8 2 (4.082%) RF Engineer
8 2 (4.082%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
1 6 (12.24%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (6.122%) Client/Server
2 3 (6.122%) Streaming Media
3 1 (2.041%) Data Conversion
3 1 (2.041%) iPhone
3 1 (2.041%) iSeries
3 1 (2.041%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.53%) Windows
2 10 (20.41%) Linux
3 8 (16.33%) Android
4 6 (12.24%) Windows Mobile
4 6 (12.24%) Windows XP
4 6 (12.24%) Mac OS X
4 6 (12.24%) Windows 7
5 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.041%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) Software Testing
2 8 (16.33%) CRM
2 8 (16.33%) Regression Testing
2 8 (16.33%) Test Management
2 8 (16.33%) Test Scripting
3 6 (12.24%) E-Commerce
3 6 (12.24%) Game Development
4 5 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (10.20%) Benchmarking
5 4 (8.163%) Automated Testing
5 4 (8.163%) Performance Testing
5 4 (8.163%) Integration Testing
5 4 (8.163%) Use Case
5 4 (8.163%) BDD
6 3 (6.122%) Waterfall
6 3 (6.122%) Test Strategy
6 3 (6.122%) Security Testing
6 3 (6.122%) Manual Testing
6 3 (6.122%) Performance Management
6 3 (6.122%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 17 (34.69%) C++
2 14 (28.57%) Python
3 11 (22.45%) SQL
3 11 (22.45%) Java
4 10 (20.41%) C
5 9 (18.37%) C#
6 6 (12.24%) Objective-C
7 2 (4.082%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.041%) Groovy
8 1 (2.041%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.041%) VBScript
8 1 (2.041%) VB
8 1 (2.041%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Degree
1 12 (24.49%) ISEB
2 8 (16.33%) ISTQB
3 3 (6.122%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (34.69%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.122%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.122%) Splunk
2 1 (2.041%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.122%) Adobe
2 3 (6.122%) CA
3 1 (2.041%) HP
3 1 (2.041%) Oracle
3 1 (2.041%) Capita
3 1 (2.041%) MKS
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