Test Automation Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 22 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 238 339 325
Rank change year-on-year
+101 -14
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 318 241 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.753% 0.444% 0.495%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.056% 0.650% 0.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 112 154
Average daily rate £370 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.39% +0.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £498 £482
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £313 £350
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 8
Average hourly rate £41.50 £42.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.35% +21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.70 £24.76 £22.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £53.70 £37.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 30120 37095 37693
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.35% 68.38% 68.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18414 21766 21830
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 930 1218 1380
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.30 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +35 136 £400 -
South East +66 88 £373 +14.61%
Yorkshire +23 30 £275 -
East of England +22 27 £350 -20.00%
North West +25 22 £323 -8.18%
South West +34 7 £338 -5.59%
East Midlands -7 4 - -
South Coast - 3 - -
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 170 (31.31%) SQL
2 165 (30.39%) Java
3 160 (29.47%) Selenium
4 154 (28.36%) QA
5 144 (26.52%) Agile Software Development
6 120 (22.10%) TDD
7 119 (21.92%) C#
8 117 (21.55%) BDD
9 107 (19.71%) .NET
10 105 (19.34%) Scrum
11 91 (16.76%) Web Services
11 91 (16.76%) Linux
11 91 (16.76%) Continuous Integration
11 91 (16.76%) WebDriver
12 90 (16.57%) Test Scripting
13 89 (16.39%) Oracle
14 85 (15.65%) Finance
14 85 (15.65%) Cucumber
15 81 (14.92%) SQL Server
15 81 (14.92%) Windows
16 77 (14.18%) Ruby
17 76 (14.00%) XML
18 74 (13.63%) Automated Testing
19 72 (13.26%) C++
19 72 (13.26%) QuickTest Pro
20 69 (12.71%) JavaScript
21 68 (12.52%) Python
21 68 (12.52%) HP Quality Center
22 66 (12.15%) HP
23 63 (11.60%) ISEB

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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
1 107 (19.71%) .NET
2 91 (16.76%) Web Services
3 76 (14.00%) XML
4 48 (8.840%) RESTful
5 47 (8.656%) HTML
6 46 (8.471%) JSON
7 44 (8.103%) SOAP
8 35 (6.446%) REST
9 33 (6.077%) HTML5
10 31 (5.709%) CSS
10 31 (5.709%) Node.js
11 25 (4.604%) jQuery
11 25 (4.604%) Spring
12 20 (3.683%) soapUI
13 18 (3.315%) J2EE
14 17 (3.131%) ASP.NET
15 16 (2.947%) CSS3
16 15 (2.762%) XSLT
16 15 (2.762%) .NET Framework
17 12 (2.210%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 32 (5.893%) Apache
2 29 (5.341%) IIS
3 26 (4.788%) Amazon AWS
4 25 (4.604%) nginx
4 25 (4.604%) Amazon EC2
4 25 (4.604%) Amazon S3
4 25 (4.604%) Route 53
5 24 (4.420%) SharePoint
6 19 (3.499%) Windows Azure
7 18 (3.315%) Tomcat
8 11 (2.026%) Confluence
8 11 (2.026%) Adobe CQ
9 8 (1.473%) MSMQ
10 7 (1.289%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (1.289%) BizTalk Server
10 7 (1.289%) Apache Solr
10 7 (1.289%) TIBCO EMS
10 7 (1.289%) ESB
11 5 (0.921%) Progress Apama
11 5 (0.921%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (4.788%) MS Excel
2 15 (2.762%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.289%) MS Office
4 4 (0.737%) MS Project
5 2 (0.368%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.368%) Mingle
6 1 (0.184%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.184%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 17 (3.131%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (2.578%) SAP HR
3 5 (0.921%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.737%) Oracle iProcurement
4 4 (0.737%) Oracle HRMS
5 3 (0.552%) Endur
6 2 (0.368%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.368%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.184%) BASE24
7 1 (0.184%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.184%) AWD
7 1 (0.184%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.998%) HTTP
2 31 (5.709%) Internet
3 29 (5.341%) DNS
4 23 (4.236%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.683%) SSL
6 17 (3.131%) DHCP
7 12 (2.210%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.921%) LDAP
8 5 (0.921%) LAN
8 5 (0.921%) WAN
9 3 (0.552%) xDSL
9 3 (0.552%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.552%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.552%) SNMP
9 3 (0.552%) Broadband
9 3 (0.552%) DVB
10 2 (0.368%) RTSP
10 2 (0.368%) Wireless
11 1 (0.184%) VPN
11 1 (0.184%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (14.92%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.893%) MongoDB
2 32 (5.893%) MySQL
3 30 (5.525%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (4.788%) Redis
5 25 (4.604%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (2.947%) Data Mining
6 16 (2.947%) Oracle 8/8i
7 15 (2.762%) SQL Server 2005
8 13 (2.394%) SQL Server 2008
9 11 (2.026%) Oracle 11g
10 10 (1.842%) Oracle 10g
10 10 (1.842%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.473%) Oracle BI EE
11 8 (1.473%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (1.289%) Oracle OWB
13 6 (1.105%) GIS
13 6 (1.105%) OLTP
13 6 (1.105%) OLAP
13 6 (1.105%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 160 (29.47%) Selenium
2 91 (16.76%) WebDriver
3 85 (15.65%) Cucumber
4 72 (13.26%) QuickTest Pro
5 46 (8.471%) JUnit
6 44 (8.103%) JIRA
7 43 (7.919%) Jenkins
8 41 (7.551%) Maven
8 41 (7.551%) Visual Studio
9 39 (7.182%) Git (software)
10 24 (4.420%) FitNesse
11 23 (4.236%) Team Foundation Server
12 21 (3.867%) WATIR
13 19 (3.499%) LoadRunner
13 19 (3.499%) TeamCity
14 18 (3.315%) Eclipse
15 15 (2.762%) Hudson
15 15 (2.762%) SpecFlow
16 14 (2.578%) Subversion
16 14 (2.578%) TestNG
General
1 85 (15.65%) Finance
2 57 (10.50%) Banking
3 52 (9.576%) Games
4 48 (8.840%) Telecoms
5 38 (6.998%) Investment Banking
6 16 (2.947%) Front Office
7 11 (2.026%) Marketing
8 9 (1.657%) Publishing
9 7 (1.289%) Retail
10 5 (0.921%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.737%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.552%) Electronics
12 3 (0.552%) Military
12 3 (0.552%) Law
12 3 (0.552%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.368%) Billing
13 2 (0.368%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.368%) Back Office
14 1 (0.184%) French Language
14 1 (0.184%) German Language
Job Titles
1 118 (21.73%) Analyst
2 103 (18.97%) Tester
3 102 (18.78%) Test Analyst
4 97 (17.86%) Developer
5 54 (9.945%) Test Engineer
6 49 (9.024%) Software Engineer
7 39 (7.182%) Test Manager
8 34 (6.262%) QA Engineer
9 31 (5.709%) QA Analyst
10 30 (5.525%) Automation Analyst
11 27 (4.972%) Automation Engineer
12 24 (4.420%) Consultant
13 23 (4.236%) Java Developer
13 23 (4.236%) Test Consultant
13 23 (4.236%) Automation Tester
14 22 (4.052%) Automation Test Analyst
15 18 (3.315%) Development Engineer
16 17 (3.131%) Test Automation Engineer
17 14 (2.578%) QA Test Analyst
17 14 (2.578%) Software Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.735%) Computer Science
2 40 (7.366%) Open Source
3 38 (6.998%) Client/Server
4 30 (5.525%) Mobile App
5 18 (3.315%) Derivative
6 16 (2.947%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (2.578%) New Media
8 13 (2.394%) Social Media
8 13 (2.394%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (2.210%) iPad
9 12 (2.210%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.842%) iPhone
11 9 (1.657%) Mobile Banking
11 9 (1.657%) Streaming Video
11 9 (1.657%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.289%) Handset
12 7 (1.289%) Market Risk
12 7 (1.289%) Credit Risk
12 7 (1.289%) Credit Derivative
13 6 (1.105%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 91 (16.76%) Linux
2 81 (14.92%) Windows
3 37 (6.814%) Android
4 31 (5.709%) Apple iOS
5 18 (3.315%) UNIX
6 12 (2.210%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (2.026%) Windows XP
7 11 (2.026%) Windows 7
8 10 (1.842%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (1.657%) Mac OS X
10 6 (1.105%) Windows Mobile
11 5 (0.921%) Windows 8
11 5 (0.921%) Windows Phone
12 3 (0.552%) CentOS
13 2 (0.368%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.184%) bada
14 1 (0.184%) Maemo
14 1 (0.184%) BlackBerry OS
14 1 (0.184%) SUSE
14 1 (0.184%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (26.52%) Agile Software Development
2 120 (22.10%) TDD
3 117 (21.55%) BDD
4 105 (19.34%) Scrum
5 91 (16.76%) Continuous Integration
6 90 (16.57%) Test Scripting
7 74 (13.63%) Automated Testing
8 61 (11.23%) Performance Testing
9 56 (10.31%) Software Testing
10 50 (9.208%) Test Strategy
11 44 (8.103%) Test Management
12 43 (7.919%) Kanban
13 41 (7.551%) OO
13 41 (7.551%) E-Commerce
13 41 (7.551%) Regression Testing
14 32 (5.893%) Pair Programming
14 32 (5.893%) User Acceptance Testing
15 31 (5.709%) Manual Testing
15 31 (5.709%) Automation Testing
16 30 (5.525%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 170 (31.31%) SQL
2 165 (30.39%) Java
3 119 (21.92%) C#
4 77 (14.18%) Ruby
5 72 (13.26%) C++
6 69 (12.71%) JavaScript
7 68 (12.52%) Python
8 37 (6.814%) C
9 36 (6.630%) Bash shell
10 35 (6.446%) Perl
11 32 (5.893%) PHP
12 12 (2.210%) Objective-C
13 11 (2.026%) Shell Script
13 11 (2.026%) PowerShell
13 11 (2.026%) Groovy
14 8 (1.473%) XPath
14 8 (1.473%) XQuery
14 8 (1.473%) VB
14 8 (1.473%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.105%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (11.60%) ISEB
2 52 (9.576%) Degree
3 44 (8.103%) Security Cleared
4 41 (7.551%) ISTQB
5 21 (3.867%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.394%) ISEB Practitioner
7 8 (1.473%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.105%) HP AIS
9 5 (0.921%) MCSD
9 5 (0.921%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.552%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.368%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.184%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (28.36%) QA
2 7 (1.289%) Basel III
3 3 (0.552%) SLA
4 2 (0.368%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.184%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (3.131%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.578%) Oracle RAC
3 9 (1.657%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.289%) Terminal Services
5 5 (0.921%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.368%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.368%) vCloud
7 1 (0.184%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 68 (12.52%) HP Quality Center
2 18 (3.315%) Puppet
3 3 (0.552%) Splunk
4 1 (0.184%) HP SiteScope
4 1 (0.184%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 89 (16.39%) Oracle
2 66 (12.15%) HP
3 62 (11.42%) Microsoft
4 32 (5.893%) SAP
5 17 (3.131%) Percona
6 14 (2.578%) Adobe
6 14 (2.578%) VMware
7 13 (2.394%) Facebook
7 13 (2.394%) Twitter
8 11 (2.026%) IBM
9 10 (1.842%) Sybase
10 9 (1.657%) hybris
11 7 (1.289%) TIBCO
12 6 (1.105%) Capita
13 5 (0.921%) Caplin
13 5 (0.921%) Meridio
14 4 (0.737%) CA
14 4 (0.737%) Informatica
15 3 (0.552%) Nokia Siemens Networks
15 3 (0.552%) NetApp
Automated QA Engineer - Financial Services - Agile Development
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium Webdriver - QA - Automated - Cucumber - Java - Agile - Financial Services... As an Automated QA Engineer, you will have strong knowledge of: Automation test tools (Selenium Webdriver, Cucumber, JBehave, Specflow)...
Oliver Bernard
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior QA Engineer (Java development, Automation, Selenium) - Berks
Berkshire
Enterprise Software solutions company are looking for a talented and experienced QA Engineer with strong Automation experience and solid Java development skills and background... You will have a...
Arden Resourcing Limited
Rate: From £350 to £400 per day 4 month contract
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software Tester - Manchester - 3 month contract
Manchester, North West
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Computer Futures
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
CONTRACT Test Automation Developer / Test Analyst
City of London
Our client an Investment Bank requires a TEST AUTOMATION DEVELOPER / TEST ANALYST on a contractual basis. You will be joining the successful Front Office Equities team... Responsibilities The...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Test Engineer
London
You should have ISEB/ISTQB certification at practitioner level and a minimum of 5 years experience within a Test Automation background specifically competent with QTP... As the Automation...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £280.00 - £300.00 per day
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Data Warehouse Test Analyst
East Sussex
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Sanderson
Rate: £230 - £275 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test & Assurance Manager, Automation, Payments
London
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DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £450 per day
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Test Manager, Automation, Financial, Agile
London
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DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £450 per day
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Test Analyst (Contract) £300-£450pd (+Benefits)
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
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Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £450 per day + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Senior Automation Developer
West London
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Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Lead / Test Manager
City of London
Seasoned Test professional with experience of detailed testing of Financial systems Practical experience in formalised, structured testing Familiar with test automation Ability to investigate causes of defects at...
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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Software Development Engineer in Test - c# SQL
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Posted: 2 May 2013
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City of London
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Test Consultant/Test Manager
City, London
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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Non Functional Test Analyst - Hampshire
Andover, South East
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