Test Scripting Contracts in Halifax
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting 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 Halifax 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 Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 11 19 22
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +3
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 10 12 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 8.621% 5.217% 0.847%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.24% 6.316% 1.220%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 0
Average daily rate £295 £265 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.32% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £318
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.51%
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
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 89 190 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 76.72% 82.61% 69.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 162 52
Average daily rate £375 £390 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -0.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Scripting
West Yorkshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 17 (89.47%) Finance
2 14 (73.68%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (52.63%) Banking
4 8 (42.11%) Retail
4 8 (42.11%) SAP HR
4 8 (42.11%) SAP
5 7 (36.84%) MS Project
5 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (36.84%) SAP Payroll
5 7 (36.84%) Retail Banking
6 5 (26.32%) ISEB
7 4 (21.05%) ISTQB
7 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
7 4 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (21.05%) FATCA
8 3 (15.79%) Business Transformation
8 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
9 1 (5.263%) Test Management
9 1 (5.263%) SAP BW
9 1 (5.263%) HP
9 1 (5.263%) Law
9 1 (5.263%) Migration
9 1 (5.263%) Data Mart

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 8 (42.11%) SAP HR
2 7 (36.84%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SAP BW
1 1 (5.263%) Data Mart
General
1 17 (89.47%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Banking
3 8 (42.11%) Retail
4 7 (36.84%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.263%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (94.74%) Analyst
2 10 (52.63%) Business Analyst
3 8 (42.11%) Test Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) SAP HR Business Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) UAT Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Testing Manager
5 1 (5.263%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) SAP HR Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) UAT Test Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Business Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Business Transformation
4 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Test Management
5 1 (5.263%) Migration
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) ISEB
2 4 (21.05%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) SAP
2 1 (5.263%) HP
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