The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing 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 Hampshire 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
Automated Testing
Rank 82 85 99
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +14
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 19 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.186% 0.836% 0.266%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.727% 1.312% 0.404%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 2
Average daily rate £355 £308 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.44% -32.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £274 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £342 £651
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £308
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +66.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1100 991 1239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 68.66% 63.73% 65.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 479 579
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £263 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 93 112
Average hourly rate £34.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.69 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.25 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Automated Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automated Testing across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the Hampshire 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
Southampton - 5 £355 - 1
Basingstoke -11 2 - - 1
Portsmouth - - - -
Winchester - - - - 1
Aldershot - - - -
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing.

1 16 (55.17%) Test Automation
2 15 (51.72%) C#
3 14 (48.28%) .NET
4 13 (44.83%) Selenium
5 10 (34.48%) Web Testing
5 10 (34.48%) Visual Studio
5 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
5 10 (34.48%) Windows Azure
6 9 (31.03%) Open Source
6 9 (31.03%) UNIX
7 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
7 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
7 8 (27.59%) Manual Testing
7 8 (27.59%) TDD
7 8 (27.59%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (24.14%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (24.14%) FitNesse
8 7 (24.14%) Java EE
8 7 (24.14%) Java
8 7 (24.14%) Apache
8 7 (24.14%) Tomcat
9 6 (20.69%) SQL
9 6 (20.69%) Security Testing
9 6 (20.69%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (17.24%) Jasmine
10 5 (17.24%) Performance Testing
11 4 (13.79%) Web Services
11 4 (13.79%) Oracle
11 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (13.79%) Automation Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (48.28%) .NET
2 7 (24.14%) Java EE
3 4 (13.79%) Web Services
4 3 (10.34%) soapUI
4 3 (10.34%) HTML
4 3 (10.34%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (34.48%) Windows Azure
2 7 (24.14%) Apache
2 7 (24.14%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) HTTP
1 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (44.83%) Selenium
2 10 (34.48%) Visual Studio
3 7 (24.14%) FitNesse
4 6 (20.69%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (17.24%) Jasmine
6 4 (13.79%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (10.34%) JMeter
8 2 (6.897%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (6.897%) HttpUnit
8 2 (6.897%) WebDriver
9 1 (3.448%) Hudson
9 1 (3.448%) Jenkins
9 1 (3.448%) Subversion
General
1 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Analyst
1 10 (34.48%) Test Analyst
2 8 (27.59%) Developer
3 6 (20.69%) Automation Test Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Automation Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) JavaScript Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Test Consultant
4 5 (17.24%) Consultant
5 3 (10.34%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Test Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Tester
6 2 (6.897%) Non-Functional Tester
6 2 (6.897%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Automated Test Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.448%) Performance Test Leader
7 1 (3.448%) Agile Java Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Test Automation Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Open Source
2 8 (27.59%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Test Automation
2 10 (34.48%) Web Testing
3 8 (27.59%) Manual Testing
3 8 (27.59%) TDD
4 7 (24.14%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (20.69%) Security Testing
6 5 (17.24%) Performance Testing
7 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (13.79%) Automation Testing
8 3 (10.34%) Agile Project Management
8 3 (10.34%) Web Development
8 3 (10.34%) E-business
8 3 (10.34%) Project Management
9 2 (6.897%) SOA
9 2 (6.897%) Test Scripting
10 1 (3.448%) BDD
10 1 (3.448%) Software Testing
10 1 (3.448%) Project Planning
10 1 (3.448%) Test Management
10 1 (3.448%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) C#
2 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
3 7 (24.14%) Java
4 6 (20.69%) SQL
5 3 (10.34%) Groovy
6 1 (3.448%) C
6 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.448%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.897%) ISEB
3 1 (3.448%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (3.448%) Degree
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Oracle
3 3 (10.34%) Capita
4 2 (6.897%) HP
Hampshire
Automated testing on complex Web Applications at the Data, Web Service and GUI layer... - Selenium RC, SoapUI and LoadUI. - Experience scripting in the following languages: C#, Groovy. - XML,...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013