The first table below looks at the demand for Build Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Build Automation over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Build Automation
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.622% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.868% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -8.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
461 642 540
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.70% 66.32% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 297 229
Average daily rate £410 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 80
Average hourly rate £21.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.88 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Build Automation
East of England

Build Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Build Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Build Automation across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Build Automation Daily Rate Trend

Build Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Build 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 Build Automation.

1 9 (52.94%) Java
1 9 (52.94%) Linux
2 8 (47.06%) SQL
3 7 (41.18%) SOAP
3 7 (41.18%) Web Services
3 7 (41.18%) ISEB
3 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Scrum
3 7 (41.18%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (41.18%) Automated Testing
3 7 (41.18%) JIRA
3 7 (41.18%) Selenium
3 7 (41.18%) Integration Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Test Scripting
3 7 (41.18%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (41.18%) Confluence
4 5 (29.41%) Change Control
4 5 (29.41%) Capita
4 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery
4 5 (29.41%) Programme Office Management
4 5 (29.41%) SLA
5 4 (23.53%) CSS
5 4 (23.53%) BDD
5 4 (23.53%) JBehave
5 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
5 4 (23.53%) Network Security
6 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (17.65%) Fat Client
6 3 (17.65%) jQuery
6 3 (17.65%) Release Management

Build Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Build 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 Build Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (41.18%) SOAP
1 7 (41.18%) Web Services
2 4 (23.53%) CSS
3 3 (17.65%) Underscore.js
3 3 (17.65%) jQuery
4 2 (11.76%) soapUI
4 2 (11.76%) Grails
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Network Security
2 3 (17.65%) SAN
3 2 (11.76%) BIG-IP
4 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.882%) VPN
4 1 (5.882%) MPLS
4 1 (5.882%) Firewall
4 1 (5.882%) IPsec
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (5.882%) NAS
4 1 (5.882%) WAAS
4 1 (5.882%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) JIRA
1 7 (41.18%) Selenium
2 4 (23.53%) JBehave
2 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
3 2 (11.76%) MonkeyTalk
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Test Leader
3 3 (17.65%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Automation Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Automation Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Java Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Java Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Thin Client
1 3 (17.65%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.882%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Windows
3 2 (11.76%) AIX
3 2 (11.76%) Solaris
3 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.76%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Scrum
1 7 (41.18%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (41.18%) Automated Testing
1 7 (41.18%) Integration Testing
1 7 (41.18%) Test Scripting
1 7 (41.18%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery
2 5 (29.41%) Change Control
2 5 (29.41%) Programme Office Management
3 4 (23.53%) BDD
4 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (17.65%) Load Balancing
4 3 (17.65%) Release Management
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL
5 2 (11.76%) OOP
5 2 (11.76%) ETL
6 1 (5.882%) Network Design
6 1 (5.882%) Security Architecture
6 1 (5.882%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Java
2 8 (47.06%) SQL
3 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.76%) Groovy
5 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) ISEB
2 2 (11.76%) MCSE
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.882%) CCSA
3 1 (5.882%) CCSE
3 1 (5.882%) JNCIA
3 1 (5.882%) CCEE
3 1 (5.882%) CCSP
3 1 (5.882%) CCNP
3 1 (5.882%) CCNA
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) ProxySG
2 1 (5.882%) Snort
2 1 (5.882%) NFS
2 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.882%) XenApp
2 1 (5.882%) XenServer
2 1 (5.882%) XenDesktop
2 1 (5.882%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.882%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (5.882%) SCOM
2 1 (5.882%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Capita
2 3 (17.65%) Crossbeam
2 3 (17.65%) F5
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) EMC
2 3 (17.65%) Citrix
2 3 (17.65%) CheckPoint
2 3 (17.65%) VMware
3 2 (11.76%) Nokia
3 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
3 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
4 1 (5.882%) Brocade
4 1 (5.882%) Veritas
4 1 (5.882%) Wyse
4 1 (5.882%) AppSense
4 1 (5.882%) Blue Coat
4 1 (5.882%) Sourcefire
4 1 (5.882%) Juniper
4 1 (5.882%) NetApp