Hertfordshire Test Scripting Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting (Test Scripts) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Basildon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Hove Hull Isleworth Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallington Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	53	61
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	20	29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.028 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	2.805 %	3.212 %
Daily rates quoted	8	20
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£310
Average daily rate	£367	£330
% change on same period last year	+11.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£315
% change on same period last year	+3.03 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.00	£27.39
% change on same period last year	+16.81 %
Processes & Methodologies Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	713	903
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.004 %	0.913 %
Daily rates quoted	251	393
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£352
Average daily rate	£375	£373
% change on same period last year	+0.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£402	£395
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	86	100
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.81	£30.35
Average hourly rate	£33.66	£31.80
% change on same period last year	+5.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.51	£33.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.44	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Test Scripting East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Scripting
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Scripting across the Hertfordshire region.

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the Hertfordshire region.

Test Scripting
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Watford	-	7	£350	-

Test Scripting East of England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 30 (46.88 %) SAP 2 29 (45.31 %) Retail 3 19 (29.69 %) TestDirector 3 19 (29.69 %) LoadRunner 4 17 (26.56 %) CRM 5 16 (25.00 %) SAP CRM 6 15 (23.44 %) PRINCE2 7 14 (21.88 %) JDA 8 13 (20.31 %) MQSeries 9 12 (18.75 %) eCATT 10 11 (17.19 %) V-Model 11 8 (12.50 %) SQL 12 7 (10.94 %) ISEB 13 4 (6.250 %) SAP FI/CO 13 4 (6.250 %) SAP CO

13 4 (6.250 %) Citrix 13 4 (6.250 %) E-Commerce 13 4 (6.250 %) UNIX 13 4 (6.250 %) SAP Retail 13 4 (6.250 %) SAP FI 13 4 (6.250 %) Integration Testing 14 3 (4.688 %) Web Testing 14 3 (4.688 %) Manual Testing 14 3 (4.688 %) Linux 14 3 (4.688 %) Java 14 3 (4.688 %) Oracle 14 3 (4.688 %) Manugistics 14 3 (4.688 %) QuickTest Pro 14 3 (4.688 %) Finance 15 2 (3.125 %) Automotive

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development 1 1 (1.563 %) J2EE 1 1 (1.563 %) SAP XI 1 1 (1.563 %) SAP ALE 1 1 (1.563 %) SAP PI	Application Platforms 1 13 (20.31 %) MQSeries
Business Applications 1 16 (25.00 %) SAP CRM 2 4 (6.250 %) SAP FI 2 4 (6.250 %) SAP FI/CO 2 4 (6.250 %) SAP CO 2 4 (6.250 %) SAP Retail 3 1 (1.563 %) SAP HR 3 1 (1.563 %) SAP Payroll	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.563 %) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (3.125 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.563 %) Crystal Reports 2 1 (1.563 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.563 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (1.563 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 2 1 (1.563 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 19 (29.69 %) TestDirector 1 19 (29.69 %) LoadRunner 2 12 (18.75 %) eCATT 3 3 (4.688 %) QuickTest Pro 4 2 (3.125 %) Bugzilla 5 1 (1.563 %) WinRunner
General 1 29 (45.31 %) Retail 2 3 (4.688 %) Finance 3 2 (3.125 %) Automotive 3 2 (3.125 %) Games 4 1 (1.563 %) General Ledger 4 1 (1.563 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 36 (56.25 %) Analyst 2 20 (31.25 %) Tester 3 19 (29.69 %) Business Analyst 4 17 (26.56 %) Test Analyst 5 9 (14.06 %) SAP Test Analyst 5 9 (14.06 %) SAP Analyst 6 7 (10.94 %) SAP Tester 7 5 (7.813 %) Consultant 8 3 (4.688 %) Performance Tester 8 3 (4.688 %) Senior Tester 9 2 (3.125 %) Business Consultant 9 2 (3.125 %) Business Systems Analyst 9 2 (3.125 %) Systems Analyst 10 1 (1.563 %) Management Consultant 10 1 (1.563 %) Developer 10 1 (1.563 %) Crystal Reports Developer 10 1 (1.563 %) SAP Business Analyst 10 1 (1.563 %) Technical Business Analyst 10 1 (1.563 %) CRM Business Analyst 10 1 (1.563 %) Report Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.563 %) EPoS 1 1 (1.563 %) EFT 1 1 (1.563 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 4 (6.250 %) UNIX 2 3 (4.688 %) Linux 3 1 (1.563 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (26.56 %) CRM 2 15 (23.44 %) PRINCE2 3 11 (17.19 %) V-Model 4 4 (6.250 %) E-Commerce 4 4 (6.250 %) Integration Testing 5 3 (4.688 %) Web Testing 5 3 (4.688 %) Manual Testing 6 2 (3.125 %) SAP Implementation 6 2 (3.125 %) Regression Testing 6 2 (3.125 %) Validation 6 2 (3.125 %) Systems Analysis 6 2 (3.125 %) Software Testing 7 1 (1.563 %) Risk Analysis 7 1 (1.563 %) Automated Testing 7 1 (1.563 %) Risk Management 7 1 (1.563 %) Data Modelling 7 1 (1.563 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 1 (1.563 %) Performance Testing 7 1 (1.563 %) Load Testing 7 1 (1.563 %) Unit Testing	Programming Languages 1 8 (12.50 %) SQL 2 3 (4.688 %) Java 3 2 (3.125 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (1.563 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (1.563 %) ABAP
Qualifications 1 7 (10.94 %) ISEB	Vendors 1 30 (46.88 %) SAP 2 14 (21.88 %) JDA 3 4 (6.250 %) Citrix 4 3 (4.688 %) Manugistics 4 3 (4.688 %) Oracle 5 2 (3.125 %) CODA 6 1 (1.563 %) Aprimo 6 1 (1.563 %) PeopleSoft 6 1 (1.563 %) Siebel 6 1 (1.563 %) IBM