The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 18 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 Hounslow 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 15 14 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 6.780% 1.149% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.547% 1.538% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £400 -
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
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
53 65 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 89.83% 74.71% 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 38 19
Average daily rate £413 £400 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% +21.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £294 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £34.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Automated Testing
London

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Hounslow region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Hounslow Automated Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 8 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (60.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 6 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (60.00%) Android
2 6 (60.00%) RESTful
2 6 (60.00%) Subversion
2 6 (60.00%) JSON
2 6 (60.00%) SQLite
2 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Java
2 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) XML
2 6 (60.00%) HTTP
2 6 (60.00%) OOA/OOD
2 6 (60.00%) OO
2 6 (60.00%) MVC
2 6 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (60.00%) TDD
2 6 (60.00%) Pair Programming
3 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) HP
5 1 (10.00%) ISEB
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (10.00%) STB
5 1 (10.00%) QA

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 6 (60.00%) XML
1 6 (60.00%) JSON
1 6 (60.00%) RESTful
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
1 6 (60.00%) Android Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) STB
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) MVC
1 6 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (60.00%) TDD
1 6 (60.00%) Pair Programming
1 6 (60.00%) OOA/OOD
1 6 (60.00%) OO
1 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
1 6 (60.00%) Multithreading
1 6 (60.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Java
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) HP