The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting 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 Test Scripting 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
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 13 14 12
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 6 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 10.17% 1.149% 2.564%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.32% 1.538% 4.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £330 - £101
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.63 £28.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-2.21% +61.42%
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%
Test Scripting
London

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 6 (60.00%) STB
2 5 (50.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (40.00%) JIRA
3 4 (40.00%) ISEB
3 4 (40.00%) TDD
4 3 (30.00%) Ruby
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Games
4 3 (30.00%) Scrum
4 3 (30.00%) Cocoa
4 3 (30.00%) Objective-C
4 3 (30.00%) DRM
4 3 (30.00%) HTTPS
4 3 (30.00%) HTML
4 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (30.00%) Perl
4 3 (30.00%) Wireshark
4 3 (30.00%) Selenium
4 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Android
4 3 (30.00%) Cucumber
4 3 (30.00%) BDD
4 3 (30.00%) Apple iOS
4 3 (30.00%) IPTV
4 3 (30.00%) User Stories

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 3 (30.00%) HTML
1 3 (30.00%) Cocoa
1 3 (30.00%) Cocoa Touch
2 2 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (10.00%) SOAP
3 1 (10.00%) Web Services
3 1 (10.00%) XSL
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) HTTPS
1 3 (30.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
2 3 (30.00%) Selenium
2 3 (30.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (10.00%) Hudson
3 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) Trac
3 1 (10.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (10.00%) JBehave
3 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 3 (30.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Tester
2 6 (60.00%) Senior Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Test Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Test Development Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Development Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Agile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) STB
2 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (30.00%) IPTV
3 3 (30.00%) Video on Demand
4 2 (20.00%) DTV
5 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Android
1 3 (30.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) TDD
2 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (30.00%) DRM
2 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Scrum
2 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (30.00%) BDD
2 3 (30.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (30.00%) User Stories
2 3 (30.00%) Automation Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) Objective-C
2 3 (30.00%) Ruby
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) Perl
3 1 (10.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) ISEB
1 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) HP