Test Scripting Contracts in Ipswich
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting 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 Ipswich 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
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 13 14 24
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 5 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 6.849% 8.197% 2.778%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.87% 11.76% 3.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 2
Average daily rate £328 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Ipswich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 46 85 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 63.01% 69.67% 74.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 54 42
Average daily rate £375 £325 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -40.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £284 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 4
Average hourly rate £15.16 £20.44 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.82% +48.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.06 £11.75 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £17.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
Suffolk

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ipswich Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 7 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
3 4 (36.36%) QA
4 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) HP
4 3 (27.27%) ISEB
5 2 (18.18%) C#
5 2 (18.18%) VB
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
5 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Integration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
5 2 (18.18%) System Testing
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (9.091%) soapUI
6 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
6 1 (9.091%) Test Management
6 1 (9.091%) Use Case
6 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
6 1 (9.091%) Degree
6 1 (9.091%) General Ledger
6 1 (9.091%) SOAP
6 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
6 1 (9.091%) SOA
6 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 (9.091%) SOAP
1 1 (9.091%) soapUI
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
1 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Test Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Tester
3 4 (36.36%) QA Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) QA Tester
5 1 (9.091%) QA Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Integration Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
2 2 (18.18%) System Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Use Case
3 1 (9.091%) SOA
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Validation
3 1 (9.091%) Test Management
3 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) VB
2 2 (18.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ISEB
2 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Sun
Test Analyst
Ipswich, Suffolk
You will have proven experience writing automation test scripts using VB or C#, the ability to write complex SQL queries and experience of different test phases. Full spec...
LEXSTRA
Rate: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
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