The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 25 26 34
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 13 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 4.248% 3.774% 3.448%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.533% 5.525% 5.978%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 3
Average daily rate £575 £354 £105
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.54% +236.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £303 £101
10% offered a daily rate of more than £615 £403 £561
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
199 181 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 65.03% 68.30% 57.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 96 108
Average daily rate £303 £325 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £138 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 15
Average hourly rate £19.39 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.80% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.15 £8.75 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.25 £67.50 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent Test Scripting Daily Rate Histogram

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 Kent region.

Kent Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 8 (57.14%) Oracle
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (35.71%) SAP
2 5 (35.71%) HP
2 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
2 5 (35.71%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (35.71%) Test Strategy
3 4 (28.57%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (14.29%) SAP CO
4 2 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (14.29%) SAP FI
5 1 (7.143%) SAP WM
5 1 (7.143%) Project Management
5 1 (7.143%) SAP SD
5 1 (7.143%) ITIL
5 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.143%) MS Office
5 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
5 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
5 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.143%) Finance
5 1 (7.143%) C
5 1 (7.143%) Service Management
5 1 (7.143%) Logistics
5 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (7.143%) Test Management

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
1 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (14.29%) SAP CO
3 2 (14.29%) SAP FI
4 1 (7.143%) SAP WM
4 1 (7.143%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Consultant
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Test Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) SAP Test Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Manager
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
1 5 (35.71%) Test Strategy
2 1 (7.143%) Logistics
2 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
2 1 (7.143%) Test Management
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.143%) Project Management
2 1 (7.143%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle
2 5 (35.71%) SAP
2 5 (35.71%) HP
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft