The first table below looks at the demand for the Automated Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Leeds 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Tester
Rank - 66 -
Contract jobs requiring an Automated Tester 0 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.557% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.586% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £285 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £270 £263
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
706 853 582
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 94.89% 94.99% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 487 274
Average daily rate £300 £335 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% -2.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £432 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 50 44
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £6.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Automated Tester
West Yorkshire

Automated Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Automated Tester across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Automated Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automated Tester across the Leeds region.

Leeds Automated Tester Daily Rate Trend

Automated Tester
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Automated Tester in their job title 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 with Automated Tester in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
1 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro

Automated Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Automated Tester in their job title 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 with Automated Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) VBA