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This section looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAutomated Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7471
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads66
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.779 %0.952 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£288£210
Average daily rate£300£210
% change on same period last year+42.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£210
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£304
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.61£35.43
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads770630
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.026 %0.628 %
Daily rates quoted226115
Average minimum daily rate£330£357
Average daily rate£354£385
% change on same period last year-7.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted1437
Average minimum hourly rate£23.26£28.63
Average hourly rate£25.91£29.87
% change on same period last year-13.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.56£31.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Automated Testing West YorkshireAutomated Testing
West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Automated Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds Automated Testing Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Leeds Automated Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the Leeds region.

Leeds Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

15 (71.43 %)Java
15 (71.43 %)JUnit
24 (57.14 %)Test Scripting
33 (42.86 %)TDD
33 (42.86 %)Windows
42 (28.57 %)Solaris
42 (28.57 %)Finance
42 (28.57 %)Government
42 (28.57 %)Manual Testing
42 (28.57 %)SC Cleared
42 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
51 (14.29 %)Hibernate
51 (14.29 %)Multithreading
51 (14.29 %)Spring
51 (14.29 %)Java SE
51 (14.29 %)FIX Protocol
51 (14.29 %)QA
51 (14.29 %)QARun
51 (14.29 %)Test Management
51 (14.29 %)C#
51 (14.29 %)JSP
51 (14.29 %)Eclipse
51 (14.29 %)WinRunner
51 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (14.29 %)Project Management
51 (14.29 %)VB
51 (14.29 %)J2EE
51 (14.29 %)SQL Server

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)Hibernate
11 (14.29 %)Spring
11 (14.29 %)Java SE
11 (14.29 %)FIX Protocol
11 (14.29 %)JSP
11 (14.29 %)J2EE
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (71.43 %)JUnit
21 (14.29 %)QARun
21 (14.29 %)Eclipse
21 (14.29 %)WinRunner
21 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Finance
12 (28.57 %)Government
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Java Developer
13 (42.86 %)Developer
22 (28.57 %)Tester
31 (14.29 %)Test Team Leader
31 (14.29 %)J2EE Developer
31 (14.29 %)Team Leader
31 (14.29 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (14.29 %)Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Test Manager
31 (14.29 %)Test Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Project Manager
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Multithreading
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)Solaris
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)Test Scripting
23 (42.86 %)TDD
32 (28.57 %)Manual Testing
32 (28.57 %)SC Cleared
32 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
41 (14.29 %)Test Management
41 (14.29 %)Project Management
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (71.43 %)Java
21 (14.29 %)C#
21 (14.29 %)VB
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)QA