The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation 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 Automation Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 78 72 55
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -17
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.126% 0.202% 0.153%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.134% 0.213% 0.162%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £275 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -31.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £256 £325
% change year-on-year
+36.58% -21.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £31.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 - -
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
745 941 618
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 93.59% 95.24% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 546 289
Average daily rate £300 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 44 57
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.62 £10.00 £7.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £50.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Automation Tester
West Yorkshire

Automation Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Automation Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Automation Tester Daily Rate Trend

Automation Tester
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Automation 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 Automation Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) soapUI
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Automation 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 Automation Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) soapUI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
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