The first table below looks at the demand for WebDriver skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebDriver over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium WebDriver
Rank 64 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.532% 0.224% -
As % of the Development Applications category 4.762% 2.326% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £220 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
84 86 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 11.17% 9.630% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 53 33
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £254 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WebDriver
West Yorkshire

WebDriver
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebDriver across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Leeds WebDriver Jobs Demand Trend

WebDriver
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds WebDriver Daily Rate Trend

WebDriver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing WebDriver 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 WebDriver.

1 11 (100.00%) Selenium
2 10 (90.91%) C#
3 7 (63.64%) QA
4 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
4 6 (54.55%) SharePoint
4 6 (54.55%) JIRA
4 6 (54.55%) Scrum
5 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
6 4 (36.36%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (27.27%) Cucumber
7 3 (27.27%) SpecFlow
7 3 (27.27%) Gherkin
7 3 (27.27%) Agile Testing
7 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (27.27%) TeamCity
7 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (27.27%) Manual Testing
7 3 (27.27%) Automation Testing
7 3 (27.27%) ASP
7 3 (27.27%) HTML
7 3 (27.27%) SQL
7 3 (27.27%) VB
7 3 (27.27%) .NET
7 3 (27.27%) Oracle
7 3 (27.27%) MS Office
7 3 (27.27%) MSI
7 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 3 (27.27%) Web Services
7 3 (27.27%) XML

WebDriver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing WebDriver 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 WebDriver. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (27.27%) Gherkin
1 3 (27.27%) ASP
1 3 (27.27%) HTML
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) Web Services
1 3 (27.27%) XML
2 1 (9.091%) soapUI
2 1 (9.091%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) SharePoint
2 4 (36.36%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Selenium
2 6 (54.55%) JIRA
3 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
4 3 (27.27%) Cucumber
4 3 (27.27%) SpecFlow
4 3 (27.27%) TeamCity
4 3 (27.27%) MSI
5 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Tester
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Tester
4 2 (18.18%) QA Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Tester
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Agile Test Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
1 6 (54.55%) Scrum
2 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (27.27%) Manual Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Automation Testing
3 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 1 (9.091%) BDD
5 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
5 1 (9.091%) TDD
5 1 (9.091%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) VB
3 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) BC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) VMware