Automated Testing Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the London 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
Automated Testing
Rank 214 240 190
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -50
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 180 189 288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.818% 0.691% 0.940%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.097% 0.963% 1.320%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 143 197
Average daily rate £378 £420 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
Average hourly rate £41.50 £38.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.09% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +35.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 16410 19631 21812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.61% 71.81% 71.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11259 12893 14383
Average daily rate £450 £450 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 338 344
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Automated Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Automated Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -11 38 £369 -12.20%
Docklands, London - 5 £500 -
Canary Wharf -4 4 £550 -15.38%
Hounslow - 4 £400 -
Hammersmith +3 1 - -
Brentford -10 1 - -
Bromley - 1 - -
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 127 (38.60%) Selenium
2 124 (37.69%) QA
3 118 (35.87%) Agile Software Development
4 108 (32.83%) Java
5 101 (30.70%) TDD
6 72 (21.88%) BDD
7 68 (20.67%) SQL
8 66 (20.06%) Cucumber
9 65 (19.76%) Continuous Integration
10 63 (19.15%) WebDriver
11 58 (17.63%) OO
12 57 (17.33%) Scrum
13 54 (16.41%) Banking
14 53 (16.11%) Ruby
15 52 (15.81%) C#
16 51 (15.50%) .NET
16 51 (15.50%) Test Scripting
17 50 (15.20%) Finance
18 48 (14.59%) E-Commerce
19 46 (13.98%) HP Quality Center
20 45 (13.68%) JavaScript
21 37 (11.25%) Software Testing
22 36 (10.94%) Test Automation
22 36 (10.94%) UNIX
23 35 (10.64%) XML
23 35 (10.64%) CSS
23 35 (10.64%) Investment Banking
23 35 (10.64%) Mobile App
24 34 (10.33%) SQL Server
25 33 (10.03%) HTTP

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 51 (15.50%) .NET
2 35 (10.64%) XML
2 35 (10.64%) CSS
3 30 (9.119%) RESTful
4 24 (7.295%) JSON
5 22 (6.687%) HTML
6 20 (6.079%) Web Services
7 19 (5.775%) HTML5
7 19 (5.775%) jQuery
7 19 (5.775%) SOAP
8 15 (4.559%) Ajax
8 15 (4.559%) CSS3
9 13 (3.951%) ASP.NET
9 13 (3.951%) soapUI
10 12 (3.647%) WCF
11 11 (3.343%) Ruby on Rails
12 9 (2.736%) Hibernate
12 9 (2.736%) Spring
12 9 (2.736%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (2.432%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 11 (3.343%) Apache Solr
1 11 (3.343%) Amazon AWS
2 10 (3.040%) Apache
3 9 (2.736%) Drupal
4 8 (2.432%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (2.128%) Amazon S3
5 7 (2.128%) Confluence
6 6 (1.824%) Route 53
7 5 (1.520%) Apache Pig
7 5 (1.520%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.520%) IIS
7 5 (1.520%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (1.520%) CMS
7 5 (1.520%) Adobe CQ
8 4 (1.216%) Commerce Server
8 4 (1.216%) SharePoint
8 4 (1.216%) MSMQ
9 3 (0.912%) nginx
10 2 (0.608%) Google App Engine
10 2 (0.608%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 10 (3.040%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.216%) MS Office
3 2 (0.608%) Mingle
4 1 (0.304%) MS Project
4 1 (0.304%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.824%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.216%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 4 (1.216%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.912%) Global One
4 1 (0.304%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (0.304%) TradeThru
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.03%) HTTP
2 16 (4.863%) Internet
3 4 (1.216%) Extranet
4 3 (0.912%) VPN
5 2 (0.608%) SSH
5 2 (0.608%) DNS
5 2 (0.608%) LDAP
6 1 (0.304%) SSL
6 1 (0.304%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.304%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.33%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.687%) MySQL
3 15 (4.559%) Big Data
4 13 (3.951%) SQL Server 2012
5 10 (3.040%) MongoDB
6 9 (2.736%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.736%) Hadoop
7 8 (2.432%) Sqoop
8 7 (2.128%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.128%) SQLite
9 6 (1.824%) SQL Server 2008
9 6 (1.824%) Redis
10 4 (1.216%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.216%) DB2
10 4 (1.216%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.912%) UniData
11 3 (0.912%) SQL Server 2005
12 2 (0.608%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.608%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.304%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 127 (38.60%) Selenium
2 66 (20.06%) Cucumber
3 63 (19.15%) WebDriver
4 30 (9.119%) QuickTest Pro
5 27 (8.207%) Subversion
5 27 (8.207%) Jenkins
6 25 (7.599%) JIRA
7 20 (6.079%) Team Foundation Server
8 19 (5.775%) JUnit
8 19 (5.775%) Visual Studio
9 18 (5.471%) Maven
9 18 (5.471%) Git (software)
10 14 (4.255%) TestNG
10 14 (4.255%) WATIR
11 13 (3.951%) FitNesse
12 11 (3.343%) JBehave
13 10 (3.040%) Ant
14 9 (2.736%) RSpec
15 6 (1.824%) TeamCity
15 6 (1.824%) JMeter
General
1 54 (16.41%) Banking
2 50 (15.20%) Finance
3 35 (10.64%) Investment Banking
4 16 (4.863%) Music
5 15 (4.559%) Front Office
6 9 (2.736%) Retail
7 8 (2.432%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.128%) Legal
9 6 (1.824%) Publishing
9 6 (1.824%) Games
10 5 (1.520%) Back Office
11 4 (1.216%) Marketing
11 4 (1.216%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.216%) Electronics
12 3 (0.912%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.608%) Music Industry
13 2 (0.608%) Billing
13 2 (0.608%) Law
14 1 (0.304%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.304%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 103 (31.31%) Developer
2 74 (22.49%) Analyst
3 58 (17.63%) Test Analyst
4 50 (15.20%) Tester
5 18 (5.471%) QA Tester
6 17 (5.167%) Android Developer
7 15 (4.559%) QA Engineer
8 11 (3.343%) Consultant
8 11 (3.343%) Senior Developer
8 11 (3.343%) Java Developer
8 11 (3.343%) Test Engineer
8 11 (3.343%) Front-End Developer
9 10 (3.040%) Mobile Developer
9 10 (3.040%) QA Analyst
10 9 (2.736%) Automation Analyst
11 8 (2.432%) Python Developer
11 8 (2.432%) QA Leader
11 8 (2.432%) .NET Developer
11 8 (2.432%) Test Manager
12 7 (2.128%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.64%) Mobile App
2 23 (6.991%) Equities
3 19 (5.775%) Derivative
4 15 (4.559%) Digital Media
5 10 (3.040%) Open Source
6 9 (2.736%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.432%) Computer Science
7 8 (2.432%) Handset
7 8 (2.432%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.128%) Blackberry
8 7 (2.128%) Social Media
8 7 (2.128%) iPhone
9 5 (1.520%) STB
9 5 (1.520%) Equity Derivative
9 5 (1.520%) Mathematics
10 4 (1.216%) Online Games
10 4 (1.216%) W3C
11 3 (0.912%) DTV
11 3 (0.912%) Social Gaming
11 3 (0.912%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.94%) UNIX
2 30 (9.119%) Windows
2 30 (9.119%) Android
3 26 (7.903%) Linux
4 11 (3.343%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.128%) Windows Phone
6 4 (1.216%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.912%) Solaris
7 3 (0.912%) VMS
7 3 (0.912%) OpenVMS
7 3 (0.912%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.912%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.608%) CentOS
8 2 (0.608%) AIX
8 2 (0.608%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.304%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (35.87%) Agile Software Development
2 101 (30.70%) TDD
3 72 (21.88%) BDD
4 65 (19.76%) Continuous Integration
5 58 (17.63%) OO
6 57 (17.33%) Scrum
7 51 (15.50%) Test Scripting
8 48 (14.59%) E-Commerce
9 37 (11.25%) Software Testing
10 36 (10.94%) Test Automation
11 22 (6.687%) Regression Testing
11 22 (6.687%) Automation Testing
12 20 (6.079%) MVC
13 18 (5.471%) User Acceptance Testing
14 17 (5.167%) Test Strategy
15 16 (4.863%) Unit Testing
16 15 (4.559%) Test Management
17 14 (4.255%) Performance Testing
17 14 (4.255%) Electronic Trading
18 13 (3.951%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 108 (32.83%) Java
2 68 (20.67%) SQL
3 53 (16.11%) Ruby
4 52 (15.81%) C#
5 45 (13.68%) JavaScript
6 28 (8.511%) Perl
7 26 (7.903%) PHP
8 22 (6.687%) Python
9 14 (4.255%) C++
10 12 (3.647%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.128%) C
12 5 (1.520%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.520%) VB
13 4 (1.216%) XPath
13 4 (1.216%) VBScript
14 3 (0.912%) Fortran
14 3 (0.912%) Scala
15 2 (0.608%) Groovy
15 2 (0.608%) Jython
15 2 (0.608%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 32 (9.726%) ISEB
2 24 (7.295%) Degree
3 17 (5.167%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.216%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.304%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.304%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (37.69%) QA
2 1 (0.304%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.304%) FATCA
System Software
1 4 (1.216%) Hyper-V
1 4 (1.216%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (0.912%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.912%) Varnish
3 1 (0.304%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.304%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (13.98%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (2.128%) Puppet
3 3 (0.912%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.912%) Nagios
3 3 (0.912%) SCCM
3 3 (0.912%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.304%) Splunk
Vendors
1 32 (9.726%) HP
2 30 (9.119%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.775%) Oracle
4 10 (3.040%) Adobe
5 8 (2.432%) Sybase
6 6 (1.824%) Google
6 6 (1.824%) Percona
6 6 (1.824%) IBM
7 5 (1.520%) SAP
8 4 (1.216%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.216%) Fidessa
9 3 (0.912%) hybris
9 3 (0.912%) LANDesk
10 2 (0.608%) Zend
10 2 (0.608%) Capita
10 2 (0.608%) VMware
10 2 (0.608%) Perforce
10 2 (0.608%) JBoss
11 1 (0.304%) Cognos
11 1 (0.304%) Salesforce.com
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