Automation Tester 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 the Automation Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 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 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 344 371 407
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +36
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 37 31 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.171% 0.115% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.185% 0.125% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 18 11
Average daily rate £361 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £200 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £433 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £291 £263
% change year-on-year
+20.17% +10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 20013 24845 28392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.25% 92.53% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13506 16024 18238
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 449 607 669
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Automation Tester Daily Rate Trend

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automation Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Automation Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Automation Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Automation Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Automation Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 +19 10 £350 +27.27%
Hounslow - 2 - -
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 51 (71.83%) Selenium
2 32 (45.07%) WebDriver
2 32 (45.07%) Cucumber
3 31 (43.66%) Java
4 24 (33.80%) Agile Software Development
4 24 (33.80%) BDD
4 24 (33.80%) Ruby
5 23 (32.39%) Automation Testing
6 21 (29.58%) TDD
7 20 (28.17%) Scrum
8 18 (25.35%) Test Automation
9 17 (23.94%) QA
10 14 (19.72%) Continuous Integration
10 14 (19.72%) C#
10 14 (19.72%) SQL
11 10 (14.08%) .NET
11 10 (14.08%) Web Services
12 9 (12.68%) XML
12 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
12 9 (12.68%) WATIR
12 9 (12.68%) Test Scripting
12 9 (12.68%) Jenkins
13 8 (11.27%) Mobile App
13 8 (11.27%) SOAP
13 8 (11.27%) HTML
14 7 (9.859%) JavaScript
14 7 (9.859%) XSLT
14 7 (9.859%) HTTP
14 7 (9.859%) QuickTest Pro
14 7 (9.859%) Open Source

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 10 (14.08%) .NET
1 10 (14.08%) Web Services
2 9 (12.68%) XML
3 8 (11.27%) HTML
3 8 (11.27%) SOAP
4 7 (9.859%) XSLT
5 6 (8.451%) RESTful
5 6 (8.451%) soapUI
6 5 (7.042%) JSON
7 4 (5.634%) WCF
8 3 (4.225%) REST
8 3 (4.225%) CSS
9 1 (1.408%) Gherkin
9 1 (1.408%) ASP
9 1 (1.408%) ASP.NET
9 1 (1.408%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.817%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.408%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.859%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.634%) SQL Server
1 4 (5.634%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (1.408%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (71.83%) Selenium
2 32 (45.07%) WebDriver
2 32 (45.07%) Cucumber
3 9 (12.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (12.68%) WATIR
4 7 (9.859%) QuickTest Pro
5 6 (8.451%) TeamCity
5 6 (8.451%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (7.042%) SpecFlow
6 5 (7.042%) JUnit
6 5 (7.042%) CruiseControl
7 4 (5.634%) FitNesse
8 3 (4.225%) TestNG
8 3 (4.225%) Visual Studio
8 3 (4.225%) JBehave
9 2 (2.817%) Robotium
9 2 (2.817%) Hudson
9 2 (2.817%) Subversion
9 2 (2.817%) Git (software)
9 2 (2.817%) JIRA
General
1 5 (7.042%) Finance
2 4 (5.634%) Telecoms
2 4 (5.634%) Banking
3 2 (2.817%) Front Office
3 2 (2.817%) Publishing
3 2 (2.817%) Games
4 1 (1.408%) Retail
4 1 (1.408%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.408%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.408%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Mobile App
2 7 (9.859%) Open Source
3 3 (4.225%) iPad
3 3 (4.225%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.817%) iPhone
5 1 (1.408%) Video on Demand
5 1 (1.408%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.408%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.408%) Equities
5 1 (1.408%) IPTV
5 1 (1.408%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.859%) Apple iOS
2 5 (7.042%) Android
3 2 (2.817%) Linux
3 2 (2.817%) UNIX
4 1 (1.408%) Windows
4 1 (1.408%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) Agile Software Development
1 24 (33.80%) BDD
2 23 (32.39%) Automation Testing
3 21 (29.58%) TDD
4 20 (28.17%) Scrum
5 18 (25.35%) Test Automation
6 14 (19.72%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (12.68%) Test Scripting
8 6 (8.451%) Web Testing
8 6 (8.451%) Automated Testing
8 6 (8.451%) E-Commerce
9 5 (7.042%) Pair Programming
10 3 (4.225%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (4.225%) Manual Testing
11 2 (2.817%) Kanban
11 2 (2.817%) User Stories
11 2 (2.817%) Mobile Application Development
11 2 (2.817%) Performance Testing
11 2 (2.817%) Unit Testing
11 2 (2.817%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (43.66%) Java
2 24 (33.80%) Ruby
3 14 (19.72%) SQL
3 14 (19.72%) C#
4 7 (9.859%) JavaScript
5 5 (7.042%) Python
5 5 (7.042%) Shell Script
6 4 (5.634%) PHP
7 2 (2.817%) XQuery
7 2 (2.817%) VB
7 2 (2.817%) XPath
8 1 (1.408%) Groovy
8 1 (1.408%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (2.817%) ISEB
2 1 (1.408%) ISTQB
2 1 (1.408%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.94%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.408%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.634%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.225%) HP
3 1 (1.408%) Apple
3 1 (1.408%) VMware
3 1 (1.408%) Oracle
Automation Tester / .Net / Contract / West London
City of London
They are building a cutting edge piece of software for the Banking and Asset Management industry. The software provides risk analysis and valuation of large complex portfolios and...
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Python Automation Tester
London
python, automation testing, manual testing, development, unit testing, equitiesm securities, loans, python, automation testing, manual testing, development, unit testing, equitiesm securities, loans, Python Automation Tester/ Developer required urgently...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £450 - £500 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Monday 20 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.