Test Automation 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 Test Automation 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 Test Automation over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 246 288 280
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -8
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 137 127 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.633% 0.471% 0.541%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.846% 0.656% 0.760%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 74 112
Average daily rate £425 £400 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +0.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £291 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £316 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.86% -9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £41.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 16194 19350 22109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.77% 71.83% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11076 12690 14542
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
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 254 340 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.23 £27.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.39% -3.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £102.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Test Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Test Automation Daily Rate Trend

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Automation across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Test Automation Daily Rate Histogram

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Test Automation Hourly Rate Trend

Test Automation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 +25 37 £425 +30.76%
Bromley - 2 £425 -
Hounslow - 2 - -
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation.

1 109 (42.25%) Selenium
2 105 (40.70%) QA
3 101 (39.15%) Java
4 99 (38.37%) Agile Software Development
5 96 (37.21%) SQL
6 82 (31.78%) BDD
7 74 (28.68%) Cucumber
8 70 (27.13%) TDD
9 68 (26.36%) Finance
10 65 (25.19%) WebDriver
11 59 (22.87%) Scrum
12 52 (20.16%) Continuous Integration
13 51 (19.77%) .NET
14 47 (18.22%) JavaScript
14 47 (18.22%) Banking
15 46 (17.83%) Ruby
16 43 (16.67%) C#
17 41 (15.89%) JUnit
18 39 (15.12%) XML
19 36 (13.95%) Investment Banking
19 36 (13.95%) Automated Testing
19 36 (13.95%) RESTful
20 35 (13.57%) HTML
20 35 (13.57%) Web Services
21 34 (13.18%) Oracle
22 32 (12.40%) Open Source
22 32 (12.40%) Jenkins
23 31 (12.02%) Linux
24 30 (11.63%) Software Testing
24 30 (11.63%) JSON

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Test Automation 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 Test Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 51 (19.77%) .NET
2 39 (15.12%) XML
3 36 (13.95%) RESTful
4 35 (13.57%) HTML
4 35 (13.57%) Web Services
5 30 (11.63%) JSON
6 19 (7.364%) SOAP
7 16 (6.202%) CSS
7 16 (6.202%) HTML5
8 11 (4.264%) jQuery
8 11 (4.264%) .NET Framework
9 9 (3.488%) CSS3
10 8 (3.101%) XSLT
10 8 (3.101%) Gherkin
11 7 (2.713%) soapUI
11 7 (2.713%) Cocoa
11 7 (2.713%) Spring
12 6 (2.326%) Node.js
13 5 (1.938%) Backbone.js
13 5 (1.938%) Grails
Application Platforms
1 12 (4.651%) Confluence
2 8 (3.101%) MSMQ
3 7 (2.713%) TIBCO EMS
4 5 (1.938%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.550%) Progress Apama
5 4 (1.550%) Adobe CQ
6 3 (1.163%) Windows Azure
6 3 (1.163%) Apache
7 2 (0.775%) IIS
7 2 (0.775%) WebSphere Process Server
8 1 (0.388%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.388%) Magento
8 1 (0.388%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.388%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.388%) CMS
8 1 (0.388%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.775%) MS Excel
1 2 (0.775%) MS Office
1 2 (0.775%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (0.775%) Mingle
2 1 (0.388%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.388%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 4 (1.550%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (1.163%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.140%) HTTP
2 7 (2.713%) Internet
3 2 (0.775%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.775%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.775%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.140%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.264%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.713%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.326%) MySQL
4 6 (2.326%) OLTP
4 6 (2.326%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.163%) DB2
6 2 (0.775%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.775%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.775%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.775%) BusinessObjects XI
6 2 (0.775%) Big Data
7 1 (0.388%) Redis
7 1 (0.388%) Sqoop
7 1 (0.388%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.388%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.388%) SimpleDB
7 1 (0.388%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.388%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.388%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 109 (42.25%) Selenium
2 74 (28.68%) Cucumber
3 65 (25.19%) WebDriver
4 41 (15.89%) JUnit
5 32 (12.40%) Jenkins
6 29 (11.24%) JIRA
7 25 (9.690%) Git (software)
7 25 (9.690%) Maven
8 24 (9.302%) QuickTest Pro
9 21 (8.140%) FitNesse
10 20 (7.752%) WATIR
11 16 (6.202%) Hudson
12 15 (5.814%) TestNG
13 13 (5.039%) Eclipse
14 12 (4.651%) Subversion
15 10 (3.876%) SpecFlow
16 9 (3.488%) TeamCity
16 9 (3.488%) Visual Studio
17 8 (3.101%) JMeter
17 8 (3.101%) CruiseControl
General
1 68 (26.36%) Finance
2 47 (18.22%) Banking
3 36 (13.95%) Investment Banking
4 20 (7.752%) Games
5 17 (6.589%) Front Office
6 9 (3.488%) Marketing
7 8 (3.101%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.550%) Publishing
9 3 (1.163%) Retail
9 3 (1.163%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.163%) Law
9 3 (1.163%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.163%) Back Office
9 3 (1.163%) Electronics
10 2 (0.775%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.388%) French Language
11 1 (0.388%) German Language
Job Titles
1 61 (23.64%) Analyst
2 57 (22.09%) Tester
3 53 (20.54%) Developer
4 47 (18.22%) Test Analyst
5 23 (8.915%) QA Analyst
5 23 (8.915%) QA Engineer
6 21 (8.140%) Test Engineer
7 20 (7.752%) Automation Engineer
8 18 (6.977%) Software Engineer
8 18 (6.977%) Automation Tester
9 17 (6.589%) Test Manager
10 11 (4.264%) Automation Analyst
10 11 (4.264%) Test Automation Engineer
10 11 (4.264%) QA Test Analyst
10 11 (4.264%) Test Consultant
10 11 (4.264%) Consultant
11 10 (3.876%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (3.488%) QA Automation Engineer
12 9 (3.488%) Automation Test Analyst
13 8 (3.101%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.40%) Open Source
2 25 (9.690%) Mobile App
3 19 (7.364%) Derivative
4 17 (6.589%) Computer Science
5 16 (6.202%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (5.426%) New Media
7 13 (5.039%) Social Media
8 7 (2.713%) Market Risk
8 7 (2.713%) Credit Risk
8 7 (2.713%) Credit Derivative
8 7 (2.713%) Equities
9 6 (2.326%) Digital Media
10 5 (1.938%) iPad
11 4 (1.550%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.550%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.550%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.163%) DTV
13 2 (0.775%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.775%) N-Tier
13 2 (0.775%) iDTV
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.02%) Linux
2 21 (8.140%) Windows
3 17 (6.589%) Apple iOS
4 14 (5.426%) Android
5 12 (4.651%) UNIX
6 5 (1.938%) Windows Phone
7 2 (0.775%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.388%) BlackBerry OS
8 1 (0.388%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.388%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.388%) CentOS
8 1 (0.388%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (38.37%) Agile Software Development
2 82 (31.78%) BDD
3 70 (27.13%) TDD
4 59 (22.87%) Scrum
5 52 (20.16%) Continuous Integration
6 36 (13.95%) Automated Testing
7 30 (11.63%) Software Testing
8 28 (10.85%) Test Scripting
9 24 (9.302%) OO
9 24 (9.302%) E-Commerce
10 23 (8.915%) Pair Programming
11 22 (8.527%) Regression Testing
11 22 (8.527%) Test Strategy
11 22 (8.527%) Performance Testing
12 21 (8.140%) Test Management
13 17 (6.589%) Kanban
13 17 (6.589%) Analytics
13 17 (6.589%) Automation Testing
14 16 (6.202%) Data Modelling
15 14 (5.426%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (39.15%) Java
2 96 (37.21%) SQL
3 47 (18.22%) JavaScript
4 46 (17.83%) Ruby
5 43 (16.67%) C#
6 19 (7.364%) Python
7 15 (5.814%) C++
8 12 (4.651%) Perl
9 11 (4.264%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.488%) Bash shell
10 9 (3.488%) Groovy
11 8 (3.101%) C
11 8 (3.101%) PL/SQL
12 7 (2.713%) Objective-C
13 5 (1.938%) VB
13 5 (1.938%) PHP
14 2 (0.775%) VBA
14 2 (0.775%) Jython
15 1 (0.388%) Scala
15 1 (0.388%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 21 (8.140%) ISTQB
2 20 (7.752%) ISEB
3 19 (7.364%) Degree
4 11 (4.264%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.101%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.775%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.388%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (40.70%) QA
2 7 (2.713%) Basel III
3 2 (0.775%) SLA
4 1 (0.388%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (1.938%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.388%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 20 (7.752%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.388%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (0.388%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 34 (13.18%) Oracle
2 21 (8.140%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.426%) HP
4 13 (5.039%) Facebook
4 13 (5.039%) Twitter
5 10 (3.876%) Sybase
6 7 (2.713%) TIBCO
7 6 (2.326%) SAP
8 5 (1.938%) Capita
8 5 (1.938%) Informatica
9 4 (1.550%) Adobe
9 4 (1.550%) Caplin
10 3 (1.163%) Google
11 2 (0.775%) Fidessa
11 2 (0.775%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.775%) hybris
11 2 (0.775%) Appcelerator
12 1 (0.388%) Talend
12 1 (0.388%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.388%) RightScale
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