The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Luton 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.38 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-28.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
64 57 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 78.05% 82.61% 77.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 34 21
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £200 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £415 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £22.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Test Automation
Bedfordshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Test Automation Daily Rate Trend

Test Automation
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Bugzilla
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) FogBugz
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Bugzilla
1 3 (100.00%) FogBugz
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) QA Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA