The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing 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 Midlands 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
Automated Testing
Rank - 26 33
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 0 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.752% 0.875%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.527% 1.351%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £323
% change year-on-year
- +0.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +35.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 131 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.12% 49.25% 64.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 55 52
Average daily rate £450 £375 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 58
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -15.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

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 Midlands region.

Midlands Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Game Development
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Game Development
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft