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Test Scripting Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting 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 Test Scripting over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 20 28 24
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 5 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.747% 1.556% 3.448%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.587% 2.899% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.63 £27.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+2.31% +54.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 109 138 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 59.89% 53.70% 65.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 54 48
Average daily rate £425 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £235 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £560 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 62
Average hourly rate £103.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+218.46% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £20.65 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Test Scripting Jobs Demand Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Test Scripting 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 Scripting.

1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (37.50%) LoadRunner
3 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) New Media
4 2 (25.00%) Test Management
4 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) MS Office
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 1 (12.50%) SAP BW

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Test Scripting 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 Scripting. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
1 1 (12.50%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) LoadRunner
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Test Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) UAT Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) UAT Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Build Manager
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) ETL
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
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