The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Norfolk 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
Automated Testing
Rank 32 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 1.117% - 0.763%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.835% - 1.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £319
% change year-on-year
- +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
109 194 186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 60.89% 76.68% 70.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 93 59
Average daily rate £290 £350 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -7.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £203 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £530 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £23.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.04% +64.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.00 £7.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £33.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Automated Testing
East of England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the Norfolk 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
Norwich - 2 - -
Automated Testing
East of England

Automated Testing
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Online Games
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) WatiN
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) SpecFlow

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) WatiN
1 2 (100.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
1 2 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft