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The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 23 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 North West 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.
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3 months to
23 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Test Scripting (Test Scripts) |
| Rank |
58 |
95 |
75 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
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| Contract jobs citing Test Scripting |
62 |
34 |
53 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West |
2.645% |
1.089% |
1.709% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
3.726% |
1.766% |
2.632% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
25 |
23 |
21 |
| Average daily rate |
£300 |
£300 |
£275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£244 |
£196 |
£175 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£475 |
£380 |
£450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£330 |
£300 |
£320 |
| % change year-on-year |
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| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Average hourly rate |
£25.00 |
- |
£35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£26.00 |
£27.50 |
£18.75 |
| % change year-on-year |
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All Processes & Methodologies
North West |
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category |
1664 |
1925 |
2014 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West |
70.99% |
61.66% |
64.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
821 |
991 |
1044 |
| Average daily rate |
£350 |
£350 |
£325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£226 |
£238 |
£225 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£475 |
£500 |
£450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£365 |
£365 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
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| Number of hourly rates quoted |
83 |
84 |
96 |
| Average hourly rate |
£21.00 |
£18.25 |
£20.30 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£13.25 |
£13.35 |
£12.90 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£52.47 |
£37.50 |
£38.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£30.45 |
£25.00 |
£29.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
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Test Scripting
England |
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