The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 26 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.645% - 0.549%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.124% - 0.775%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £319 £350
% change year-on-year
+9.71% -8.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
89 121 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 57.42% 67.60% 70.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 65 47
Average daily rate £363 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £230 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 7
Average hourly rate £175.00 £16.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+960.60% -41.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Automation
Yorkshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Test Automation Daily Rate Trend

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire Test Automation Hourly Rate Trend

Test Automation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Harrogate - 1 - -
Test Automation
Yorkshire

Test Automation
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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%) TDD
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (66.67%) WebDriver
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) SEO
3 1 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Ajax
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) WordPress
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) Extreme Programming

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (33.33%) WordPress
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (66.67%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Extreme Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA