The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting 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 Scripting over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 24 25 25
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 1.316% 1.111% 2.198%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.222% 1.626% 3.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £243 £338 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.14% +35.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+9.58% -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
90 123 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 59.21% 68.33% 70.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 65 46
Average daily rate £363 £300 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -21.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £230 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 8
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 £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Scripting
Yorkshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 2 £243 -
Test Scripting
Yorkshire

Test Scripting
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) QA
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) BDD
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
1 1 (25.00%) FitNesse
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) QA Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (25.00%) QA Tester
3 1 (25.00%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (25.00%) BDD
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA