Test Scripting Contracts in Northamptonshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 25 32 21
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -11
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 4 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.600% 2.481% 4.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.367% 3.745% 5.820%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 9
Average daily rate £300 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £340 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £423 £525
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
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 169 267 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 67.60% 66.25% 69.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 179 114
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £257 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £504 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 11
Average hourly rate £12.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.42% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £15.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £21.50 £29.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Test Scripting Daily Rate Histogram

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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +5 3 £305 -16.43%
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) BancTec
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) DTS
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) SAS
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB
3 1 (12.50%) Control-M
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
3 1 (12.50%) Fault Management

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) DTS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) UAT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SAS Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
1 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (12.50%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) BancTec
1 1 (12.50%) HP
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