The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 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 Nottinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 34 34 33
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 7 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 2.134% 1.418% 1.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.097% 2.094% 1.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £300 £290 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +16.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £290 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £290 £270
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+9.58% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-7.27% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
226 191 180
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 68.90% 67.73% 60.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 101 67
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £263 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 9
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -32.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £8.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Nottingham -3 4 £275 -
Test Scripting
East Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 5 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (27.27%) SAP ECC
3 3 (27.27%) Manual Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) ISEB
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
5 1 (9.091%) TestComplete
5 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.091%) ABAP
5 1 (9.091%) SAP BW
5 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
5 1 (9.091%) SAP FI
5 1 (9.091%) SOA
5 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.091%) HP
5 1 (9.091%) Test Management
5 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) ESB
5 1 (9.091%) QA
5 1 (9.091%) Scrum
5 1 (9.091%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (9.091%) SAP CO

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 (9.091%) ESB
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) SAP ECC
2 1 (9.091%) SAP FI
2 1 (9.091%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (9.091%) SAP CO
2 1 (9.091%) SAP Retail
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) TestComplete
General
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.091%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) SAP Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Software Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Manual Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
4 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
4 1 (9.091%) SOA
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) Test Management
4 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Scrum
4 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.091%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
2 1 (9.091%) HP