The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank - - 50
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - 0.204%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.366%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £355
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.38 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-28.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
318 356 273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 67.95% 61.91% 55.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 194 145
Average daily rate £379 £413 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.18% +32.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £288 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 31 11
Average hourly rate £15.75 £20.06 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.48% -19.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
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IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
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on Same Period
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South East

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 5 (71.43%) Workflow
2 4 (57.14%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Manual Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) IBM
3 3 (42.86%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) N-Tier
3 3 (42.86%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) XML
3 3 (42.86%) XSL
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (42.86%) TDD
3 3 (42.86%) Workflow Management
3 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Ajax
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) SAP
4 2 (28.57%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) CMS

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) XML
1 3 (42.86%) XSL
1 3 (42.86%) Ajax
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior QA Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Test Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Software Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Software Test Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Test Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) QA Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Software Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Agile .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Agile C# Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Workflow
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Manual Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (42.86%) TDD
3 3 (42.86%) Workflow Management
3 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Salesforce.com