Test Scripting Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 64 63 63
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 9 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.051% 1.629% 1.553%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.568% 2.597% 2.349%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 10
Average daily rate £388 £438 £269
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% +62.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £277 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £287
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 574 693 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 67.06% 62.71% 66.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 267 304
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 16
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Scripting
Berkshire

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Linux
2 7 (33.33%) Python
2 7 (33.33%) VMware
3 5 (23.81%) Perl
3 5 (23.81%) Kerberos
3 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
3 5 (23.81%) Red Hat
3 5 (23.81%) VLAN
3 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Network Security
3 5 (23.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (23.81%) vSphere
3 5 (23.81%) Bash shell
3 5 (23.81%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Testing
4 4 (19.05%) QuickTest Pro
4 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (14.29%) Shell Script
5 3 (14.29%) HP
5 3 (14.29%) ISEB
5 3 (14.29%) SQL
5 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
6 2 (9.524%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (9.524%) Test Management
6 2 (9.524%) System Testing
6 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (9.524%) Selenium
6 2 (9.524%) JIRA
6 2 (9.524%) ISTQB

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 Development
1 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.762%) SOAP
1 1 (4.762%) Web Services
1 1 (4.762%) XML
1 1 (4.762%) .NET
1 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
1 1 (4.762%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.762%) soapUI
1 1 (4.762%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Kerberos
1 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
1 5 (23.81%) VLAN
1 5 (23.81%) Network Security
2 2 (9.524%) Internet
3 1 (4.762%) IP Telephony
3 1 (4.762%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.762%) TOAD
2 1 (4.762%) MySQL
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (9.524%) Selenium
2 2 (9.524%) JIRA
2 2 (9.524%) Visual Studio
2 2 (9.524%) LoadRunner
2 2 (9.524%) WinRunner
3 1 (4.762%) QADirector
3 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.762%) Cucumber
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 8 (38.10%) Test Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Performance Test Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Automation Test Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Automation Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Coordinator
5 2 (9.524%) Tester
5 2 (9.524%) Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Performance Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Test Coordinator
5 2 (9.524%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Tester
6 1 (4.762%) SQL Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Test Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) QA Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) IVR
1 1 (4.762%) STB
1 1 (4.762%) DTV
1 1 (4.762%) APACS
1 1 (4.762%) EPoS
1 1 (4.762%) EMV
1 1 (4.762%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Linux
3 5 (23.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (9.524%) VMS
5 1 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Performance Testing
1 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 2 (9.524%) Test Management
3 2 (9.524%) System Testing
3 2 (9.524%) Analytics
3 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (9.524%) Regression Testing
3 2 (9.524%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (9.524%) Automated Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Information Management
4 1 (4.762%) Project Management
4 1 (4.762%) ETL
4 1 (4.762%) Migration
4 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Web Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.762%) V-Model
4 1 (4.762%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Python
2 5 (23.81%) Perl
2 5 (23.81%) Bash shell
3 3 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 2 (9.524%) C
5 1 (4.762%) C#
5 1 (4.762%) C++
5 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.762%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) ISEB
2 2 (9.524%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) ISO 8583
1 1 (4.762%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) vSphere
1 5 (23.81%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) VMware
2 5 (23.81%) Red Hat
3 3 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.762%) Informatica
4 1 (4.762%) SAP
4 1 (4.762%) Oracle
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