The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Slough 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automated Testing
Rank 34 28 33
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 4 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 1.660% 0.485% 0.926%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.817% 0.813% 1.422%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £350 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £323
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +35.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
142 123 211
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 58.92% 59.71% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 73 115
Average daily rate £370 £413 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.30% +23.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £290 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 14
Average hourly rate £22.50 £14.40 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.25% -64.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Automated Testing
Berkshire

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough Automated Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automated Testing across the Slough region.

Slough Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing.

1 4 (100.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) RPG
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) DB2
2 3 (75.00%) TOAD
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) DataStage
2 3 (75.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (75.00%) ERwin
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) iSeries
2 3 (75.00%) RPG IV
2 3 (75.00%) Web Application Development
3 2 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (50.00%) SAP
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) DSDM
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SMTP
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) DB2
1 3 (75.00%) TOAD
1 3 (75.00%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) ERwin
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) RPG Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) iSeries
2 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Workflow
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (75.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 2 (50.00%) DSDM
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) RPG
1 3 (75.00%) RPG IV
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
2 1 (25.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
Slough, Berkshire
Core systems are based on iSeries RPGLE Free Format, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, WebSphere (MQ and DataStage)... Comprehensive development expertise with IBM platforms iSeries, RPGLE Free Format... ErWin,...
TD Group
Rate: Potential for long contract, excellent rate
Posted: 22 May 2013