Test Scripting Contracts in Somerset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 17 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 Somerset 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 23 25 28
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 9 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 4.918% 7.018% 3.165%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.000% 12.00% 5.435%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
Average daily rate £263 £380 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.92% +34.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £226 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £420 £289
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £15.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 100 100 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.64% 58.48% 58.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 53 42
Average daily rate £335 £400 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.25% +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.75 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Taunton -2 7 £275 -27.63%
Bath - 1 - -
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 15 (45.45%) ISEB
2 12 (36.36%) .NET
2 12 (36.36%) ITIL
2 12 (36.36%) Software Testing
2 12 (36.36%) ISTQB
2 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 11 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 9 (27.27%) SAP
4 9 (27.27%) Test Strategy
5 8 (24.24%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (21.21%) ASP.NET
6 7 (21.21%) Visual Studio
6 7 (21.21%) Release Management
7 6 (18.18%) Use Case
7 6 (18.18%) ITIL V3
7 6 (18.18%) Data Modelling
7 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (18.18%) Project Management
7 6 (18.18%) HP
7 6 (18.18%) UML
7 6 (18.18%) Automated Testing
7 6 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
7 6 (18.18%) Business Analysis
8 5 (15.15%) QA
8 5 (15.15%) QuickTest Pro
8 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
8 5 (15.15%) Mobile App
8 5 (15.15%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 12 (36.36%) .NET
2 7 (21.21%) ASP.NET
3 3 (9.091%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.030%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Visual Studio
2 5 (15.15%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (12.12%) Selenium
4 2 (6.061%) FitNesse
4 2 (6.061%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (3.030%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (9.091%) Military
2 1 (3.030%) Retail
2 1 (3.030%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (72.73%) Analyst
2 18 (54.55%) Test Analyst
3 9 (27.27%) Senior Test Analyst
3 9 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (21.21%) Tester
5 6 (18.18%) Business Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Developer
6 5 (15.15%) SAP Test Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) SAP Analyst
7 4 (12.12%) CRM Developer
7 4 (12.12%) Dynamics CRM Developer
7 4 (12.12%) Software Tester
8 2 (6.061%) Manual Test Analyst
8 2 (6.061%) Senior Tester
8 2 (6.061%) QA Tester
8 2 (6.061%) Senior QA Tester
9 1 (3.030%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (3.030%) .NET Developer
9 1 (3.030%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.061%) Windows
2 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) ITIL
1 12 (36.36%) Software Testing
2 11 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 9 (27.27%) Test Strategy
4 8 (24.24%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (21.21%) Release Management
6 6 (18.18%) Automated Testing
6 6 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
6 6 (18.18%) Business Analysis
6 6 (18.18%) Use Case
6 6 (18.18%) ITIL V3
6 6 (18.18%) UML
6 6 (18.18%) Data Modelling
6 6 (18.18%) Project Management
7 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.12%) CRM
7 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
7 4 (12.12%) Workflow
7 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
8 3 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) C#
1 4 (12.12%) ABAP
2 3 (9.091%) C
3 2 (6.061%) Java
4 1 (3.030%) VB
4 1 (3.030%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.030%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) ISEB
2 12 (36.36%) ISTQB
2 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 11 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (12.12%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (3.030%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) SAP
2 6 (18.18%) HP
3 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.030%) Oracle
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