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Automated Testing Contracts in the South East
 
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The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing 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 South East 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
Automated Testing
Rank 139 184 197
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +13
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 81 63 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.011% 0.630% 0.462%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.470% 0.953% 0.721%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 21 27
Average daily rate £350 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £269 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £800 £417
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £308
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +66.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5512 6610 6800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.83% 66.13% 64.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2869 3135 3151
Average daily rate £375 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 312 351
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.88 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automated Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Automated Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the South East region.

South East Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the South East 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
(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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +36 41 £375 +29.31% 8
Hampshire +3 19 £355 +15.44% 4
Buckinghamshire -3 9 £325 +20.81% 1
Surrey +20 8 £400 +42.85% 3
West Sussex +16 7 £320 +6.66% 2
East Sussex +5 4 £300 -
Middlesex - 2 £363 -
Oxfordshire -1 1 - - 3
Kent - - - - 3
Automated Testing
England

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 56 (35.90%) Selenium
2 53 (33.97%) SQL
3 46 (29.49%) C#
4 44 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
5 43 (27.56%) Software Testing
6 39 (25.00%) .NET
7 38 (24.36%) TDD
8 36 (23.08%) Test Automation
9 35 (22.44%) QA
10 31 (19.87%) SQL Server
10 31 (19.87%) Visual Studio
11 28 (17.95%) Scrum
12 27 (17.31%) XML
12 27 (17.31%) JavaScript
13 26 (16.67%) Microsoft
14 25 (16.03%) Java
14 25 (16.03%) Performance Testing
15 24 (15.38%) Automation Testing
16 23 (14.74%) Windows
17 22 (14.10%) C++
17 22 (14.10%) Continuous Integration
18 21 (13.46%) Oracle
18 21 (13.46%) Finance
19 20 (12.82%) E-Commerce
19 20 (12.82%) Team Foundation Server
20 19 (12.18%) Manual Testing
20 19 (12.18%) Degree
21 18 (11.54%) WebSphere
21 18 (11.54%) Linux
21 18 (11.54%) QuickTest Pro

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 39 (25.00%) .NET
2 27 (17.31%) XML
3 18 (11.54%) WebSphere
4 15 (9.615%) CSS
4 15 (9.615%) HTML
5 14 (8.974%) WCF
6 12 (7.692%) soapUI
7 11 (7.051%) Ajax
7 11 (7.051%) Web Services
8 10 (6.410%) JSP
8 10 (6.410%) SOAP
8 10 (6.410%) EJB
8 10 (6.410%) J2EE
8 10 (6.410%) JMS
8 10 (6.410%) JSTL
9 9 (5.769%) ASP.NET
10 7 (4.487%) Java EE
10 7 (4.487%) REST
11 6 (3.846%) WebSphere MQ
11 6 (3.846%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 11 (7.051%) Windows Azure
2 7 (4.487%) IIS
2 7 (4.487%) Tomcat
2 7 (4.487%) Apache
3 6 (3.846%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.282%) Commerce Server
4 2 (1.282%) ESB
5 1 (0.641%) LiveCycle
5 1 (0.641%) MQSeries
Applications
1 6 (3.846%) MS Visio
1 6 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.282%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.641%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.641%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.641%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.846%) TCP/IP
1 6 (3.846%) Internet
2 1 (0.641%) FTP
2 1 (0.641%) HTTP
2 1 (0.641%) VoIP
2 1 (0.641%) SMTP
2 1 (0.641%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (19.87%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.410%) DB2
3 8 (5.128%) DataStage
4 7 (4.487%) TOAD
5 6 (3.846%) Data Mining
6 5 (3.205%) MySQL
7 2 (1.282%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (1.282%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.641%) GIS
8 1 (0.641%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.641%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 56 (35.90%) Selenium
2 31 (19.87%) Visual Studio
3 20 (12.82%) Team Foundation Server
4 18 (11.54%) QuickTest Pro
5 10 (6.410%) JUnit
5 10 (6.410%) FitNesse
6 9 (5.769%) WebDriver
6 9 (5.769%) SpecFlow
7 8 (5.128%) NUnit
7 8 (5.128%) JIRA
7 8 (5.128%) WATIR
8 6 (3.846%) Ant
8 6 (3.846%) ERwin
9 5 (3.205%) WatiN
9 5 (3.205%) MSTest
9 5 (3.205%) TestComplete
9 5 (3.205%) Subversion
9 5 (3.205%) Jasmine
10 4 (2.564%) Jenkins
10 4 (2.564%) Maven
General
1 21 (13.46%) Finance
2 17 (10.90%) Games
3 5 (3.205%) Banking
4 4 (2.564%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.923%) Retail
5 3 (1.923%) Automotive
6 2 (1.282%) Law
7 1 (0.641%) Billing
7 1 (0.641%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.641%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (25.00%) Developer
2 37 (23.72%) Tester
3 32 (20.51%) Analyst
3 32 (20.51%) Test Analyst
4 13 (8.333%) Test Engineer
5 12 (7.692%) Software Engineer
5 12 (7.692%) Senior Tester
6 11 (7.051%) Development Engineer
6 11 (7.051%) QA Engineer
7 8 (5.128%) Java Developer
8 7 (4.487%) Software Development Engineer
9 6 (3.846%) Automation Analyst
9 6 (3.846%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (3.846%) Automated Tester
9 6 (3.846%) Consultant
9 6 (3.846%) Software Test Engineer
9 6 (3.846%) WebSphere Developer
9 6 (3.846%) Automation Test Analyst
9 6 (3.846%) Agile Test Analyst
9 6 (3.846%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.051%) Computer Science
2 10 (6.410%) Open Source
3 8 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (5.128%) iSeries
4 6 (3.846%) Kinect
5 4 (2.564%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.564%) Streaming Video
5 4 (2.564%) Visualisation
6 3 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.923%) iPad
6 3 (1.923%) iPhone
6 3 (1.923%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.282%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.282%) Replication
7 2 (1.282%) Online Games
7 2 (1.282%) Social Media
8 1 (0.641%) Informatics
8 1 (0.641%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.641%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.641%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.74%) Windows
2 18 (11.54%) Linux
3 16 (10.26%) UNIX
4 4 (2.564%) Windows 8
4 4 (2.564%) Android
5 3 (1.923%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.923%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.282%) SUSE
6 2 (1.282%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.282%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
2 43 (27.56%) Software Testing
3 38 (24.36%) TDD
4 36 (23.08%) Test Automation
5 28 (17.95%) Scrum
6 25 (16.03%) Performance Testing
7 24 (15.38%) Automation Testing
8 22 (14.10%) Continuous Integration
9 20 (12.82%) E-Commerce
10 19 (12.18%) Manual Testing
11 15 (9.615%) Test Scripting
12 14 (8.974%) Web Testing
12 14 (8.974%) BDD
12 14 (8.974%) Test Strategy
13 10 (6.410%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (5.769%) Software Engineering
14 9 (5.769%) Game Development
15 8 (5.128%) Web Application Development
15 8 (5.128%) Integration Testing
16 7 (4.487%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 53 (33.97%) SQL
2 46 (29.49%) C#
3 27 (17.31%) JavaScript
4 25 (16.03%) Java
5 22 (14.10%) C++
6 11 (7.051%) Python
7 9 (5.769%) C
8 8 (5.128%) RPG IV
8 8 (5.128%) RPG
9 6 (3.846%) Shell Script
10 5 (3.205%) Perl
11 4 (2.564%) Embedded C++
12 3 (1.923%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.923%) Groovy
13 2 (1.282%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.641%) Bash shell
14 1 (0.641%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.641%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 19 (12.18%) Degree
2 17 (10.90%) ISEB
3 7 (4.487%) ISTQB
4 6 (3.846%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.923%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.641%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.641%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (22.44%) QA
2 2 (1.282%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (1.282%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.282%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.46%) Oracle
3 17 (10.90%) HP
4 12 (7.692%) IBM
5 5 (3.205%) Adobe
6 3 (1.923%) Capita
6 3 (1.923%) SAP
7 2 (1.282%) VMware
Automation Tester
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium, QTP, TestComplete) Experience of working within an Agile environment... Strong SQL knowledge and experience (Postgresql an advantage) Experience of Server OS (Linux, Windows Server, Suse and Ubuntu)...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Payroll Test Analyst
Crawley, West Sussex
Essential Skills & Experience: At least 3 years’ experience in manual software testing... Excellent knowledge of software testing methodologies and best practice. Desirable: ISEB Foundation Certificate... Automated testing experience...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £300 to £340 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Mobile Tester (Mobile Testing / iPhone / Android / Web / Java)
Richmond, Surrey
Tester / Automated Test Analyst (Mobile Testing, iPhone / Android / Web / Java) Passionate technology enthusiast sought by one of the UK's leading e-commerce companies. As a QA Test...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
QA Engineer - Automation
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Senior contract QA Engineer required with extensive experience of automated testing in perl. Skills required: Test Analysis and design Expert perl knowledge, Strong Linux knowledge, Strong TCP/IP...
Intelligent Recruitment
Rate: From £350 to £420 per day Superb rate, contract to run for initial 6 m
Posted: 14 June 2013
Test Automation Engineer - Hampshire - Complex/Selenium
Hampshire
Automated testing on complex Web Applications at the Data, Web Service and GUI layer... - Selenium RC, SoapUI and LoadUI. - Experience scripting in the following languages: C#, Groovy. - XML,...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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