Test Automation Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation 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 Test Automation over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 142 208 195
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -13
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 88 38 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.111% 0.367% 0.458%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.636% 0.565% 0.711%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 18 12
Average daily rate £373 £325 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.61% -9.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £259 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £408 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £313 £350
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £13.70 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -60.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5379 6721 6614
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.90% 64.97% 64.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2783 3216 3013
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 327 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.37 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Test Automation Daily Rate Trend

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Automation across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Test Automation Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Hampshire +30 37 £400 +23.07%
Berkshire +40 36 £356 -5.12%
Surrey +24 10 £183 -33.63%
East Sussex +11 4 £356 -10.93%
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Buckinghamshire +4 2 £365 -23.19%
Kent - 1 £500 -
Middlesex - 1 £350 -
Sussex - 1 £500 -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 51 (38.06%) C#
1 51 (38.06%) SQL Server
2 44 (32.84%) SQL
3 39 (29.10%) .NET
4 37 (27.61%) Windows
5 32 (23.88%) Test Scripting
6 31 (23.13%) Security Cleared
7 30 (22.39%) HP
8 29 (21.64%) Microsoft
8 29 (21.64%) HP Quality Center
9 28 (20.90%) Oracle
10 27 (20.15%) Scrum
11 26 (19.40%) Automated Testing
12 25 (18.66%) IIS
13 24 (17.91%) Visual Studio
14 22 (16.42%) Performance Testing
14 22 (16.42%) Selenium
15 21 (15.67%) Continuous Integration
15 21 (15.67%) Agile Software Development
15 21 (15.67%) QuickTest Pro
16 19 (14.18%) ISEB
16 19 (14.18%) SC Cleared
16 19 (14.18%) Test Strategy
17 18 (13.43%) XML
17 18 (13.43%) TDD
18 16 (11.94%) LoadRunner
19 15 (11.19%) Games
19 15 (11.19%) Java
19 15 (11.19%) Oracle 8/8i
19 15 (11.19%) MS Excel

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 39 (29.10%) .NET
2 18 (13.43%) XML
3 13 (9.701%) SOAP
4 12 (8.955%) REST
4 12 (8.955%) Web Services
5 10 (7.463%) ASP.NET
6 9 (6.716%) soapUI
7 7 (5.224%) Java EE
8 6 (4.478%) JSON
8 6 (4.478%) Ajax
9 5 (3.731%) HTML
9 5 (3.731%) CSS
9 5 (3.731%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 5 (3.731%) WCF
9 5 (3.731%) jQuery
10 4 (2.985%) .NET Framework
11 3 (2.239%) CORBA
11 3 (2.239%) XSL
11 3 (2.239%) LAMP
11 3 (2.239%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 25 (18.66%) IIS
2 14 (10.45%) SharePoint
3 13 (9.701%) Windows Azure
4 7 (5.224%) BizTalk Server
4 7 (5.224%) ESB
5 5 (3.731%) Tomcat
5 5 (3.731%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (2.239%) MS Project Server
6 3 (2.239%) CM System
7 2 (1.493%) CMS
8 1 (0.746%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (11.19%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.478%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.731%) MS Office
4 3 (2.239%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.985%) Oracle iProcurement
1 4 (2.985%) Oracle HRMS
1 4 (2.985%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.493%) Oracle Payroll
2 2 (1.493%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.746%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.746%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.731%) LDAP
1 5 (3.731%) LAN
1 5 (3.731%) WAN
2 3 (2.239%) 3GPP
2 3 (2.239%) SNMP
3 2 (1.493%) Internet
3 2 (1.493%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.493%) DNS
3 2 (1.493%) HTTP
4 1 (0.746%) ATM
4 1 (0.746%) DVB
4 1 (0.746%) UPnP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (38.06%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.19%) Oracle 8/8i
3 14 (10.45%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (9.701%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (8.209%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (7.463%) Oracle 11g
7 9 (6.716%) Oracle 10g
8 7 (5.224%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (5.224%) Data Mining
8 7 (5.224%) Oracle OWB
8 7 (5.224%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (4.478%) GIS
10 5 (3.731%) DTS
10 5 (3.731%) OLAP
10 5 (3.731%) IDOL
10 5 (3.731%) SQL Server 2012
11 4 (2.985%) Oracle Discoverer
12 2 (1.493%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (1.493%) SQL Server 2000
13 1 (0.746%) DB2
Development Applications
1 24 (17.91%) Visual Studio
2 22 (16.42%) Selenium
3 21 (15.67%) QuickTest Pro
4 16 (11.94%) LoadRunner
5 11 (8.209%) TeamCity
6 10 (7.463%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (6.716%) Maven
8 8 (5.970%) MSBuild
9 7 (5.224%) Oracle APEX
9 7 (5.224%) WebDriver
9 7 (5.224%) Git (software)
10 5 (3.731%) SpecFlow
10 5 (3.731%) Rational Functional Tester
11 4 (2.985%) MSTest
11 4 (2.985%) NUnit
12 3 (2.239%) Rational Rose
12 3 (2.239%) PVCS
12 3 (2.239%) Telelogic TAU
12 3 (2.239%) JIRA
12 3 (2.239%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 15 (11.19%) Games
2 11 (8.209%) Finance
3 8 (5.970%) Telecoms
4 4 (2.985%) General Ledger
5 3 (2.239%) Military
6 2 (1.493%) Banking
6 2 (1.493%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (20.15%) Tester
2 25 (18.66%) Developer
3 23 (17.16%) Analyst
4 22 (16.42%) Test Analyst
5 13 (9.701%) Software Engineer
6 12 (8.955%) Development Engineer
6 12 (8.955%) Test Engineer
7 10 (7.463%) Test Manager
8 8 (5.970%) Software Development Engineer
9 7 (5.224%) Release Manager
9 7 (5.224%) Build Manager
10 6 (4.478%) Automation Analyst
10 6 (4.478%) Automation Test Analyst
10 6 (4.478%) Test Consultant
10 6 (4.478%) QA Engineer
10 6 (4.478%) Senior Tester
10 6 (4.478%) Consultant
11 5 (3.731%) Programme Manager
11 5 (3.731%) Senior Test Engineer
11 5 (3.731%) Senior QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.701%) Computer Science
2 8 (5.970%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (5.970%) Open Source
2 8 (5.970%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.478%) Kinect
4 5 (3.731%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.731%) Streaming Video
5 4 (2.985%) Visualisation
5 4 (2.985%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.239%) N-Tier
6 3 (2.239%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.239%) Mathematics
6 3 (2.239%) Physics
7 2 (1.493%) PMI
7 2 (1.493%) DTV
8 1 (0.746%) MPEG
8 1 (0.746%) Handset
8 1 (0.746%) STB
8 1 (0.746%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.746%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 37 (27.61%) Windows
2 14 (10.45%) Linux
3 12 (8.955%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (7.463%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (4.478%) Android
5 6 (4.478%) Windows XP
6 5 (3.731%) Windows 7
7 4 (2.985%) Windows 8
7 4 (2.985%) UNIX
8 3 (2.239%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.493%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.746%) SUSE
10 1 (0.746%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (23.88%) Test Scripting
2 27 (20.15%) Scrum
3 26 (19.40%) Automated Testing
4 22 (16.42%) Performance Testing
5 21 (15.67%) Continuous Integration
5 21 (15.67%) Agile Software Development
6 19 (14.18%) Test Strategy
7 18 (13.43%) TDD
8 15 (11.19%) Test Management
9 14 (10.45%) Manual Testing
10 13 (9.701%) Software Engineering
10 13 (9.701%) Automation Testing
11 12 (8.955%) Migration
12 11 (8.209%) Load Testing
12 11 (8.209%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (7.463%) Release Management
13 10 (7.463%) Web Testing
13 10 (7.463%) Penetration Testing
13 10 (7.463%) Regression Testing
14 8 (5.970%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 51 (38.06%) C#
2 44 (32.84%) SQL
3 15 (11.19%) Java
4 12 (8.955%) Python
4 12 (8.955%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.716%) C
6 8 (5.970%) PowerShell
6 8 (5.970%) C++
7 5 (3.731%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.239%) Bash shell
9 2 (1.493%) R
10 1 (0.746%) VB
10 1 (0.746%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.746%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 31 (23.13%) Security Cleared
2 19 (14.18%) ISEB
2 19 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.45%) Degree
4 8 (5.970%) ISEB Practitioner
5 6 (4.478%) HP AIS
6 5 (3.731%) MCSD
6 5 (3.731%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.985%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.493%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.493%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.45%) QA
System Software
1 14 (10.45%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.716%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (6.716%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (5.224%) Terminal Services
4 5 (3.731%) VMware ESX
5 2 (1.493%) vCloud
5 2 (1.493%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.746%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 29 (21.64%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (22.39%) HP
2 29 (21.64%) Microsoft
3 28 (20.90%) Oracle
4 14 (10.45%) VMware
5 10 (7.463%) IBM
6 9 (6.716%) SAP
7 5 (3.731%) Meridio
8 3 (2.239%) Telelogic
8 3 (2.239%) NetApp
8 3 (2.239%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 2 (1.493%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (0.746%) Perforce
10 1 (0.746%) CA
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