South East Test Scripting Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Test Scripting (Test Scripts) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Atherstone Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Preston Reading Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallington Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	86	98
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	208	268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.277 %	0.267 %
As % of the category below	2.866 %	3.058 %
Daily rates quoted	74	93
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£306
Average daily rate	£330	£324
% change on same period last year	+1.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£342
UK excluding London average daily rate	£322	£320
% change on same period last year	+0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.46	£23.92
Average hourly rate	£24.68	£25.40
% change on same period last year	-2.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.89	£26.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.36	£29.61
% change on same period last year	-0.82 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7258	8765
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.674 %	8.744 %
Daily rates quoted	2103	2551
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£358
Average daily rate	£374	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	666	857
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.35	£30.17
Average hourly rate	£31.02	£32.12
% change on same period last year	-3.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.69	£34.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Test Scripting England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Scripting
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Scripting across the South East region.

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the South East region.

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Test Scripting
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+33	69	£345	+3.72 %
Hampshire	+12	32	£312	-12.28 %
Buckinghamshire	-7	29	£316	+16.90 %
Surrey	+9	26	£338	-5.26 %
Thames Valley	+22	14	£360	-20.00 %
Middlesex	-6	11	£301	+33.70 %
Oxfordshire	-4	5	-	-
West Sussex	+4	3	£300	-4.00 %
Home Counties	-	2	-	-
Sussex	-	2	-	-
East Sussex	+5	2	£213	-26.08 %
Kent	+8	1	£388	-

Test Scripting England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 87 (22.37 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 71 (18.25 %) TestDirector 3 61 (15.68 %) ISEB 4 57 (14.65 %) SQL 5 56 (14.40 %) SAP 6 54 (13.88 %) Oracle 7 49 (12.60 %) Windows 8 43 (11.05 %) Finance 8 43 (11.05 %) Security Cleared 9 37 (9.512 %) Java 10 34 (8.740 %) Software Testing 11 30 (7.712 %) QA 12 27 (6.941 %) Government 13 26 (6.684 %) DTV 14 25 (6.427 %) SC Cleared

15 24 (6.170 %) Performance Testing 15 24 (6.170 %) Telecoms 15 24 (6.170 %) UNIX 16 23 (5.913 %) QuickTest Pro 17 21 (5.398 %) Linux 17 21 (5.398 %) Retail 18 19 (4.884 %) Integration Testing 18 19 (4.884 %) Regression Testing 19 18 (4.627 %) CRM 19 18 (4.627 %) SAP BW 19 18 (4.627 %) Windows Server 2003 19 18 (4.627 %) Microsoft 19 18 (4.627 %) STB 20 17 (4.370 %) SAP HR 20 17 (4.370 %) MS Excel

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 17 (4.370 %) J2EE 2 14 (3.599 %) .NET 3 11 (2.828 %) HTML 4 8 (2.057 %) Middleware 5 7 (1.799 %) WebSphere 6 6 (1.542 %) MHP 6 6 (1.542 %) XML 7 5 (1.285 %) Swing 8 3 (0.771 %) COM 9 2 (0.514 %) ASP 9 2 (0.514 %) EDI 10 1 (0.257 %) .NET Framework 10 1 (0.257 %) ASP.NET 10 1 (0.257 %) XHTML 10 1 (0.257 %) Hibernate 10 1 (0.257 %) Spring 10 1 (0.257 %) CSS 10 1 (0.257 %) SOAP 10 1 (0.257 %) WebServices 10 1 (0.257 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 6 (1.542 %) WebLogic 1 6 (1.542 %) BizTalk Server 2 5 (1.285 %) IIS 3 3 (0.771 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (0.514 %) SharePoint 4 2 (0.514 %) Oracle Spatial 5 1 (0.257 %) ESB 5 1 (0.257 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 17 (4.370 %) MS Excel 2 7 (1.799 %) MS Office 3 6 (1.542 %) MS Visio 4 5 (1.285 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.257 %) AutoCAD 5 1 (0.257 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 17 (4.370 %) SAP HR 2 6 (1.542 %) SAP CRM 3 5 (1.285 %) SAP FI 4 4 (1.028 %) Oracle EBS 5 3 (0.771 %) Microsoft CRM 5 3 (0.771 %) MAXIMO 5 3 (0.771 %) SAP Oil and Gas 5 3 (0.771 %) SAP FI-AR 6 2 (0.514 %) SAP FI/CO 6 2 (0.514 %) SAP CO 6 2 (0.514 %) SAP MM 7 1 (0.257 %) Oracle Applications 7 1 (0.257 %) Oracle Financials 7 1 (0.257 %) SAP SD 7 1 (0.257 %) SAP R/3 7 1 (0.257 %) VisionPLUS 7 1 (0.257 %) Oracle Payroll 7 1 (0.257 %) BASE24
Communications & Networking 1 13 (3.342 %) TCP/IP 2 11 (2.828 %) Ethernet 2 11 (2.828 %) VoIP 3 5 (1.285 %) Internet 4 4 (1.028 %) Network Security 4 4 (1.028 %) SAN 5 3 (0.771 %) ATM 5 3 (0.771 %) DVB 6 2 (0.514 %) HTTP 6 2 (0.514 %) Intranet 7 1 (0.257 %) FTP 7 1 (0.257 %) LDAP 7 1 (0.257 %) SMTP 7 1 (0.257 %) DECnet 7 1 (0.257 %) X.25 7 1 (0.257 %) X.400 7 1 (0.257 %) X.500 7 1 (0.257 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (4.627 %) SAP BW 2 14 (3.599 %) SQL Server 3 8 (2.057 %) GIS 4 5 (1.285 %) DB2 4 5 (1.285 %) MS Access 4 5 (1.285 %) Datawarehouse 5 4 (1.028 %) TOAD 5 4 (1.028 %) Oracle Reports 5 4 (1.028 %) Oracle 9i 6 3 (0.771 %) BusinessObjects 7 2 (0.514 %) SAP BI 7 2 (0.514 %) Sybase ASA 7 2 (0.514 %) Data Cleansing 7 2 (0.514 %) Oracle Discoverer 7 2 (0.514 %) Oracle 10g 8 1 (0.257 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.257 %) SQL Server 2005 8 1 (0.257 %) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications 1 71 (18.25 %) TestDirector 2 23 (5.913 %) QuickTest Pro 3 15 (3.856 %) LoadRunner 4 12 (3.085 %) ClearQuest 5 11 (2.828 %) ClearCase 6 8 (2.057 %) WinRunner 7 7 (1.799 %) TestPartner 7 7 (1.799 %) StarTeam 8 6 (1.542 %) JMeter 8 6 (1.542 %) LabVIEW 8 6 (1.542 %) JUnit 9 3 (0.771 %) Visual Studio 9 3 (0.771 %) Bugzilla 10 2 (0.514 %) NUnit 10 2 (0.514 %) Rational Robot 10 2 (0.514 %) Oracle Forms 10 2 (0.514 %) PowerBuilder 10 2 (0.514 %) QADirector 10 2 (0.514 %) Rational Functional Tester 11 1 (0.257 %) eCATT	General 1 43 (11.05 %) Finance 2 27 (6.941 %) Government 3 24 (6.170 %) Telecoms 4 21 (5.398 %) Retail 5 13 (3.342 %) Banking 6 10 (2.571 %) Pensions 7 9 (2.314 %) Insurance 8 4 (1.028 %) Manufacturing 8 4 (1.028 %) Pharmaceutical 8 4 (1.028 %) Construction 9 3 (0.771 %) Health 9 3 (0.771 %) Retail Banking 9 3 (0.771 %) Multimedia 9 3 (0.771 %) General Ledger 10 2 (0.514 %) Investment Banking 10 2 (0.514 %) Marketing 10 2 (0.514 %) Legal 10 2 (0.514 %) Games 10 2 (0.514 %) Military 10 2 (0.514 %) Education
Job Titles 1 136 (34.96 %) Analyst 2 108 (27.76 %) Test Analyst 3 100 (25.71 %) Tester 4 42 (10.80 %) Test Engineer 5 24 (6.170 %) Test Manager 6 21 (5.398 %) Consultant 7 17 (4.370 %) Business Analyst 7 17 (4.370 %) SAP Analyst 8 16 (4.113 %) Systems Tester 9 15 (3.856 %) Systems Engineer 10 14 (3.599 %) Software Engineer 10 14 (3.599 %) SAP Test Analyst 11 13 (3.342 %) Team Leader 12 12 (3.085 %) SAP Consultant 13 11 (2.828 %) VoIP Engineer 14 10 (2.571 %) Software Tester 14 10 (2.571 %) Developer 14 10 (2.571 %) Coordinator 15 9 (2.314 %) Test Team Leader 15 9 (2.314 %) Functional Tester	Miscellaneous 1 26 (6.684 %) DTV 2 18 (4.627 %) STB 3 9 (2.314 %) EPoS 4 7 (1.799 %) Management Information System 5 6 (1.542 %) MediaHighway 5 6 (1.542 %) Client/Server 6 4 (1.028 %) NHS 6 4 (1.028 %) AS400 7 3 (0.771 %) PDA 8 2 (0.514 %) Data Protection Act 8 2 (0.514 %) NPfIT 8 2 (0.514 %) Replication 8 2 (0.514 %) Clustering 9 1 (0.257 %) Handset 9 1 (0.257 %) VAX 9 1 (0.257 %) PKI 9 1 (0.257 %) IPTV 9 1 (0.257 %) Biometrics 9 1 (0.257 %) LIMS 9 1 (0.257 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 49 (12.60 %) Windows 2 24 (6.170 %) UNIX 3 21 (5.398 %) Linux 4 18 (4.627 %) Windows Server 2003 5 13 (3.342 %) AIX 6 9 (2.314 %) Solaris 6 9 (2.314 %) Windows 2000 6 9 (2.314 %) Windows XP 7 3 (0.771 %) Windows Vista 7 3 (0.771 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 2 (0.514 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.257 %) VMS 9 1 (0.257 %) OpenVMS 9 1 (0.257 %) Windows NT 9 1 (0.257 %) Windows Server 2008 9 1 (0.257 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 87 (22.37 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 43 (11.05 %) Security Cleared 3 34 (8.740 %) Software Testing 4 25 (6.427 %) SC Cleared 5 24 (6.170 %) Performance Testing 6 19 (4.884 %) Integration Testing 6 19 (4.884 %) Regression Testing 7 18 (4.627 %) CRM 8 16 (4.113 %) Manual Testing 9 15 (3.856 %) System Testing 9 15 (3.856 %) Automated Testing 10 14 (3.599 %) Migration 10 14 (3.599 %) DV Cleared 11 13 (3.342 %) V-Model 12 11 (2.828 %) Project Management 13 10 (2.571 %) Business Intelligence 13 10 (2.571 %) RUP 13 10 (2.571 %) Unit Testing 13 10 (2.571 %) Test Management 14 8 (2.057 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 57 (14.65 %) SQL 2 37 (9.512 %) Java 3 16 (4.113 %) C 4 8 (2.057 %) VB 5 7 (1.799 %) PL/SQL 5 7 (1.799 %) VBScript 6 4 (1.028 %) VBA 6 4 (1.028 %) C++ 7 3 (0.771 %) C# 7 3 (0.771 %) Perl 7 3 (0.771 %) VB.NET 8 2 (0.514 %) RPG 8 2 (0.514 %) JavaScript 9 1 (0.257 %) COBOL 9 1 (0.257 %) Transact-SQL 9 1 (0.257 %) Embedded C 9 1 (0.257 %) VB6 9 1 (0.257 %) DCL	Qualifications 1 61 (15.68 %) ISEB 2 6 (1.542 %) ISTQB 3 5 (1.285 %) Degree 4 3 (0.771 %) CISSP 5 2 (0.514 %) CISM 6 1 (0.257 %) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 30 (7.712 %) QA 2 9 (2.314 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 4 (1.028 %) ISO27001 4 3 (0.771 %) ISO8583 4 3 (0.771 %) ISO9001 5 2 (0.514 %) SLA 6 1 (0.257 %) BS7799 6 1 (0.257 %) Basel II	System Software 1 6 (1.542 %) Active Directory 2 5 (1.285 %) NDS 3 2 (0.514 %) AquaLogic 3 2 (0.514 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 10 (2.571 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 5 (1.285 %) OpenView 2 5 (1.285 %) Tivoli 3 4 (1.028 %) CONTROL-M 4 3 (0.771 %) CA SiteMinder 5 2 (0.514 %) Netcool/Proviso 5 2 (0.514 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 56 (14.40 %) SAP 2 54 (13.88 %) Oracle 3 18 (4.627 %) Microsoft 4 13 (3.342 %) HP 5 8 (2.057 %) IBM 6 6 (1.542 %) Borland 6 6 (1.542 %) OpenTV 7 4 (1.028 %) Compuware 8 3 (0.771 %) Business Objects 8 3 (0.771 %) Manugistics 8 3 (0.771 %) Lotus 9 2 (0.514 %) Actuate 9 2 (0.514 %) MicroStrategy 9 2 (0.514 %) Citrix 9 2 (0.514 %) Sybase 9 2 (0.514 %) VMware 9 2 (0.514 %) ESRI 9 2 (0.514 %) Kerridge 9 2 (0.514 %) CODA 9 2 (0.514 %) Lagan