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

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting 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 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 81 89 104
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +15
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 167 189 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 2.137% 1.861% 1.589%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.142% 2.878% 2.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 98 89
Average daily rate £350 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £400 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 8
Average hourly rate £23.00 £28.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.58% +61.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5315 6567 6781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.02% 64.65% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2757 3151 3072
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 363
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 £13.00 £13.00 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

South East Test Scripting Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

South East Test Scripting Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
Hampshire +23 51 £330 +10.00%
Berkshire -8 50 £354 +1.00%
Surrey -1 14 £375 +30.43%
Kent +1 13 £575 +62.54%
Buckinghamshire +6 11 £250 -24.81%
Oxfordshire +16 8 £375 -
West Sussex +9 6 £338 +14.40%
Middlesex +10 5 £350 +2.94%
East Sussex +11 3 £400 +2.56%
Sussex +8 3 - -
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 62 (21.91%) Windows
2 58 (20.49%) Oracle
2 58 (20.49%) HP Quality Center
3 57 (20.14%) User Acceptance Testing
4 55 (19.43%) SQL
5 48 (16.96%) Security Cleared
6 44 (15.55%) ISEB
7 42 (14.84%) Migration
8 40 (14.13%) HP
9 37 (13.07%) VMware
10 36 (12.72%) Performance Testing
11 35 (12.37%) SQL Server
12 33 (11.66%) Regression Testing
13 32 (11.31%) Test Automation
14 30 (10.60%) SC Cleared
14 30 (10.60%) Finance
15 28 (9.894%) SAP
15 28 (9.894%) Agile Software Development
16 27 (9.541%) VMware Infrastructure
16 27 (9.541%) Windows Server 2008
16 27 (9.541%) Test Strategy
17 26 (9.187%) QA
18 24 (8.481%) IIS
19 23 (8.127%) Active Directory
19 23 (8.127%) LoadRunner
20 22 (7.774%) Windows 7
20 22 (7.774%) Software Testing
21 21 (7.420%) Linux
21 21 (7.420%) Data Warehouse
21 21 (7.420%) Telecoms

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 10 (3.534%) soapUI
2 9 (3.180%) Java EE
2 9 (3.180%) SOAP
3 5 (1.767%) Web Services
3 5 (1.767%) Gherkin
4 4 (1.413%) HTML
5 3 (1.060%) .NET
5 3 (1.060%) XML
5 3 (1.060%) CGI
5 3 (1.060%) CSS
6 2 (0.707%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.707%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.707%) COM
6 2 (0.707%) REST
6 2 (0.707%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.353%) RESTful
7 1 (0.353%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.353%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.353%) WCF
7 1 (0.353%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 24 (8.481%) IIS
2 10 (3.534%) ESB
3 9 (3.180%) BizTalk Server
4 8 (2.827%) Tomcat
4 8 (2.827%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.413%) MS Exchange
5 4 (1.413%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (1.413%) CMS
5 4 (1.413%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (1.413%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.413%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.707%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.353%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.353%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.353%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.353%) Liferay
Applications
1 17 (6.007%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.767%) MS Office
3 4 (1.413%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.707%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.353%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.947%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (4.240%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (2.473%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (1.767%) Oracle Payroll
5 3 (1.060%) SAP CRM
5 3 (1.060%) Agresso
5 3 (1.060%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.060%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (1.060%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (1.060%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.060%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (0.707%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.707%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.707%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.707%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.353%) Maximo
7 1 (0.353%) Movex
7 1 (0.353%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.353%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.353%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.654%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.947%) LAN
2 14 (4.947%) WAN
3 8 (2.827%) Firewall
4 6 (2.120%) VLAN
4 6 (2.120%) DNS
4 6 (2.120%) SAN
4 6 (2.120%) Internet
5 5 (1.767%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.767%) Network Security
6 4 (1.413%) DHCP
7 3 (1.060%) NAS
7 3 (1.060%) DVB
8 2 (0.707%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.707%) BSS
8 2 (0.707%) HTTP
8 2 (0.707%) SNMP
8 2 (0.707%) Broadband
8 2 (0.707%) VPN
9 1 (0.353%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.37%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.420%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (6.360%) Oracle 8/8i
4 15 (5.300%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (3.887%) Oracle BI EE
6 8 (2.827%) Oracle 10g
7 7 (2.473%) Oracle OWB
7 7 (2.473%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (2.473%) SQL Server 2005
7 7 (2.473%) Oracle 11g
8 6 (2.120%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (1.413%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.707%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (0.707%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.707%) Ingres
10 2 (0.707%) TOAD
11 1 (0.353%) MySQL
11 1 (0.353%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.353%) Oracle 9i
11 1 (0.353%) BODI
Development Applications
1 23 (8.127%) LoadRunner
2 18 (6.360%) QuickTest Pro
3 15 (5.300%) Selenium
4 10 (3.534%) Rational Performance Tester
5 9 (3.180%) TeamCity
5 9 (3.180%) Git (software)
5 9 (3.180%) MSBuild
5 9 (3.180%) Maven
6 8 (2.827%) JIRA
6 8 (2.827%) Cucumber
7 7 (2.473%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (1.767%) Rational Functional Tester
9 3 (1.060%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (1.060%) TestComplete
9 3 (1.060%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.707%) WinRunner
10 2 (0.707%) TestDirector
10 2 (0.707%) QADirector
10 2 (0.707%) LSMW
10 2 (0.707%) Subversion
General
1 30 (10.60%) Finance
2 21 (7.420%) Telecoms
3 13 (4.594%) Manufacturing
4 10 (3.534%) Retail
5 6 (2.120%) Billing
6 3 (1.060%) Military
6 3 (1.060%) Automotive
7 2 (0.707%) Back Office
7 2 (0.707%) Electronics
8 1 (0.353%) Banking
8 1 (0.353%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 120 (42.40%) Analyst
2 89 (31.45%) Test Analyst
3 46 (16.25%) Tester
4 30 (10.60%) Test Manager
5 24 (8.481%) Business Analyst
5 24 (8.481%) Consultant
6 23 (8.127%) Test Leader
7 11 (3.887%) Performance Analyst
7 11 (3.887%) Performance Test Analyst
8 10 (3.534%) SAP Test Analyst
8 10 (3.534%) SAP Analyst
9 9 (3.180%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (3.180%) Systems Analyst
9 9 (3.180%) Oracle Consultant
10 8 (2.827%) Release Manager
10 8 (2.827%) Functional Tester
11 7 (2.473%) Build Manager
11 7 (2.473%) Developer
11 7 (2.473%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.120%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (1.767%) Management Information System
1 5 (1.767%) Blackberry
2 4 (1.413%) EPoS
3 3 (1.060%) NHS
3 3 (1.060%) STB
3 3 (1.060%) Mathematics
3 3 (1.060%) Physics
3 3 (1.060%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 3 (1.060%) Smart Meter
4 2 (0.707%) Open Source
4 2 (0.707%) Mobile App
4 2 (0.707%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.707%) FMCG
4 2 (0.707%) Wiki
4 2 (0.707%) Tandem
4 2 (0.707%) DTV
5 1 (0.353%) EMV
5 1 (0.353%) MediaHighway
5 1 (0.353%) AS400
5 1 (0.353%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 62 (21.91%) Windows
2 27 (9.541%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (7.774%) Windows 7
4 21 (7.420%) Linux
5 15 (5.300%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (4.240%) UNIX
7 9 (3.180%) Windows XP
8 5 (1.767%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.413%) Debian
9 4 (1.413%) Windows Vista
10 3 (1.060%) AIX
11 2 (0.707%) VMS
11 2 (0.707%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.353%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 42 (14.84%) Migration
3 36 (12.72%) Performance Testing
4 33 (11.66%) Regression Testing
5 32 (11.31%) Test Automation
6 28 (9.894%) Agile Software Development
7 27 (9.541%) Test Strategy
8 22 (7.774%) Software Testing
9 19 (6.714%) Validation
10 18 (6.360%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (6.007%) Integration Testing
11 17 (6.007%) System Testing
12 16 (5.654%) Test Management
12 16 (5.654%) Automated Testing
12 16 (5.654%) ERP
13 15 (5.300%) Business Analysis
14 11 (3.887%) Unit Testing
14 11 (3.887%) Scrum
15 10 (3.534%) Project Management
15 10 (3.534%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.43%) SQL
2 17 (6.007%) C#
3 10 (3.534%) Perl
3 10 (3.534%) Bash shell
4 9 (3.180%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.827%) Java
6 7 (2.473%) Python
7 5 (1.767%) C
8 4 (1.413%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.413%) C++
9 3 (1.060%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.060%) Ruby
10 2 (0.707%) Groovy
10 2 (0.707%) VB
10 2 (0.707%) ABAP
10 2 (0.707%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.353%) VBScript
11 1 (0.353%) Tcl
11 1 (0.353%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.353%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 48 (16.96%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.55%) ISEB
3 30 (10.60%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.654%) ISTQB
5 10 (3.534%) Degree
6 9 (3.180%) ISEB Practitioner
7 5 (1.767%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.413%) HP AIS
8 4 (1.413%) CCNA
8 4 (1.413%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.413%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.060%) CCA
10 2 (0.707%) HNC
11 1 (0.353%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.187%) QA
2 3 (1.060%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.353%) ISO 8583
3 1 (0.353%) Data Quality
System Software
1 27 (9.541%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (8.127%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.180%) VMware ESX
4 7 (2.473%) Terminal Services
4 7 (2.473%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.120%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (1.767%) VMware Workstation
6 5 (1.767%) vSphere
6 5 (1.767%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.060%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.060%) XenApp
7 3 (1.060%) XenServer
7 3 (1.060%) NFS
8 1 (0.353%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 58 (20.49%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.060%) Legato
3 2 (0.707%) OpenView
4 1 (0.353%) Netcool
4 1 (0.353%) SCOM
4 1 (0.353%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 58 (20.49%) Oracle
2 40 (14.13%) HP
3 37 (13.07%) VMware
4 28 (9.894%) SAP
5 15 (5.300%) IBM
5 15 (5.300%) Microsoft
6 10 (3.534%) Citrix
7 6 (2.120%) AppSense
7 6 (2.120%) Teradata
7 6 (2.120%) Ab Initio
8 5 (1.767%) NetApp
8 5 (1.767%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.413%) Veritas
9 4 (1.413%) Siebel
9 4 (1.413%) Cisco
10 3 (1.060%) CA
10 3 (1.060%) Remedy
11 2 (0.707%) 3Com
11 2 (0.707%) Informatica
11 2 (0.707%) Juniper
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