The first table below looks at the demand for WebDriver 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 WebDriver over the 3 months to 18 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 Development Applications 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium WebDriver
Rank 198 235 253
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +18
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 27 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.334% 0.070% 0.009%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.136% 0.821% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 3 0
Average daily rate £350 £288 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £290 -
% change year-on-year
+20.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
861 853 1110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.65% 8.491% 10.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 423 481
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £258 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 57 111
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
WebDriver
England

WebDriver
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebDriver across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South East WebDriver Jobs Demand Trend

WebDriver
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East WebDriver Daily Rate Trend

WebDriver
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebDriver across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East WebDriver Daily Rate Histogram

WebDriver
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 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
Buckinghamshire +9 12 £338 - 1
Berkshire +34 10 £363 +18.36% 4
Hampshire -5 4 £355 +33.96%
East Sussex - 1 £350 -
Middlesex - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - - 2
Surrey - - - - 2
Thames Valley - - - -
WebDriver
England

WebDriver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WebDriver 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 WebDriver.

1 38 (97.44%) Selenium
2 23 (58.97%) Java
3 19 (48.72%) SQL
4 18 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (43.59%) TDD
5 17 (43.59%) soapUI
6 15 (38.46%) SOAP
7 14 (35.90%) Finance
8 11 (28.21%) C#
8 11 (28.21%) QA
8 11 (28.21%) Test Automation
8 11 (28.21%) BDD
9 10 (25.64%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (25.64%) WCF
9 10 (25.64%) Web Services
10 9 (23.08%) .NET
10 9 (23.08%) FitNesse
10 9 (23.08%) Automated Testing
11 8 (20.51%) HP
11 8 (20.51%) Scrum
11 8 (20.51%) SpecFlow
12 7 (17.95%) REST
12 7 (17.95%) Python
12 7 (17.95%) JavaScript
12 7 (17.95%) XML
12 7 (17.95%) UNIX
12 7 (17.95%) Windows
13 6 (15.38%) SOA
13 6 (15.38%) C++
13 6 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro

WebDriver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WebDriver 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 WebDriver. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (43.59%) soapUI
2 15 (38.46%) SOAP
3 10 (25.64%) Web Services
3 10 (25.64%) WCF
4 9 (23.08%) .NET
5 7 (17.95%) XML
5 7 (17.95%) REST
6 5 (12.82%) HTML
6 5 (12.82%) J2EE
7 3 (7.692%) .NET Framework
8 2 (5.128%) Java EE
8 2 (5.128%) Grails
9 1 (2.564%) jQuery
9 1 (2.564%) Apache CXF
9 1 (2.564%) RESTful
9 1 (2.564%) HTML5
9 1 (2.564%) Gherkin
9 1 (2.564%) JSON
9 1 (2.564%) CSS
9 1 (2.564%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.82%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (7.692%) Apache
3 2 (5.128%) Tomcat
3 2 (5.128%) CMS
4 1 (2.564%) Adobe CQ
4 1 (2.564%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.128%) Internet
2 1 (2.564%) CDMA
2 1 (2.564%) GSM
2 1 (2.564%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.564%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.564%) GIS
Development Applications
1 38 (97.44%) Selenium
2 9 (23.08%) FitNesse
3 8 (20.51%) SpecFlow
4 6 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (15.38%) Cucumber
4 6 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
5 5 (12.82%) JUnit
5 5 (12.82%) Visual Studio
5 5 (12.82%) JMeter
5 5 (12.82%) WATIR
6 4 (10.26%) Fiddler
6 4 (10.26%) NUnit
6 4 (10.26%) Maven
7 3 (7.692%) Firebug
7 3 (7.692%) Hudson
7 3 (7.692%) Jenkins
8 2 (5.128%) TestNG
8 2 (5.128%) TeamCity
8 2 (5.128%) Git (software)
8 2 (5.128%) Sahi
General
1 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.692%) Banking
4 1 (2.564%) Billing
4 1 (2.564%) Marketing
4 1 (2.564%) Electronics
4 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.564%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Analyst
1 16 (41.03%) Test Analyst
2 11 (28.21%) Tester
3 7 (17.95%) Developer
4 6 (15.38%) Agile Test Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Test Team Leader
5 5 (12.82%) Team Leader
5 5 (12.82%) QA Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Java Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Automation Tester
7 3 (7.692%) Automated Tester
8 2 (5.128%) Senior Tester
8 2 (5.128%) Automation Specialist
8 2 (5.128%) Lead Test Analyst
8 2 (5.128%) Test Manager
8 2 (5.128%) Test Specialist
9 1 (2.564%) GIS Developer
9 1 (2.564%) Web Developer
9 1 (2.564%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.564%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) RIA
1 2 (5.128%) Open Source
1 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.564%) DTV
2 1 (2.564%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (2.564%) SaaS
2 1 (2.564%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) UNIX
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 3 (7.692%) Linux
2 3 (7.692%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.564%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (43.59%) TDD
3 11 (28.21%) Test Automation
3 11 (28.21%) BDD
4 10 (25.64%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (23.08%) Automated Testing
6 8 (20.51%) Scrum
7 6 (15.38%) SOA
7 6 (15.38%) Software Testing
8 4 (10.26%) Integration Testing
9 3 (7.692%) E-Commerce
10 2 (5.128%) Performance Testing
10 2 (5.128%) Load Testing
10 2 (5.128%) Security Testing
10 2 (5.128%) OOP
10 2 (5.128%) OO
11 1 (2.564%) Risk Assessment
11 1 (2.564%) Programme Management
11 1 (2.564%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (2.564%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (58.97%) Java
2 19 (48.72%) SQL
3 11 (28.21%) C#
4 7 (17.95%) Python
4 7 (17.95%) JavaScript
5 6 (15.38%) C++
6 5 (12.82%) C
6 5 (12.82%) Perl
7 3 (7.692%) Ruby
7 3 (7.692%) Groovy
8 1 (2.564%) Scala
8 1 (2.564%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.21%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) HP
2 1 (2.564%) SAP
2 1 (2.564%) Adobe
2 1 (2.564%) Sun
Maidenhead, Berkshire
This is a varied and challenging position, your responsibilities will include: Scripting in a test environment (Java), test planning, test strategy generation, design (Page Object Model), implementation and...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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