The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation 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 Southampton 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
Test Automation
Rank 36 - 25
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.299% - 1.604%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.481% - 2.459%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £355
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.38 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-28.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
208 162 122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 62.09% 63.04% 65.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 88 63
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £256 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 12
Average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -39.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £10.07 £11.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £41.50 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Automation
Hampshire

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Test Automation Daily Rate Trend

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 Southampton region.

Southampton Test Automation Hourly Rate Trend

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) OO
1 3 (60.00%) MVC
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) DTV
3 1 (20.00%) GIS
3 1 (20.00%) Xcode
3 1 (20.00%) LAMP
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) MPEG
3 1 (20.00%) HTTP
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Load Testing

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) LAMP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Xcode
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Android Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Web Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) DTV
1 1 (20.00%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) OO
1 3 (60.00%) MVC
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Load Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP