Test Automation Contracts in Surrey
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation 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 Surrey 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 Automation
Rank 67 96 89
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -7
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 10 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.878% 0.243% 0.640%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.215% 0.357% 0.884%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
Average daily rate £183 £275 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.63% -17.91%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £319 £350
% change year-on-year
+9.71% -8.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 823 1121 1357
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 72.26% 68.10% 72.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 628 694
Average daily rate £415 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 52 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £16.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £40.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Guildford - 6 - -
Staines - 1 £125 -
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 12 (66.67%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 10 (55.56%) Scrum
2 10 (55.56%) Degree
2 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 9 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 8 (44.44%) Games
5 7 (38.89%) C
6 6 (33.33%) Software Architecture
6 6 (33.33%) Process Architecture
6 6 (33.33%) Game Development
6 6 (33.33%) Kinect
6 6 (33.33%) .NET
6 6 (33.33%) C++
6 6 (33.33%) Python
6 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 6 (33.33%) MS Visio
6 6 (33.33%) Data Mining
6 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 6 (33.33%) Code Coverage
6 6 (33.33%) Automated Testing
7 5 (27.78%) Oracle
7 5 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (22.22%) Selenium
8 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
8 4 (22.22%) Windows 8
8 4 (22.22%) Analytics
8 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
8 4 (22.22%) Visual Studio
8 4 (22.22%) QuickTest Pro

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 6 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (16.67%) SOAP
2 3 (16.67%) XML
2 3 (16.67%) CORBA
2 3 (16.67%) Silverlight
3 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (11.11%) REST
3 2 (11.11%) Web Services
3 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 2 (11.11%) WCF
4 1 (5.556%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 6 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) 3GPP
1 3 (16.67%) SNMP
2 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Data Mining
2 3 (16.67%) GIS
2 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Visual Studio
1 4 (22.22%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (22.22%) Selenium
2 3 (16.67%) Telelogic TAU
2 3 (16.67%) Rational Rose
3 1 (5.556%) WebDriver
3 1 (5.556%) MSBuild
3 1 (5.556%) Ant
General
1 8 (44.44%) Games
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Development Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Software Development Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Silverlight Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Tester
4 1 (5.556%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Test Automation Specialist
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Tester
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (5.556%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Test Specialist
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 6 (33.33%) Kinect
3 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 4 (22.22%) Streaming Video
4 3 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 3 (16.67%) Physics
4 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 3 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.556%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
1 4 (22.22%) Windows 8
2 1 (5.556%) UNIX
2 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Scrum
2 9 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 6 (33.33%) Game Development
3 6 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 6 (33.33%) Process Architecture
3 6 (33.33%) Code Coverage
3 6 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 5 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (22.22%) Analytics
5 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 4 (22.22%) Regression Testing
6 3 (16.67%) UML
6 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) SOA
6 3 (16.67%) Use Case
6 3 (16.67%) Load Testing
6 3 (16.67%) User Stories
6 3 (16.67%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) SQL
3 7 (38.89%) C
4 6 (33.33%) Python
4 6 (33.33%) C++
5 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.556%) Java
6 1 (5.556%) PowerShell
6 1 (5.556%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 2 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Oracle
3 3 (16.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 3 (16.67%) Telelogic
4 1 (5.556%) Perforce
4 1 (5.556%) HP
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