Test Scripting Contracts in Tyne and Wear
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 26 23 30
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +7
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 16 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.130% 5.016% 2.273%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.681% 7.240% 3.922%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
Average daily rate £278 £223 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.71% -11.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 119 221 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 67.23% 69.28% 57.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 123 71
Average daily rate £375 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £510 £396
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 5
Average hourly rate £18.90 £14.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.00% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.54 £10.50 £15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
North East

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -6 2 £278 +24.71%
Test Scripting
North East

Test Scripting
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
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