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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkAutomated Testing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank264289349
Rank change year-on-year
Up+25Up+60
Matching contract IT job ads257156281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.532 %0.395 %0.342 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.904 %0.746 %0.687 %
Daily rates quoted14940107
Average daily rate£375£330£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63 %-17.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£228£261
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£475£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£300
Hourly rates quoted684
Average hourly rate£31.25£32.50£30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.840 %+5.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£25.00£22.40
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.75£35.00£36.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.25£32.50£30.75
% change year-on-year
-31.53 %+5.690 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

Automated Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Automated Testing Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automated Testing within the UK.

Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Automated Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing within the UK.

Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Automated Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Automated Testing
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+36242£375+7.14 %
LondonDown-10159£413+12.24 %
City of LondonDown-1870£450+5.88 %
South EastUp+839£350+16.66 %
BerkshireUp+1414£338+37.75 %
South WestUp+312£275-
East of EnglandUp+1910£275-
ScotlandDown-910£400+67.53 %
HampshireUp+19£285-5.00 %
SurreyDown-109£400+23.07 %
YorkshireUp+118£220-33.25 %
North WestDown-68£265-11.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+137£275-
ReadingUp+67£350+84.21 %
EdinburghDown-147£400+75.82 %
Canary WharfDown-266£473-10.00 %
CambridgeNew entry-6£275-
LeedsUp+95£375+13.63 %
West YorkshireDown-65£375+13.63 %
MerseysideUp+134£265-
West MidlandsNew entry-4£350-
GuildfordUp+133£440-
South WalesUp+23--
WalesUp+13--
NewportDown-13--
MiddlesexNew entry-3£350-
AvonNew entry-3--
SouthamptonUp+42--
KentNo change02--
GlasgowDown-72--

Automated Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing.

1130 (30.59 %)Java
2116 (27.29 %)Agile Software Development
3101 (23.76 %).NET
491 (21.41 %)C#
590 (21.18 %)QA
682 (19.29 %)SQL
780 (18.82 %)Finance
879 (18.59 %)Banking
973 (17.18 %)Selenium
1068 (16.00 %)Scrum
1166 (15.53 %)Test Scripting
1264 (15.06 %)QuickTest Pro
1363 (14.82 %)XML
1460 (14.12 %)SQL Server
1558 (13.65 %)Web Services
1657 (13.41 %)TDD
1657 (13.41 %)Investment Banking
1756 (13.18 %)Continuous Integration
1855 (12.94 %)Test Automation
1954 (12.71 %)ISEB
2053 (12.47 %)JUnit
2053 (12.47 %)JavaScript
2151 (12.00 %)Oracle
2151 (12.00 %)FitNesse
2246 (10.82 %)UNIX
2345 (10.59 %)OO
2443 (10.12 %)Microsoft
2542 (9.882 %)CSS
2641 (9.647 %)User Acceptance Testing
2737 (8.706 %)ASP.NET

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Automated Testing 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 Automated Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1101 (23.76 %).NET
263 (14.82 %)XML
358 (13.65 %)Web Services
442 (9.882 %)CSS
537 (8.706 %)ASP.NET
632 (7.529 %)AJAX
729 (6.824 %)WCF
826 (6.118 %)Spring
826 (6.118 %)HTML
922 (5.176 %)XHTML
1020 (4.706 %)WF
1020 (4.706 %)SOAP
1119 (4.471 %)J2EE
1213 (3.059 %)WPF
1311 (2.588 %)NHibernate
1410 (2.353 %)Hibernate
1410 (2.353 %)WebSphere
1410 (2.353 %).NET Framework
159 (2.118 %)iBATIS
159 (2.118 %)Spring.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (5.176 %)SharePoint
219 (4.471 %)Tomcat
312 (2.824 %)BizTalk Server
312 (2.824 %)Confluence
410 (2.353 %)Apache
55 (1.176 %)ESB
63 (0.706 %)Mule
63 (0.706 %)Jetty
63 (0.706 %)IIS
72 (0.471 %)TeamSite
72 (0.471 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (0.471 %)Rendezvous
72 (0.471 %)Office Communications Server
72 (0.471 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.235 %)ActiveMQ
81 (0.235 %)SonicMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (2.588 %)MS Excel
28 (1.882 %)MS Office
36 (1.412 %)MS Project
41 (0.235 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.235 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.235 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (1.412 %)Endur
22 (0.471 %)Findur
31 (0.235 %)Summit
31 (0.235 %)Temenos T24
31 (0.235 %)Oracle ERP
31 (0.235 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (7.059 %)Internet
212 (2.824 %)HTTP
32 (0.471 %)VoIP
32 (0.471 %)H.323
32 (0.471 %)Cisco ICM
32 (0.471 %)C7
41 (0.235 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.235 %)Ethernet
41 (0.235 %)ADSL
41 (0.235 %)Broadband
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
160 (14.12 %)SQL Server
221 (4.941 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (3.059 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
411 (2.588 %)Sybase ASE
510 (2.353 %)ETL
510 (2.353 %)RDBMS
510 (2.353 %)OLAP
69 (2.118 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
69 (2.118 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
69 (2.118 %)SQL Server 2000
69 (2.118 %)Crystal Reports
77 (1.647 %)SQL Server 2008
85 (1.176 %)Oracle 9i
94 (0.941 %)TOAD
94 (0.941 %)Oracle 10g
94 (0.941 %)Sybase IQ
94 (0.941 %)SQL Server Integration Services
103 (0.706 %)DB2
103 (0.706 %)MS Access
112 (0.471 %)Datawarehouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
173 (17.18 %)Selenium
264 (15.06 %)QuickTest Pro
353 (12.47 %)JUnit
451 (12.00 %)FitNesse
536 (8.471 %)Maven
634 (8.000 %)Subversion
727 (6.353 %)TestDirector
727 (6.353 %)NUnit
822 (5.176 %)JIRA
919 (4.471 %)Visual Studio
1016 (3.765 %)Team Foundation Server
1114 (3.294 %)LoadRunner
1213 (3.059 %)Eclipse
1312 (2.824 %)WinRunner
1312 (2.824 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1312 (2.824 %)Ant
1312 (2.824 %)HttpUnit
1410 (2.353 %)ClearQuest
1410 (2.353 %)OpenSTA
159 (2.118 %)ReSharper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
180 (18.82 %)Finance
279 (18.59 %)Banking
357 (13.41 %)Investment Banking
426 (6.118 %)Back Office
512 (2.824 %)Government
611 (2.588 %)Health
79 (2.118 %)Insurance
79 (2.118 %)Front Office
87 (1.647 %)Telecoms
96 (1.412 %)Pensions
105 (1.176 %)Retail
105 (1.176 %)Publishing
114 (0.941 %)Financial Institution
114 (0.941 %)Education
123 (0.706 %)Law
123 (0.706 %)Aerospace
132 (0.471 %)Advertising
132 (0.471 %)Marketing
132 (0.471 %)Retail Banking
132 (0.471 %)Multimedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1102 (24.00 %)Developer
296 (22.59 %)Analyst
384 (19.76 %)Tester
480 (18.82 %)Test Analyst
531 (7.294 %)Java Developer
531 (7.294 %)Test Manager
628 (6.588 %)C# Developer
727 (6.353 %)Test Engineer
821 (4.941 %).NET Developer
916 (3.765 %)Test Leader
1014 (3.294 %)SQL Developer
1113 (3.059 %)QA Engineer
1211 (2.588 %)PHP Developer
1211 (2.588 %)Senior Test Analyst
1211 (2.588 %)Software Tester
1211 (2.588 %)Senior Analyst
1310 (2.353 %)QA Leader
149 (2.118 %)ASP.NET Developer
149 (2.118 %)Team Leader
149 (2.118 %)QA Tester
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (4.471 %)W3C
119 (4.471 %)Open Source
216 (3.765 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
310 (2.353 %)NHS
47 (1.647 %)Derivative
56 (1.412 %)Fixed Income
65 (1.176 %)RIA
74 (0.941 %)N-Tier
74 (0.941 %)Equities
74 (0.941 %)Credit Risk
74 (0.941 %)Equity Derivative
83 (0.706 %)STB
83 (0.706 %)Computer Science
83 (0.706 %)FMCG
83 (0.706 %)BBC
83 (0.706 %)AS400
83 (0.706 %)Mainframe
92 (0.471 %)Handset
92 (0.471 %)Multithreading
92 (0.471 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
146 (10.82 %)UNIX
237 (8.706 %)Windows
331 (7.294 %)Linux
415 (3.529 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (1.647 %)Solaris
66 (1.412 %)Windows Server 2008
73 (0.706 %)AIX
73 (0.706 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.471 %)Windows XP
91 (0.235 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.235 %)Android
91 (0.235 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.235 %)ThreadX
91 (0.235 %)Windows CE
91 (0.235 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1116 (27.29 %)Agile Software Development
268 (16.00 %)Scrum
366 (15.53 %)Test Scripting
457 (13.41 %)TDD
556 (13.18 %)Continuous Integration
655 (12.94 %)Test Automation
745 (10.59 %)OO
841 (9.647 %)User Acceptance Testing
936 (8.471 %)Integration Testing
1028 (6.588 %)SOA
1028 (6.588 %)Regression Testing
1124 (5.647 %)Performance Testing
1223 (5.412 %)Software Testing
1322 (5.176 %)Test Management
1420 (4.706 %)Refactoring
1420 (4.706 %)System Testing
1519 (4.471 %)Unit Testing
1615 (3.529 %)E-Commerce
1714 (3.294 %)UML
1812 (2.824 %)Manual Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1130 (30.59 %)Java
291 (21.41 %)C#
382 (19.29 %)SQL
453 (12.47 %)JavaScript
532 (7.529 %)VB
630 (7.059 %)C++
721 (4.941 %)Python
819 (4.471 %)C
916 (3.765 %)PHP
1014 (3.294 %)PL/SQL
1110 (2.353 %)VB6
129 (2.118 %)Perl
137 (1.647 %)Ruby
146 (1.412 %)T-SQL
146 (1.412 %)VBScript
146 (1.412 %)VBA
155 (1.176 %)VB.NET
164 (0.941 %)ActionScript
164 (0.941 %)XPath
172 (0.471 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
154 (12.71 %)ISEB
219 (4.471 %)Security Cleared
219 (4.471 %)Degree
312 (2.824 %)ISEB Practitioner
411 (2.588 %)SC Cleared
55 (1.176 %)ISTQB
63 (0.706 %)IBM Certification
72 (0.471 %)DV Cleared
72 (0.471 %)MCTS
81 (0.235 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
81 (0.235 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
190 (21.18 %)QA
22 (0.471 %)HL7
31 (0.235 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.235 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.235 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.706 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.235 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (1.647 %)HP Quality Center
23 (0.706 %)MOM
31 (0.235 %)MSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
151 (12.00 %)Oracle
243 (10.12 %)Microsoft
327 (6.353 %)Sybase
420 (4.706 %)HP
517 (4.000 %)IBM
613 (3.059 %)JBoss
710 (2.353 %)VMware
86 (1.412 %)TIBCO
86 (1.412 %)OpenLink
94 (0.941 %)Sun
103 (0.706 %)Cisco
103 (0.706 %)Fidessa
112 (0.471 %)Cognos
112 (0.471 %)Interwoven
112 (0.471 %)Nortel
112 (0.471 %)SAP
112 (0.471 %)Business Objects
112 (0.471 %)Salesforce.com
112 (0.471 %)Perforce
112 (0.471 %)Yahoo!