Test Automation Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 21 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 Wales 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Automation
Rank 44 53 59
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.236% 0.358% 0.311%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.344% 0.546% 0.504%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £175 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+85.71% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £316 £350
% change year-on-year
+10.84% -9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 291 366 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.63% 65.47% 61.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 179 176
Average daily rate £350 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Test Automation Daily 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Wales +8 1 £325 +85.71%
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 10 (83.33%) Rational Functional Tester
2 8 (66.67%) Java
3 7 (58.33%) IBM
4 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) OO
6 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) CSS
6 2 (16.67%) XML
6 2 (16.67%) JSON
6 2 (16.67%) WATIR
6 2 (16.67%) Selenium
6 2 (16.67%) TDD
6 2 (16.67%) Ruby
6 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) Capybara
6 2 (16.67%) HTML
6 2 (16.67%) Automation Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Cucumber
6 2 (16.67%) BDD
7 1 (8.333%) Hudson
7 1 (8.333%) TeamCity
7 1 (8.333%) Git (software)
7 1 (8.333%) RESTful
7 1 (8.333%) Jenkins
7 1 (8.333%) Software Testing
7 1 (8.333%) CruiseControl
7 1 (8.333%) Subversion

Test Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) XML
1 2 (16.67%) JSON
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) RESTful
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 10 (83.33%) Rational Functional Tester
2 2 (16.67%) WATIR
2 2 (16.67%) Selenium
2 2 (16.67%) Capybara
2 2 (16.67%) Cucumber
3 1 (8.333%) Hudson
3 1 (8.333%) TeamCity
3 1 (8.333%) Git (software)
3 1 (8.333%) Jenkins
3 1 (8.333%) CruiseControl
3 1 (8.333%) Subversion
3 1 (8.333%) Firebug
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Tester
1 8 (66.67%) Functional Tester
2 7 (58.33%) Analyst
2 7 (58.33%) Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Automation Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Automation Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Software Testing Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Testing Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Performance Test Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Functional Test Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Test Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (16.67%) OO
3 2 (16.67%) TDD
3 2 (16.67%) Automation Testing
3 2 (16.67%) BDD
4 1 (8.333%) Software Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) Ruby
3 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.333%) Perforce
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