Test Scripting Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram 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 Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 29 39 50
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +11
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 15 15 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.521% 2.632% 1.667%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.034% 4.043% 2.657%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
Average daily rate £330 £340 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% +30.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £280 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £354 £409 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+9.58% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £115.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -82.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-7.27% +46.66%
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All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 298 371 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.95% 65.09% 62.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 181 184
Average daily rate £373 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales Test Scripting Daily Rate Histogram

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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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 -4 8 £330 +17.85%
West Wales - 7 - -
Test Scripting
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Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 16 (51.61%) Security Cleared
2 15 (48.39%) SC Cleared
3 9 (29.03%) Regression Testing
3 9 (29.03%) SQL
4 6 (19.35%) Rational Functional Tester
4 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
4 6 (19.35%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (16.13%) Test Management
5 5 (16.13%) Java
5 5 (16.13%) Windows
5 5 (16.13%) TestDirector
6 4 (12.90%) LoadRunner
6 4 (12.90%) SQLPlus
6 4 (12.90%) Mainframe
6 4 (12.90%) Oracle
6 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
6 4 (12.90%) C
6 4 (12.90%) Oracle Payroll
6 4 (12.90%) Integration Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Manual Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (12.90%) Automated Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
6 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (9.677%) Retail Banking
7 3 (9.677%) Banking
7 3 (9.677%) Retail
7 3 (9.677%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (9.677%) QA

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Application Development
1 2 (6.452%) .NET
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.677%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQLPlus
2 2 (6.452%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Rational Functional Tester
2 5 (16.13%) TestDirector
3 4 (12.90%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.226%) PVCS
General
1 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.677%) Retail Banking
2 3 (9.677%) Banking
2 3 (9.677%) Retail
3 2 (6.452%) Finance
4 1 (3.226%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Analyst
1 14 (45.16%) Test Analyst
2 10 (32.26%) Tester
3 7 (22.58%) Consultant
4 6 (19.35%) Functional Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Test Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Functional Tester
5 4 (12.90%) Performance Tester
5 4 (12.90%) Oracle Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Automation Test Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Test Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Automation Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Test Programme Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.226%) Automation Tester
7 1 (3.226%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) QA Tester
7 1 (3.226%) Functional Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.452%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 3 (9.677%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Regression Testing
2 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
3 5 (16.13%) Test Management
4 4 (12.90%) Integration Testing
4 4 (12.90%) Manual Testing
4 4 (12.90%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (12.90%) Automated Testing
4 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
5 3 (9.677%) Migration
5 3 (9.677%) Service Management
6 2 (6.452%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.452%) Automation Testing
7 1 (3.226%) Test Strategy
7 1 (3.226%) Business Transformation
7 1 (3.226%) TDD
7 1 (3.226%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.226%) System Testing
7 1 (3.226%) Validation
7 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) SQL
2 5 (16.13%) Java
3 4 (12.90%) C
4 1 (3.226%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Security Cleared
2 15 (48.39%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.452%) ISEB
3 2 (6.452%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.677%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.677%) Microsoft App-V
1 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (9.677%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle
2 3 (9.677%) IBM
3 1 (3.226%) TSYS
3 1 (3.226%) SAP
3 1 (3.226%) JDA
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