Wales Test Scripting Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Test Scripting (Test Scripts) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Atherstone Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bournemouth Bracknell Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Reading Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	52
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	33	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	5.255 %	1.718 %
Daily rates quoted	11	2
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£300
Average daily rate	£344	£319
% change on same period last year	+7.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£321
% change on same period last year	+1.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.43	-
Average hourly rate	£36.79	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.14	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.81	£30.86
% change on same period last year	-9.89 %
Processes & Methodologies Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	628	524
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.837 %	0.530 %
Daily rates quoted	182	129
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£379
Average daily rate	£385	£411
% change on same period last year	-6.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£444
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	86	48
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.81	£23.55
Average hourly rate	£30.63	£24.61
% change on same period last year	+24.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.45	£25.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Test Scripting UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Scripting
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Scripting across the Wales region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Scripting across the Wales region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
South Wales	+12	25	£329	+3.35 %
West Wales	-	5	£365	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 19 (35.19 %) Security Cleared 2 18 (33.33 %) ISEB 2 18 (33.33 %) SQL 3 12 (22.22 %) Oracle 4 11 (20.37 %) Test Management 5 10 (18.52 %) UNIX 6 9 (16.67 %) MS Project 6 9 (16.67 %) TestDirector 7 8 (14.81 %) WinRunner 7 8 (14.81 %) Windows 8 7 (12.96 %) RUP 8 7 (12.96 %) PL/SQL 9 6 (11.11 %) VB 9 6 (11.11 %) MS Excel 9 6 (11.11 %) NHS

9 6 (11.11 %) Government 10 5 (9.259 %) AIX 10 5 (9.259 %) WebLogic 11 4 (7.407 %) Visual Studio 11 4 (7.407 %) .NET 11 4 (7.407 %) C 11 4 (7.407 %) PRINCE2 11 4 (7.407 %) Microsoft 11 4 (7.407 %) Windows Server 2003 11 4 (7.407 %) Configuration Management 11 4 (7.407 %) HP 11 4 (7.407 %) QuickTest Pro 11 4 (7.407 %) Degree 12 3 (5.556 %) VB6 12 3 (5.556 %) CTC Cleared

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 4 (7.407 %) .NET 2 2 (3.704 %) WebServices 2 2 (3.704 %) XML 2 2 (3.704 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 5 (9.259 %) WebLogic 2 2 (3.704 %) ESB 3 1 (1.852 %) Oracle Application Server
Applications 1 9 (16.67 %) MS Project 2 6 (11.11 %) MS Excel 3 3 (5.556 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (3.704 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (1.852 %) Oracle CRM 2 1 (1.852 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.852 %) WAN 1 1 (1.852 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.852 %) Crystal Reports 1 1 (1.852 %) Oracle Reports 1 1 (1.852 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 9 (16.67 %) TestDirector 2 8 (14.81 %) WinRunner 3 4 (7.407 %) QuickTest Pro 3 4 (7.407 %) Visual Studio 4 2 (3.704 %) JDeveloper 4 2 (3.704 %) LoadRunner	General 1 6 (11.11 %) Government 2 3 (5.556 %) Health 3 2 (3.704 %) Manufacturing 3 2 (3.704 %) Education 3 2 (3.704 %) Electronics 3 2 (3.704 %) Finance 4 1 (1.852 %) Aerospace 4 1 (1.852 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 20 (37.04 %) Analyst 2 19 (35.19 %) Test Analyst 3 11 (20.37 %) Test Engineer 4 6 (11.11 %) Test Specialist 5 4 (7.407 %) Tester 5 4 (7.407 %) Infrastructure Designer 6 3 (5.556 %) Test Manager 7 2 (3.704 %) Oracle Consultant 7 2 (3.704 %) Consultant 7 2 (3.704 %) Design Engineer 8 1 (1.852 %) Systems Manager 8 1 (1.852 %) Performance Tester 8 1 (1.852 %) Integration Engineer 8 1 (1.852 %) Software Integration Engineer 8 1 (1.852 %) IT Manager 8 1 (1.852 %) Software Engineer 8 1 (1.852 %) Developer 8 1 (1.852 %) Architect 8 1 (1.852 %) Business Analyst 8 1 (1.852 %) Infrastructure Architect	Miscellaneous 1 6 (11.11 %) NHS 2 2 (3.704 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.852 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 10 (18.52 %) UNIX 2 8 (14.81 %) Windows 3 5 (9.259 %) AIX 4 4 (7.407 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (35.19 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (20.37 %) Test Management 3 7 (12.96 %) RUP 4 4 (7.407 %) PRINCE2 4 4 (7.407 %) Configuration Management 5 3 (5.556 %) SOA 5 3 (5.556 %) CRM 5 3 (5.556 %) Validation 5 3 (5.556 %) Software Engineering 5 3 (5.556 %) Integration Testing 5 3 (5.556 %) CTC Cleared 6 2 (3.704 %) System Testing 6 2 (3.704 %) BPEL 6 2 (3.704 %) Risk Analysis 6 2 (3.704 %) DSDM 7 1 (1.852 %) Data Modelling 7 1 (1.852 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (1.852 %) Risk Management 7 1 (1.852 %) Use Case 7 1 (1.852 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 18 (33.33 %) SQL 2 7 (12.96 %) PL/SQL 3 6 (11.11 %) VB 4 4 (7.407 %) C 5 3 (5.556 %) C# 5 3 (5.556 %) VB6 6 1 (1.852 %) C++ 6 1 (1.852 %) Java	Qualifications 1 18 (33.33 %) ISEB 2 4 (7.407 %) Degree 3 2 (3.704 %) HNC 4 1 (1.852 %) HND 4 1 (1.852 %) CCNA 4 1 (1.852 %) Cisco Certification
Vendors 1 12 (22.22 %) Oracle 2 4 (7.407 %) Microsoft 2 4 (7.407 %) HP 3 1 (1.852 %) BT 3 1 (1.852 %) Cisco