The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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 28 26 28
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.971% 0.800% 0.467%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.379% 1.342% 0.746%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
145 149 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 70.39% 59.60% 62.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 66 51
Average daily rate £325 £325 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 17
Average hourly rate £29.00 £16.85 £30.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.10% -44.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.65 £10.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £22.90 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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
Warwick - 1 - -
Test Scripting
West Midlands

Test Scripting
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Magento
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Magento
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) HP