Automated Testing Contracts in West Sussex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Automated Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automated Testing 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 West Sussex 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
Automated Testing
Rank 38 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +3
Contract jobs citing Automated Testing 3 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.787% 1.393% 0.455%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.163% 1.907% 0.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £325 £283 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.04% -19.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 258 472 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 67.72% 73.07% 69.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 279 145
Average daily rate £388 £338 £379
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -10.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £32.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Sussex Automated Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Automated Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automated Testing across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Automated Testing Daily Rate Trend

Automated Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automated Testing across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Automated Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Automated Testing
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 West Sussex 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
Crawley +7 2 £325 -
Haywards Heath - 1 - -
Automated Testing
South East

Automated Testing
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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.

1 5 (71.43%) ISEB
1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) QA
3 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
3 3 (42.86%) TestComplete
3 3 (42.86%) ISO 9000
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Selenium
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing

Automated Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) TestComplete
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Test Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Manual Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
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