Test Scripting Contracts in Wiltshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting 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 Wiltshire 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 Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank 48 36 40
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +4
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.440% 2.738% 1.105%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.601% 4.208% 1.554%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 3
Average daily rate £400 £330 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% -6.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+9.58% -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 333 404 386
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.19% 65.06% 71.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 257 212
Average daily rate £425 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £238 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £492 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 23
Average hourly rate £15.75 £26.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.56% -14.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £19.95 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.25 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon -14 1 £400 +21.21%
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 10 (71.43%) ISEB
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 8 (57.14%) Validation
3 6 (42.86%) EMV
4 4 (28.57%) APACS
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) EPoS
5 2 (14.29%) Chip and PIN
5 2 (14.29%) VeriFone
6 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
6 1 (7.143%) Assembly Language
6 1 (7.143%) C
6 1 (7.143%) Linux
6 1 (7.143%) UML
6 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.143%) Embedded C
6 1 (7.143%) HP
6 1 (7.143%) Wireless
6 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
6 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
6 1 (7.143%) BPMN
6 1 (7.143%) LTE
6 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (7.143%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (7.143%) Banking
6 1 (7.143%) Retail
6 1 (7.143%) Local Government
6 1 (7.143%) Requirements Management
6 1 (7.143%) Retail Banking
6 1 (7.143%) Scrum

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Wireless
1 1 (7.143%) LTE
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.143%) Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Local Government
2 1 (7.143%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Tester
2 8 (57.14%) Systems Tester
3 6 (42.86%) Analyst
4 4 (28.57%) Test Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Systems Test Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) UAT Test Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) UAT Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Test Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Tester
6 1 (7.143%) Systems Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) EMV
2 4 (28.57%) APACS
3 2 (14.29%) EPoS
3 2 (14.29%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Validation
2 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
3 1 (7.143%) UML
3 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
3 1 (7.143%) BPMN
3 1 (7.143%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (7.143%) Requirements Management
3 1 (7.143%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) Assembly Language
1 1 (7.143%) C
1 1 (7.143%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) VeriFone
2 1 (7.143%) HP
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