The first table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting skills in IT contracts advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Scripting over the 3 months to 23 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 Woking 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Rank - 15 14
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking - 4.918% 1.786%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 6.667% 2.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
35 45 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 81.40% 73.77% 73.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 29
Average daily rate £375 £320 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% -4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £253 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Test Scripting
Surrey

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) CCA
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 3 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) CCA
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP