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The table below looks at the demand for Test Scripting (Test Scripts) skills within the York 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest Scripting (Test Scripts)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1334
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below7.018 %0.690 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£180£300
Average daily rate£180£300
% change on same period last year-40.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£180£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£309
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.67£28.24
% change on same period last year+8.60 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
York
Matching contract IT job ads57145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.158 %
Daily rates quoted2257
Average minimum daily rate£358£384
Average daily rate£381£396
% change on same period last year-3.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£20.80£20.50
Average hourly rate£24.40£21.25
% change on same period last year+14.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.30£29.57
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Test Scripting North YorkshireTest Scripting
North Yorkshire

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 York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

York Test Scripting Demand Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend

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

York Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend

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

York Test Scripting Hourly Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

13 (60.00 %)SQL
13 (60.00 %)Oracle
22 (40.00 %)TestDirector
22 (40.00 %)BizTalk Server
22 (40.00 %)Quality Management
22 (40.00 %)Validation
22 (40.00 %)Migration
22 (40.00 %)C
22 (40.00 %)Data Migration
31 (20.00 %)V-Model
31 (20.00 %)Java
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)WebServices
31 (20.00 %)UML
31 (20.00 %)ISEB
31 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

York IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %).NET
11 (20.00 %)WebServices
York IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)BizTalk Server
York IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)TestDirector
York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Tester
22 (40.00 %)Test Manager
31 (20.00 %)Junior Tester
31 (20.00 %)Applications Tester
31 (20.00 %)Junior
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Quality Management
12 (40.00 %)Validation
12 (40.00 %)Migration
12 (40.00 %)Data Migration
21 (20.00 %)V-Model
21 (20.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)SQL
22 (40.00 %)C
31 (20.00 %)Java
York IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)ISEB
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Oracle