Test Scripting Contracts in Yorkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram 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 Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 84 38 59
Rank change year-on-year
-46 +21
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 28 87 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.505% 3.872% 2.369%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.177% 5.485% 3.745%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 48 24
Average daily rate £280 £280 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £395 £396
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £23.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-5.45% +46.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1286 1586 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.14% 70.58% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 877 557
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 41 60
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £170.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Test Scripting Daily Rate Trend

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Scripting across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire Test Scripting Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -34 24 £280 +0.90%
North Yorkshire +1 2 £243 -28.14%
South Yorkshire -4 1 - -
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 28 (39.44%) Finance
2 24 (33.80%) User Acceptance Testing
3 17 (23.94%) ISEB
4 13 (18.31%) SQL
4 13 (18.31%) Oracle
5 12 (16.90%) .NET
5 12 (16.90%) HP
5 12 (16.90%) HP Quality Center
6 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
6 11 (15.49%) SAP
6 11 (15.49%) Banking
7 10 (14.08%) Retail
7 10 (14.08%) ASP.NET
7 10 (14.08%) HTML
8 9 (12.68%) SAP HR
8 9 (12.68%) Test Management
9 8 (11.27%) C#
9 8 (11.27%) MS Project
9 8 (11.27%) SAP Payroll
9 8 (11.27%) Migration
9 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (11.27%) ISTQB
9 8 (11.27%) Retail Banking
9 8 (11.27%) Software Testing
10 7 (9.859%) QA
10 7 (9.859%) LoadRunner
11 6 (8.451%) TDD
11 6 (8.451%) Unit Testing
11 6 (8.451%) Feature Driven Development
12 5 (7.042%) Oracle BI EE

Test Scripting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 Development
1 12 (16.90%) .NET
2 10 (14.08%) ASP.NET
2 10 (14.08%) HTML
3 4 (5.634%) CSS
3 4 (5.634%) XML
4 3 (4.225%) WCF
5 2 (2.817%) WPF
5 2 (2.817%) HTML5
6 1 (1.408%) NHibernate
6 1 (1.408%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.225%) EPiServer CMS
1 3 (4.225%) CMS
1 3 (4.225%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.27%) MS Project
2 5 (7.042%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.817%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 9 (12.68%) SAP HR
2 8 (11.27%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (2.817%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (2.817%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.817%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.408%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.817%) Broadband
1 2 (2.817%) HTTP
2 1 (1.408%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.408%) BIG-IP
2 1 (1.408%) Firewall
2 1 (1.408%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.042%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (7.042%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.225%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.225%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (4.225%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (4.225%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (2.817%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.817%) GIS
5 1 (1.408%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.408%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.408%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 7 (9.859%) LoadRunner
2 4 (5.634%) Visual Studio
3 3 (4.225%) Talend Open Studio
3 3 (4.225%) Selenium
4 1 (1.408%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.408%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (1.408%) FitNesse
4 1 (1.408%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 28 (39.44%) Finance
2 11 (15.49%) Banking
3 10 (14.08%) Retail
4 8 (11.27%) Retail Banking
5 3 (4.225%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.408%) Law
6 1 (1.408%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (56.34%) Analyst
2 25 (35.21%) Test Analyst
3 15 (21.13%) Business Analyst
4 14 (19.72%) Tester
5 7 (9.859%) Performance Tester
6 6 (8.451%) Developer
6 6 (8.451%) Architect
6 6 (8.451%) C# Developer
6 6 (8.451%) Test Architect
7 5 (7.042%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (7.042%) .NET Developer
8 4 (5.634%) Consultant
8 4 (5.634%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (5.634%) SAP HR Business Analyst
8 4 (5.634%) ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (5.634%) Oracle Consultant
8 4 (5.634%) SAP Business Analyst
9 2 (2.817%) Management Consultant
9 2 (2.817%) Test Manager
9 2 (2.817%) UAT Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.634%) STB
2 3 (4.225%) NHS
3 1 (1.408%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.408%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.408%) Handset
3 1 (1.408%) EPoS
3 1 (1.408%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.634%) Linux
2 3 (4.225%) UNIX
2 3 (4.225%) Windows
3 2 (2.817%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.408%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.408%) CentOS
4 1 (1.408%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.408%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (12.68%) Test Management
3 8 (11.27%) Migration
3 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (11.27%) Software Testing
4 6 (8.451%) TDD
4 6 (8.451%) Unit Testing
4 6 (8.451%) Feature Driven Development
5 5 (7.042%) Performance Testing
6 4 (5.634%) Business Analysis
6 4 (5.634%) Load Testing
7 3 (4.225%) Web Application Development
7 3 (4.225%) Business Transformation
7 3 (4.225%) Test Strategy
7 3 (4.225%) Manual Testing
7 3 (4.225%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (4.225%) Automated Testing
7 3 (4.225%) Regression Testing
7 3 (4.225%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.817%) UML
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.31%) SQL
2 8 (11.27%) C#
3 4 (5.634%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.225%) C
5 2 (2.817%) Java
6 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (23.94%) ISEB
2 8 (11.27%) ISTQB
3 3 (4.225%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.225%) CCAB
4 2 (2.817%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.817%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.408%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.859%) QA
2 4 (5.634%) FATCA
3 3 (4.225%) GAAP
Systems Management
1 12 (16.90%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) Oracle
2 12 (16.90%) HP
3 11 (15.49%) SAP
4 3 (4.225%) Talend
4 3 (4.225%) EPiServer
4 3 (4.225%) Hyperion
5 2 (2.817%) Informatica
5 2 (2.817%) Cisco
5 2 (2.817%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.408%) F5
6 1 (1.408%) Perforce
6 1 (1.408%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.408%) JD Edwards
Performance Tester
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Design, develop and execute test scripts using HP Performance Centre/Load Runner. Amend existing performance test scripts and execute as required to support regression testing of previously delivered...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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