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This section looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Basingstoke region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3848
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.128 %0.420 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£330
Average daily rate£213£330
% change on same period last year-35.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£225£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£330
% change on same period last year+5.69 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£43.33-
Average hourly rate£46.67-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.58£31.82
% change on same period last year-7.03 %
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Basingstoke
Matching contract IT job ads235238
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.310 %0.237 %
Daily rates quoted8168
Average minimum daily rate£387£354
Average daily rate£418£382
% change on same period last year+9.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted4466
Average minimum hourly rate£30.91£34.71
Average hourly rate£32.91£35.91
% change on same period last year-8.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.92£37.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
System Testing HampshireSystem Testing
Hampshire

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.

System Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing System Testing across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Basingstoke System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing System Testing across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing System Testing across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing System Testing across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Basingstoke System Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing System 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 System Testing.

14 (57.14 %)SC Cleared
14 (57.14 %)Security Cleared
23 (42.86 %)ISEB
23 (42.86 %)Windows
32 (28.57 %)Active Directory
32 (28.57 %)Government
32 (28.57 %)Migration
32 (28.57 %)VMware
32 (28.57 %)VMware ESX
32 (28.57 %)Citrix
32 (28.57 %)SAN
32 (28.57 %)VB
32 (28.57 %)Firewall
32 (28.57 %)SoftGrid
32 (28.57 %)TETRA
32 (28.57 %)Test Scripting
41 (14.29 %)Back Office
41 (14.29 %)Finance
41 (14.29 %)VB.NET
41 (14.29 %).NET
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)HNC
41 (14.29 %)C#
41 (14.29 %)HTML
41 (14.29 %)Java
41 (14.29 %)VBScript
41 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (14.29 %)Regression Testing
41 (14.29 %)Banking
41 (14.29 %)VB6

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)HTML
11 (14.29 %).NET Framework
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (28.57 %)SoftGrid
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)SAN
12 (28.57 %)Firewall
12 (28.57 %)TETRA
21 (14.29 %)VoIP
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Government
21 (14.29 %)Back Office
21 (14.29 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Banking
21 (14.29 %)Pensions
21 (14.29 %)Military
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Test Engineer
21 (14.29 %).NET Developer
21 (14.29 %)C# Developer
21 (14.29 %)Systems Tester
21 (14.29 %)Tester
21 (14.29 %)Developer
21 (14.29 %)Test Manager
21 (14.29 %)Systems Engineer
21 (14.29 %)VB.NET Developer
21 (14.29 %)VB Developer
21 (14.29 %)VB6 Developer
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)N-Tier
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)Windows
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)SC Cleared
14 (57.14 %)Security Cleared
22 (28.57 %)Migration
22 (28.57 %)Test Scripting
31 (14.29 %)Regression Testing
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)VB
21 (14.29 %)VB.NET
21 (14.29 %)C#
21 (14.29 %)Java
21 (14.29 %)VBScript
21 (14.29 %)VB6
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (42.86 %)ISEB
21 (14.29 %)HNC
21 (14.29 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (14.29 %)Degree
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)QA
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)Active Directory
12 (28.57 %)VMware ESX
Basingstoke IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)VMware
12 (28.57 %)Citrix
21 (14.29 %)EMC