The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Beaconsfield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Beaconsfield 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Beaconsfield 25.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £160 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +12.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £19.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+48.71% -4.87%
All Job Titles
Beaconsfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Beaconsfield 100.00% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
Average daily rate £250 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
Buckinghamshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the Beaconsfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Beaconsfield Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Tester across the Beaconsfield region.

Beaconsfield Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Beaconsfield region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Web Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Wealth Management
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Beaconsfield region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Web Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Wealth Management
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB