Regression Testing Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Regression Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Berkshire 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 100 129 112
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -17
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 23 10 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.950% 0.328% 0.437%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.444% 0.524% 0.694%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 3
Average daily rate £288 £378 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.99% +20.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £203 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £406 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £381 £320
% change year-on-year
-13.18% +19.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £33.35 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -1.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1593 1907 1872
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.83% 62.55% 62.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 723 742
Average daily rate £388 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 63 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -41.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.93 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Regression Testing
South East

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Regression Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Regression Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Regression Testing across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Regression Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bracknell - 16 - -
Slough - 3 £365 -
Newbury - 2 £288 -
Reading +11 1 £288 +173.80%
Regression Testing
South East

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 17 (65.38%) Windows
1 17 (65.38%) VMware
1 17 (65.38%) Test Scripting
1 17 (65.38%) SC Cleared
1 17 (65.38%) Security Cleared
1 17 (65.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (61.54%) Migration
3 15 (57.69%) SQL
3 15 (57.69%) Oracle
4 14 (53.85%) SQL Server
5 13 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
6 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (38.46%) IIS
7 10 (38.46%) Tomcat
7 10 (38.46%) Windows XP
7 10 (38.46%) LAN
7 10 (38.46%) WAN
7 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
7 10 (38.46%) HP
7 10 (38.46%) LoadRunner
7 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (38.46%) VMware ESX
7 10 (38.46%) Windows 7
7 10 (38.46%) Non-Functional Testing
8 9 (34.62%) Oracle 8/8i
9 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
10 5 (19.23%) Validation
10 5 (19.23%) VMware Workstation
10 5 (19.23%) Business Continuity
10 5 (19.23%) Test Automation

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) HTML
1 1 (3.846%) .NET
1 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.846%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 10 (38.46%) IIS
1 10 (38.46%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) LAN
1 10 (38.46%) WAN
2 1 (3.846%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 9 (34.62%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.846%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 10 (38.46%) LoadRunner
2 2 (7.692%) QADirector
3 1 (3.846%) TestPartner
3 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.846%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Publishing
2 1 (3.846%) German Language
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Tester
2 7 (26.92%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Test Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Solutions Designer
3 3 (11.54%) Designer
4 2 (7.692%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Test Manager
4 2 (7.692%) Test Specialist
4 2 (7.692%) QA Engineer
4 2 (7.692%) QA Test Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Data Migration Specialist
4 2 (7.692%) Systems Test Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) QA Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Integration Tester
5 1 (3.846%) SharePoint Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (38.46%) Windows 7
3 10 (38.46%) Windows XP
3 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Test Scripting
2 16 (61.54%) Migration
3 10 (38.46%) Non-Functional Testing
4 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
5 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
5 5 (19.23%) Validation
5 5 (19.23%) Business Continuity
6 3 (11.54%) Logistics
6 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
7 2 (7.692%) Information Management
7 2 (7.692%) Project Management
8 1 (3.846%) Service Management
8 1 (3.846%) Risk Management
8 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
8 1 (3.846%) ETL
8 1 (3.846%) Data Management
8 1 (3.846%) Scrum
8 1 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) C#
2 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) SC Cleared
1 17 (65.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.846%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 17 (65.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (38.46%) VMware ESX
3 5 (19.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) VMware
2 15 (57.69%) Oracle
3 10 (38.46%) HP
4 3 (11.54%) NetApp
5 1 (3.846%) Informatica
5 1 (3.846%) IBM
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