The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Tester
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Tester 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £425 £350
% change year-on-year
- +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2133 2885 2713
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.11% 91.01% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 1058 1043
Average daily rate £370 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 111 175
Average hourly rate £23.50 £19.00 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.68% -12.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.25 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Senior Software Tester
South East

Senior Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Senior Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Senior Software Tester Daily Rate Trend

Senior Software Tester
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Senior Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft