Software 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 Software 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 Software Testing over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 100 111 122
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +11
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 22 25 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.897% 0.779% 0.273%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.360% 1.230% 0.436%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 3
Average daily rate £400 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £7.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -72.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -41.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1618 2033 1833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.96% 63.37% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 771 731
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 61 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.40 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Software Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Reading +8 5 - -
Bracknell -14 2 £450 +25.00%
Newbury - 1 £300 -
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 21 (65.63%) SQL
2 20 (62.50%) XML
3 17 (53.13%) WebSphere
4 16 (50.00%) ETL
5 15 (46.88%) HTML
5 15 (46.88%) Java
6 14 (43.75%) JavaScript
6 14 (43.75%) J2EE
6 14 (43.75%) JUnit
6 14 (43.75%) EJB
6 14 (43.75%) CSS
6 14 (43.75%) JSP
6 14 (43.75%) UNIX
6 14 (43.75%) E-Commerce
6 14 (43.75%) JMS
6 14 (43.75%) JSTL
6 14 (43.75%) Ajax
7 11 (34.38%) DB2
7 11 (34.38%) RAD
8 9 (28.13%) Automated Testing
8 9 (28.13%) Retail
9 7 (21.88%) Performance Testing
9 7 (21.88%) Oracle
9 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
10 6 (18.75%) ISEB
11 5 (15.63%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (15.63%) soapUI
11 5 (15.63%) REST
11 5 (15.63%) Test Strategy
11 5 (15.63%) Web Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (62.50%) XML
2 17 (53.13%) WebSphere
3 15 (46.88%) HTML
4 14 (43.75%) J2EE
4 14 (43.75%) EJB
4 14 (43.75%) CSS
4 14 (43.75%) JSP
4 14 (43.75%) JMS
4 14 (43.75%) JSTL
4 14 (43.75%) Ajax
5 5 (15.63%) soapUI
5 5 (15.63%) REST
5 5 (15.63%) SOAP
5 5 (15.63%) Web Services
6 2 (6.250%) .NET
7 1 (3.125%) Middleware
7 1 (3.125%) MHP
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (6.250%) Commerce Server
3 1 (3.125%) Windows Azure
3 1 (3.125%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) Internet
1 2 (6.250%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (34.38%) DB2
2 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
3 5 (15.63%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (12.50%) DbVisualizer
5 1 (3.125%) TOAD
5 1 (3.125%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (43.75%) JUnit
2 2 (6.250%) WinRunner
2 2 (6.250%) JIRA
2 2 (6.250%) Selenium
3 1 (3.125%) JProfiler
3 1 (3.125%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.125%) QADirector
3 1 (3.125%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.125%) TestDirector
3 1 (3.125%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (28.13%) Retail
2 3 (9.375%) Finance
3 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Developer
2 7 (21.88%) Systems Developer
3 6 (18.75%) Test Leader
4 5 (15.63%) WebSphere Developer
5 4 (12.50%) Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Test Analyst
6 3 (9.375%) Java Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Test Coordinator
7 2 (6.250%) Coordinator
7 2 (6.250%) Consultant
7 2 (6.250%) Test Engineer
7 2 (6.250%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Performance Test Leader
8 1 (3.125%) Virtualisation Consultant
8 1 (3.125%) Performance Test Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Security Manager
8 1 (3.125%) Compliance Manager
8 1 (3.125%) Tester
8 1 (3.125%) Test Manager
8 1 (3.125%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Handset
2 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.125%) MediaHighway
2 1 (3.125%) STB
2 1 (3.125%) PKI
2 1 (3.125%) Statistics
2 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.125%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 14 (43.75%) UNIX
2 3 (9.375%) Windows
3 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) ETL
2 14 (43.75%) E-Commerce
3 11 (34.38%) RAD
4 9 (28.13%) Automated Testing
5 7 (21.88%) Performance Testing
6 5 (15.63%) Test Strategy
6 5 (15.63%) Web Testing
6 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.50%) Test Scripting
7 4 (12.50%) System Testing
8 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (3.125%) Waterfall
9 1 (3.125%) Test Automation
9 1 (3.125%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (3.125%) Security Testing
9 1 (3.125%) Test Management
9 1 (3.125%) Requirements Analysis
9 1 (3.125%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 1 (3.125%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (3.125%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) SQL
2 15 (46.88%) Java
3 14 (43.75%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.50%) Groovy
5 3 (9.375%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.125%) C#
6 1 (3.125%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.125%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) ISEB
2 3 (9.375%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.250%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.250%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.125%) Degree
4 1 (3.125%) CCNA
4 1 (3.125%) CISSP
4 1 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.125%) CISA
4 1 (3.125%) CISM
4 1 (3.125%) SSCP
4 1 (3.125%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.250%) QA
2 1 (3.125%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.125%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (6.250%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Oracle
2 5 (15.63%) Adobe
2 5 (15.63%) IBM
2 5 (15.63%) Teradata
2 5 (15.63%) Ab Initio
3 2 (6.250%) VMware
3 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.125%) ESRI
4 1 (3.125%) OpenTV
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