The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Consultant 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 Test Consultant 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Consultant
Rank - 134 127
Contract jobs requiring a Test Consultant 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.032% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.035% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £188
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £310 £363
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -14.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - -
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £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 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Consultant
South East

Test Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Test Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Test Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Test Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Test Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Test Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Test Consultant
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Consultant 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 Test Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (25.00%) GIS
1 1 (25.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
1 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner

Test Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared