Berkshire TestDirector Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for HP TestDirector for Quality Center skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Leeds London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pudsey Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	100
Rank change on same period last year	+36
Matching contract IT job ads	54	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.085 %	0.045 %
As % of the category below	25.12 %	11.57 %
Daily rates quoted	24	10
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£317
Average daily rate	£350	£329
% change on same period last year	+6.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£369	£342
UK excluding London average daily rate	£316	£314
% change on same period last year	+0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.00	£16.05
Average hourly rate	£24.75	£17.73
% change on same period last year	+39.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.50	£19.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.94	£27.09
% change on same period last year	+14.22 %
Development Applications Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	215	363
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.339 %	0.389 %
Daily rates quoted	68	74
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£327
Average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£311	£326
% change on same period last year	-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	74
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.12	£29.17
Average hourly rate	£26.84	£30.94
% change on same period last year	-13.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.56	£32.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.68	£31.31
% change on same period last year	-2.00 %
TestDirector South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TestDirector across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TestDirector across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+18	16	£312	-5.41 %
Newbury	+9	13	£325	-
Bracknell	+15	10	£370	-
Wokingham	0	1	£325	+3.17 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1 42 (31.58 %) Windows 2 41 (30.83 %) Security Cleared 3 32 (24.06 %) Test Scripting 4 29 (21.80 %) SC Cleared 5 26 (19.55 %) Windows Server 2003 6 25 (18.80 %) StarTeam 7 24 (18.05 %) Borland 7 24 (18.05 %) Windows XP 7 24 (18.05 %) UNIX 8 23 (17.29 %) Finance 9 21 (15.79 %) Telecoms 9 21 (15.79 %) Migration 9 21 (15.79 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 20 (15.04 %) AIX 10 20 (15.04 %) Solaris

11 17 (12.78 %) SQL 11 17 (12.78 %) OpenView Configuration Management 12 15 (11.28 %) ISEB 13 12 (9.023 %) Government 13 12 (9.023 %) DTV 13 12 (9.023 %) Altiris 13 12 (9.023 %) Integration Testing 14 11 (8.271 %) Manual Testing 14 11 (8.271 %) HP 15 10 (7.519 %) Performance Testing 15 10 (7.519 %) DV Cleared 16 9 (6.767 %) DB2 16 9 (6.767 %) STB 17 8 (6.015 %) SMS 17 8 (6.015 %) TCP/IP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (5.263 %) HTML 1 7 (5.263 %) WebSphere 2 4 (3.008 %) Middleware 3 2 (1.504 %) MHP 3 2 (1.504 %) VXML 3 2 (1.504 %) Application Packaging 3 2 (1.504 %) ODBC 4 1 (0.752 %) .NET 4 1 (0.752 %) J2EE 4 1 (0.752 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 8 (6.015 %) BizTalk Server 2 5 (3.759 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 4 (3.008 %) SharePoint 4 2 (1.504 %) IIS
Applications 1 7 (5.263 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.752 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (0.752 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (2.256 %) Endur 2 2 (1.504 %) SoftGrid 3 1 (0.752 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 8 (6.015 %) TCP/IP 1 8 (6.015 %) SMS 2 7 (5.263 %) INAP 3 3 (2.256 %) VoIP 4 2 (1.504 %) MGCP 4 2 (1.504 %) TCAP 4 2 (1.504 %) ISUP 4 2 (1.504 %) SCCP 5 1 (0.752 %) BSS 5 1 (0.752 %) ADSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (6.767 %) DB2 2 6 (4.511 %) Datawarehouse 3 3 (2.256 %) MS Access 3 3 (2.256 %) BusinessObjects 4 2 (1.504 %) Oracle 10g 4 2 (1.504 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.752 %) SQL Server 5 1 (0.752 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.752 %) Data Mining 5 1 (0.752 %) ETL 5 1 (0.752 %) TOAD 5 1 (0.752 %) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications 1 25 (18.80 %) StarTeam 2 5 (3.759 %) ClearQuest 2 5 (3.759 %) ClearCase 2 5 (3.759 %) QuickTest Pro 3 3 (2.256 %) WinRunner 4 2 (1.504 %) LoadRunner 5 1 (0.752 %) MSI 5 1 (0.752 %) Visual Studio	General 1 23 (17.29 %) Finance 2 21 (15.79 %) Telecoms 3 12 (9.023 %) Government 4 6 (4.511 %) Financial Institution 5 4 (3.008 %) Billing 6 2 (1.504 %) Multimedia 7 1 (0.752 %) Banking 7 1 (0.752 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 46 (34.59 %) Tester 2 34 (25.56 %) Analyst 3 31 (23.31 %) Test Analyst 4 21 (15.79 %) Test Engineer 5 14 (10.53 %) Consultant 6 7 (5.263 %) Test Consultant 7 6 (4.511 %) Administrator 7 6 (4.511 %) Systems Tester 8 4 (3.008 %) Network Consultant 8 4 (3.008 %) Test Manager 8 4 (3.008 %) Management Consultant 8 4 (3.008 %) Integration Engineer 8 4 (3.008 %) Infrastructure Consultant 8 4 (3.008 %) Technical Test Analyst 8 4 (3.008 %) Technical Analyst 9 3 (2.256 %) Senior Test Analyst 9 3 (2.256 %) Test and Integration Engineer 9 3 (2.256 %) Performance Engineer 9 3 (2.256 %) Report Analyst 9 3 (2.256 %) Senior Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 12 (9.023 %) DTV 2 9 (6.767 %) STB 3 3 (2.256 %) Replication 3 3 (2.256 %) PDA 4 2 (1.504 %) Management Information System 4 2 (1.504 %) MediaHighway 5 1 (0.752 %) IPTV 5 1 (0.752 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.752 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.752 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.752 %) HACMP
Operating Systems 1 42 (31.58 %) Windows 2 26 (19.55 %) Windows Server 2003 3 24 (18.05 %) UNIX 3 24 (18.05 %) Windows XP 4 20 (15.04 %) AIX 4 20 (15.04 %) Solaris 5 2 (1.504 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (30.83 %) Security Cleared 2 32 (24.06 %) Test Scripting 3 29 (21.80 %) SC Cleared 4 21 (15.79 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 21 (15.79 %) Migration 5 12 (9.023 %) Integration Testing 6 11 (8.271 %) Manual Testing 7 10 (7.519 %) Performance Testing 7 10 (7.519 %) DV Cleared 8 8 (6.015 %) Software Testing 9 7 (5.263 %) CRM 9 7 (5.263 %) Test Management 10 5 (3.759 %) Automated Testing 10 5 (3.759 %) Requirements Analysis 11 4 (3.008 %) Disaster Recovery 11 4 (3.008 %) Configuration Management 11 4 (3.008 %) System Testing 11 4 (3.008 %) Performance Management 11 4 (3.008 %) Data Migration 12 3 (2.256 %) Data Modelling
Programming Languages 1 17 (12.78 %) SQL 2 6 (4.511 %) VB 3 5 (3.759 %) Perl 4 4 (3.008 %) Shell Script 5 3 (2.256 %) VBA 6 2 (1.504 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.752 %) JCL 7 1 (0.752 %) REXX 7 1 (0.752 %) Java	Qualifications 1 15 (11.28 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (6.015 %) QA 2 5 (3.759 %) Basel II 3 1 (0.752 %) ISO8583	System Software 1 4 (3.008 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.504 %) NDS 3 1 (0.752 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 17 (12.78 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 4 (3.008 %) CONTROL-M 3 3 (2.256 %) Tivoli 4 1 (0.752 %) Netcool 4 1 (0.752 %) CA SiteMinder 4 1 (0.752 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 24 (18.05 %) Borland 2 12 (9.023 %) Altiris 3 11 (8.271 %) HP 4 7 (5.263 %) Oracle 4 7 (5.263 %) IBM 4 7 (5.263 %) Microsoft 5 5 (3.759 %) Siebel 6 3 (2.256 %) Business Objects 6 3 (2.256 %) OpenLink 7 2 (1.504 %) OpenTV 7 2 (1.504 %) Informatica 8 1 (0.752 %) MicroStrategy 8 1 (0.752 %) Retalix 8 1 (0.752 %) VMware 8 1 (0.752 %) Epiphany