The first table below looks at the demand for TestDirector 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 TestDirector 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 of the Development Applications 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank 117 133 117
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -16
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 4 5 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.171% 0.158% 0.431%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.660% 2.890% 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
Average daily rate £338 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% -8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £32.50
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
241 173 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.29% 5.457% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 64 116
Average daily rate £375 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £257 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 15
Average hourly rate £16.00 £26.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.62% -41.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
TestDirector
South East

TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire TestDirector Jobs Demand Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire TestDirector Daily Rate Trend

TestDirector
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Slough - 2 - -
Reading - - - - 1
TestDirector
South East

TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 6 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) Perl
2 3 (50.00%) PHP
2 3 (50.00%) WML
2 3 (50.00%) XML
2 3 (50.00%) GPRS
2 3 (50.00%) GSM
2 3 (50.00%) UMTS
2 3 (50.00%) HTTP
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) SSL
2 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 3 (50.00%) Internet
2 3 (50.00%) Apache
2 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Data Mining
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) WAP
3 2 (33.33%) Billing
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Wireshark
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 3 (50.00%) WML
1 3 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) WAP
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (16.67%) MHP
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) GPRS
1 3 (50.00%) GSM
1 3 (50.00%) UMTS
1 3 (50.00%) HTTP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
1 3 (50.00%) SSL
1 3 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) WinRunner
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Manager
3 1 (16.67%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) MediaHighway
2 1 (16.67%) DTV
2 1 (16.67%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SOA
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) Perl
1 3 (50.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (16.67%) Netcool
2 1 (16.67%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) OpenTV
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