The first table below looks at the demand for Web 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 Web Testing 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Testing
Rank 112 - 127
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Web Testing 8 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.334% - 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.508% - 0.107%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £375 - £185
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £225
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +37.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1574 1994 1869
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.72% 63.40% 62.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 769 746
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 £270 £250 £225
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 62 77
Average hourly rate £17.33 £19.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.15% -38.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Web Testing
South East

Web Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Web Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Web Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Web Testing Daily Rate Trend

Web Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Web Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Web Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 1 - -
Web Testing
South East

Web Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Web 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 Web Testing.

1 9 (60.00%) .NET
1 9 (60.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (46.67%) Windows Azure
2 7 (46.67%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (46.67%) C#
2 7 (46.67%) Visual Studio
3 6 (40.00%) Automation Testing
4 5 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 4 (26.67%) WebSphere
5 4 (26.67%) SOAP
5 4 (26.67%) Web Services
5 4 (26.67%) XML
5 4 (26.67%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (26.67%) soapUI
5 4 (26.67%) REST
5 4 (26.67%) Open Source
5 4 (26.67%) System Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Groovy
6 3 (20.00%) Manual Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (20.00%) DbVisualizer
6 3 (20.00%) ISEB
6 3 (20.00%) Handset
7 2 (13.33%) Ajax
7 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Web Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Web 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 Web Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 4 (26.67%) WebSphere
2 4 (26.67%) SOAP
2 4 (26.67%) Web Services
2 4 (26.67%) XML
2 4 (26.67%) soapUI
2 4 (26.67%) REST
3 2 (13.33%) Ajax
3 2 (13.33%) HTML
3 2 (13.33%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) Windows Azure
2 4 (26.67%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) DbVisualizer
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Visual Studio
2 5 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (13.33%) Selenium
5 1 (6.667%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
1 7 (46.67%) Test Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Tester
3 3 (20.00%) Automation Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Automation Test Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Tester
4 2 (13.33%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Test Leader
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Test Leader
5 1 (6.667%) Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Manual Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Test Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Software Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (26.67%) Open Source
3 3 (20.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) UNIX
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (40.00%) Automation Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 4 (26.67%) System Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Manual Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Security Testing
7 1 (6.667%) Test Management
7 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
7 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
7 1 (6.667%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C#
2 3 (20.00%) Groovy
3 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) ISEB
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) Degree
3 1 (6.667%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft