The first table below looks at the demand for the Manual Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Birmingham 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Tester
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £275 £250
% change year-on-year
+40.90% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
418 591 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.72% 95.17% 91.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 322 250
Average daily rate £340 £325 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -4.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £190 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 39 30
Average hourly rate £16.25 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £9.16 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Manual Tester
West Midlands

Manual Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Manual Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Manual Tester Daily Rate Trend

Manual Tester
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Manual Tester 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 Manual Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) TestDirector
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) SAP CRM
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

Manual Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Manual Tester 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 Manual Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP CRM
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) TestDirector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP