The first table below looks at the demand for TestDirector skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank - 51 -
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.326% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 4.651% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £270 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -16.92%
All Development Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
31 43 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 7.078% 7.015% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 33
Average daily rate £375 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +16.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
Average hourly rate £37.00 £37.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +150.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
TestDirector
West Midlands

TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) SSADM
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) CRM

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Tester
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) CRM Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) SSADM
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP