The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Bournemouth 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 22 23 18
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 0.870% 0.690% 6.587%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.124% 1.020% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £316
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -42.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
89 98 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 77.39% 67.59% 64.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 71 64
Average daily rate £350 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £525 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Testing
Dorset

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bournemouth Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (100.00%) JDBC
1 2 (100.00%) ODBC
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TOAD
1 2 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Introscope
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT
1 2 (100.00%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) JProfiler
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) JProbe

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) JDBC
1 2 (100.00%) ODBC
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (100.00%) Introscope
2 1 (50.00%) JProfiler
2 1 (50.00%) JProbe
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) QA Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (100.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) HP