The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bristol 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
Software Tester
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.562% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.591% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
-5.83% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.50%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
508 793 609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.13% 93.29% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 528 330
Average daily rate £338 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £223 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 36 38
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £14.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £37.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Software Tester
South West

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Software Tester Daily Rate Trend

Software Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Software Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Software Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (80.00%) QA
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA