The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills 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 Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 43 60 44
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -16
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 6 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.136% 0.238% 1.290%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.917% 0.354% 1.951%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 5
Average daily rate £323 £190 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+69.73% -49.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £190 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £190 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £323
% change year-on-year
+0.83% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -36.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
313 565 410
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 59.28% 67.34% 66.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 384 234
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 21 21
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £17.80 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.25 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bristol Software Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 7 (50.00%) Test Management
1 7 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) ISEB
3 5 (35.71%) System Testing
4 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (28.57%) QA
4 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle Payroll
4 4 (28.57%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (21.43%) E-business
5 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
6 2 (14.29%) NHS
6 2 (14.29%) Internet
6 2 (14.29%) GAMP
6 2 (14.29%) GMP
7 1 (7.143%) Citrix
7 1 (7.143%) Windows
7 1 (7.143%) UML
7 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
7 1 (7.143%) BPR
7 1 (7.143%) Data Security
7 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
7 1 (7.143%) Finance
7 1 (7.143%) Legal
7 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Internet
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
1 1 (7.143%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Tester
2 4 (28.57%) Software Tester
3 3 (21.43%) Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Test Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Business Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Oracle Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) E-Business Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
2 2 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Test Management
1 7 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (35.71%) System Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (21.43%) E-business
5 1 (7.143%) Data Security
5 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.143%) Scalability Testing
5 1 (7.143%) UML
5 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.143%) BPR
5 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) ISEB
2 4 (28.57%) ISEB Practitioner
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) GAMP
2 2 (14.29%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (7.143%) Citrix