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Test Strategy Contracts in Bristol
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 43 56 46
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 2 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.406% 0.913% 1.587%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.639% 1.338% 2.461%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
Average daily rate £380 £437 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +14.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.25 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+8.52% +40.21%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 313 598 447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 63.49% 68.26% 64.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 391 258
Average daily rate £350 £365 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £242 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 19
Average hourly rate £27.93 £24.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.97% +22.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.95 £10.30 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.25 £35.00 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Strategy
South West

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 6 (46.15%) Test Management
1 6 (46.15%) Test Scripting
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) ISEB
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
3 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (23.08%) QA
4 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) System Testing
5 2 (15.38%) GAMP
5 2 (15.38%) GMP
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) UML
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (7.692%) ERP
6 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
6 1 (7.692%) SQL
6 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
6 1 (7.692%) SAP
6 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.692%) IBM
6 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (7.692%) Agresso
6 1 (7.692%) NHS
6 1 (7.692%) Internet

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Legal
2 1 (7.692%) Retail Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Test Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Test Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Business Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Tester
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Systems Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Software Tester
3 1 (7.692%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.692%) NHS
2 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Test Management
1 6 (46.15%) Test Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
2 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) System Testing
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) UML
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
4 1 (7.692%) ERP
4 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Data Security
4 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.692%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) ISEB
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) GAMP
2 2 (15.38%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) SAP
1 1 (7.692%) IBM
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
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