The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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
Functional Tester
Rank 67 - 77
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.125% - 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.135% - 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £155 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £372 £213
% change year-on-year
-19.35% +75.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
743 949 1003
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 92.99% 94.05% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 414 383
Average daily rate £313 £315 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.79% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 74 101
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% -1.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.26 £11.67 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £30.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Tester
South East

Functional Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Functional Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Functional Tester Daily Rate Trend

Functional Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes - 1 £155 -
Functional Tester
South East

Functional Tester
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle iRecruitment
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy

Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle iRecruitment
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy