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This section looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkManual Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8089
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.267 %0.356 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£275
Average daily rate-£288
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£285
% change on same period last year+0.03 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.13£30.23
% change on same period last year-20.15 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads749843
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.998 %0.841 %
Daily rates quoted270229
Average minimum daily rate£336£326
Average daily rate£358£344
% change on same period last year+3.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted9974
Average minimum hourly rate£24.75£31.60
Average hourly rate£25.83£32.60
% change on same period last year-20.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.90£33.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Manual Testing South EastManual Testing
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Manual Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Manual Testing across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire Manual Testing Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Manual Testing across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Manual Testing across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Manual Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesNew entry-2--
Manual Testing South EastManual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

14 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
23 (37.50 %)J2EE
23 (37.50 %)Oracle
23 (37.50 %)TestDirector
23 (37.50 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (37.50 %)Test Scripting
32 (25.00 %)GIS
32 (25.00 %)Software Testing
41 (12.50 %)Windows Mobile
41 (12.50 %)Use Case
41 (12.50 %)Data Management
41 (12.50 %)Windows
41 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
41 (12.50 %)System Testing
41 (12.50 %)SQL

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (37.50 %)J2EE
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)GIS
21 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)TestDirector
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Test Analyst
13 (37.50 %)Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Tester
31 (12.50 %)Test Manager
31 (12.50 %)Manual Tester
31 (12.50 %)Software Tester
31 (12.50 %)Systems Tester
31 (12.50 %)Team Leader
31 (12.50 %)UAT Test Manager
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Windows
11 (12.50 %)Windows Mobile
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
23 (37.50 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (37.50 %)Test Scripting
32 (25.00 %)Software Testing
41 (12.50 %)Use Case
41 (12.50 %)System Testing
41 (12.50 %)Data Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)SQL
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)Oracle