The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridge 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 35 46 33
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -13
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 2 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.595% 0.701% 0.398%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.075% 1.327% 0.694%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £348 £360 £460
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.47% -21.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £269
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +11.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - £23.75
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
186 226 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.36% 52.80% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 111 90
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 17
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £35.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Manual Testing
Cambridgeshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Manual Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) HP

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) HP