Software Testing Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software Testing over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 26 41 31
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -10
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 13 8 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 3.963% 1.896% 2.299%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.104% 3.604% 4.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 4
Average daily rate £315 £385 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +14.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £309 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £385 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £316
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £21.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -42.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 183 222 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.79% 52.61% 56.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 109 92
Average daily rate £350 £350 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 20 18
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 £35.20 £33.25 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.85 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Testing
Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 18 (48.65%) HTML
2 17 (45.95%) Linux
3 16 (43.24%) Python
4 14 (37.84%) C
5 13 (35.14%) Embedded C
6 11 (29.73%) ISEB
6 11 (29.73%) OpenCL
7 10 (27.03%) QA
7 10 (27.03%) Automated Testing
8 8 (21.62%) Java
8 8 (21.62%) ISTQB
9 7 (18.92%) Test Automation
9 7 (18.92%) SQL
10 6 (16.22%) Finance
10 6 (16.22%) Degree
10 6 (16.22%) JIRA
10 6 (16.22%) Test Scripting
11 5 (13.51%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (13.51%) HP
12 4 (10.81%) UNIX
12 4 (10.81%) XML
12 4 (10.81%) Selenium
13 3 (8.108%) Resource Management
13 3 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
13 3 (8.108%) Security Testing
13 3 (8.108%) Performance Management
13 3 (8.108%) Test Strategy
13 3 (8.108%) ITIL
13 3 (8.108%) PRINCE2
13 3 (8.108%) C++

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
1 18 (48.65%) HTML
2 11 (29.73%) OpenCL
3 4 (10.81%) XML
4 2 (5.405%) STL
4 2 (5.405%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (2.703%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (2.703%) FrameMaker
1 1 (2.703%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 2 (5.405%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) Internet
1 1 (2.703%) HTTP
1 1 (2.703%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.405%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) JIRA
2 4 (10.81%) Selenium
3 2 (5.405%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (5.405%) LabVIEW
3 2 (5.405%) GoogleTest
3 2 (5.405%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (16.22%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.703%) Publishing
2 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.703%) Retail
2 1 (2.703%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Test Engineer
2 11 (29.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Test Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Software Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Tester
5 4 (10.81%) Test Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Software Manager
6 3 (8.108%) Software Test Manager
6 3 (8.108%) Test Leader
6 3 (8.108%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) Automated Tester
7 2 (5.405%) Agile Test Analyst
8 1 (2.703%) Software Programmer
8 1 (2.703%) QA Leader
8 1 (2.703%) Testing Manager
8 1 (2.703%) Software Testing Engineer
8 1 (2.703%) Development Engineer
8 1 (2.703%) Performance Test Engineer
8 1 (2.703%) Automated Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.703%) Computer Science
1 1 (2.703%) iPhone
1 1 (2.703%) Digital Media
1 1 (2.703%) Streaming Media
1 1 (2.703%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 17 (45.95%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) UNIX
3 2 (5.405%) Windows
4 1 (2.703%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.703%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.703%) Android
4 1 (2.703%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (2.703%) Mac OS X
4 1 (2.703%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Automated Testing
2 7 (18.92%) Test Automation
3 6 (16.22%) Test Scripting
4 3 (8.108%) Resource Management
4 3 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (8.108%) Security Testing
4 3 (8.108%) Performance Management
4 3 (8.108%) Test Strategy
4 3 (8.108%) ITIL
4 3 (8.108%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.108%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.405%) Configuration Management
5 2 (5.405%) UML
5 2 (5.405%) Validation
5 2 (5.405%) Test Management
5 2 (5.405%) Manual Testing
6 1 (2.703%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.703%) Integration Testing
6 1 (2.703%) Load Testing
6 1 (2.703%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) Python
2 14 (37.84%) C
3 13 (35.14%) Embedded C
4 8 (21.62%) Java
5 7 (18.92%) SQL
6 3 (8.108%) C++
7 2 (5.405%) C#
8 1 (2.703%) Objective-C
8 1 (2.703%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) ISEB
2 8 (21.62%) ISTQB
3 6 (16.22%) Degree
4 1 (2.703%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) HP
2 2 (5.405%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.405%) Oracle
2 2 (5.405%) Google
3 1 (2.703%) Twitter
3 1 (2.703%) Perforce
3 1 (2.703%) SAP
3 1 (2.703%) Adobe
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The ideal candidate will have experience using a variety of automated testing tools within a cloud environment... Key Skills: List of key skills for the role; Test analyst,...
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Rate: £250 - 350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
test, lead, manager, UAT, R12, oracle, My clinet has an urgent requirement for a Test lead, They have identified the below: Produce a full range of test scenario...
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Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Lead Oracle
Cambridge, East Anglia
test, lead, manager, UAT, R12, oracle, My clinet has an urgent requirement for a Test lead, They have identified the below: Produce a full range of test scenario...
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Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Test Lead - Oracle Financials r12
Cambridge, East Anglia
We are looking for a Test Lead - Oracle R12Oracle R12 Upgrade Project has identified a need to resource the position of "Test Lead" to address some specific areas...
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Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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