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

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3939
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads420
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.020 %
As % of the category below2.094 %6.116 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£352
% change on same period last year+3.50 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£23.33£35.00
Average hourly rate£26.50£36.50
% change on same period last year-27.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.67£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.31£38.95
% change on same period last year-4.20 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads191327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.255 %0.326 %
Daily rates quoted5282
Average minimum daily rate£302£355
Average daily rate£328£375
% change on same period last year-12.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted3132
Average minimum hourly rate£21.89£36.94
Average hourly rate£23.99£39.63
% change on same period last year-39.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.09£42.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Unit Testing CambridgeshireUnit Testing
Cambridgeshire

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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cambridge Unit Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

14 (100.00 %)C++
22 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (50.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)C
22 (50.00 %)C#
22 (50.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)Sybase
31 (25.00 %)JSP
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (25.00 %)Eclipse
31 (25.00 %)Internet
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)Finance
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)Computer Science
31 (25.00 %)QA
31 (25.00 %)Retail

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)JSP
11 (25.00 %)XML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Internet
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Eclipse
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)Retail
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)C++ Developer
32 (50.00 %)C++ Software Developer
32 (50.00 %)Software Developer
41 (25.00 %)Java Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Computer Science
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)UNIX
12 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)Windows
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (25.00 %)OO
21 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)OOD
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C++
22 (50.00 %)C
22 (50.00 %)C#
22 (50.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Java
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)QA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Sybase