The first table below looks at the demand for Non-Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Non-Functional Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridgeshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Non-Functional Testing
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.546% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.968% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £251
% change year-on-year
- +69.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
310 402 340
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 56.47% 58.18% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 202 172
Average daily rate £375 £395 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.06% +6.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 43
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +41.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £12.00 £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Non-Functional Testing
East of England

Non-Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Non-Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Non-Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Non-Functional Testing across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Non-Functional Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Non-Functional Testing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Peterborough - 3 £450 -
Non-Functional Testing
East of England

Non-Functional Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Non-Functional 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 Non-Functional Testing.

1 4 (80.00%) HP
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Back Office
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) System Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Time Management
2 3 (60.00%) Middleware
2 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX
3 2 (40.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Selenium
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Twitter
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems

Non-Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Non-Functional 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 Non-Functional Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) Web Services
1 3 (60.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Programme Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Test Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Test Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Management
1 3 (60.00%) System Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter