Cambridgeshire Software Testing Contracts

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

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Harrow Hertfordshire High Wycombe Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontypool Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Torfaen UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	49	65
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	10	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	2.747 %	1.505 %
Daily rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£225
Average daily rate	£273	£246
% change on same period last year	+11.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£280	£267
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£312
% change on same period last year	-3.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.50	-
Average hourly rate	£24.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.96	£29.78
% change on same period last year	+3.97 %
Processes & Methodologies Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	364	465
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.485 %	0.464 %
Daily rates quoted	95	128
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£356
Average daily rate	£350	£376
% change on same period last year	-7.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	54	55
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.32	£33.89
Average hourly rate	£24.39	£36.15
% change on same period last year	-32.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.47	£38.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Software Testing East of England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Cambridgeshire 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cambridge	+19	5	£297	+31.85 %
Peterborough	+3	3	£250	-13.04 %

Software Testing East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 8 (50.00 %) Windows 2 7 (43.75 %) ISEB 2 7 (43.75 %) QA 2 7 (43.75 %) Test Scripting 3 6 (37.50 %) Manual Testing 4 5 (31.25 %) Finance 5 4 (25.00 %) Windows XP 5 4 (25.00 %) C# 5 4 (25.00 %) SQL Server 6 3 (18.75 %) IIS 6 3 (18.75 %) Java 6 3 (18.75 %) Tomcat 6 3 (18.75 %) Windows Vista 7 2 (12.50 %) Performance Testing 7 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft

8 1 (6.250 %) Regression Testing 8 1 (6.250 %) Wi-Fi 8 1 (6.250 %) Wireless 8 1 (6.250 %) Agile Software Development 8 1 (6.250 %) NUnit 8 1 (6.250 %) Banking 8 1 (6.250 %) STB 8 1 (6.250 %) Cryptography 8 1 (6.250 %) Investment Banking 8 1 (6.250 %) Scrum 8 1 (6.250 %) Python 8 1 (6.250 %) E-Commerce 8 1 (6.250 %) Linux 8 1 (6.250 %) Bluetooth 8 1 (6.250 %) DTV

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 1 (6.250 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 3 (18.75 %) IIS 1 3 (18.75 %) Tomcat
Communications & Networking 1 1 (6.250 %) Bluetooth 1 1 (6.250 %) Wi-Fi 1 1 (6.250 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (25.00 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (6.250 %) NUnit	General 1 5 (31.25 %) Finance 2 1 (6.250 %) Banking 2 1 (6.250 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 10 (62.50 %) Analyst 2 8 (50.00 %) Test Analyst 3 5 (31.25 %) Tester 3 5 (31.25 %) QA Analyst 4 4 (25.00 %) QA Test Analyst 5 2 (12.50 %) Applications Tester 5 2 (12.50 %) Test Engineer 6 1 (6.250 %) Systems Manager 6 1 (6.250 %) Test Manager 6 1 (6.250 %) Quality Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 1 (6.250 %) DTV 1 1 (6.250 %) STB 1 1 (6.250 %) Cryptography
Operating Systems 1 8 (50.00 %) Windows 2 4 (25.00 %) Windows XP 3 3 (18.75 %) Windows Vista 4 1 (6.250 %) Linux 4 1 (6.250 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (43.75 %) Test Scripting 2 6 (37.50 %) Manual Testing 3 2 (12.50 %) Performance Testing 4 1 (6.250 %) Computer Security 4 1 (6.250 %) E-Commerce 4 1 (6.250 %) Regression Testing 4 1 (6.250 %) Scrum 4 1 (6.250 %) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages 1 4 (25.00 %) C# 2 3 (18.75 %) Java 3 1 (6.250 %) Perl 3 1 (6.250 %) Python 3 1 (6.250 %) C++	Qualifications 1 7 (43.75 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (43.75 %) QA	Vendors 1 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft