Cambridgeshire TestDirector Contracts

This section looks at the demand for HP TestDirector for Quality Center skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Crawley Croydon Dartford Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Havant Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Pudsey Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	60	50
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	3	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	3.529 %	13.59 %
Daily rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum daily rate	£275	£317
Average daily rate	£294	£317
% change on same period last year	-7.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£313	£317
UK excluding London average daily rate	£307	£318
% change on same period last year	-3.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.00
Average hourly rate	-	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.23	£33.84
% change on same period last year	-1.79 %
Development Applications Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	85	103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.113 %	0.104 %
Daily rates quoted	9	29
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£252
Average daily rate	£299	£261
% change on same period last year	+14.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£313	£269
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£331
% change on same period last year	-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.00	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£27.50	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-26.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.00	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.89	£34.13
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
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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 TestDirector across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications 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 TestDirector across the Cambridgeshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 TestDirector within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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	0	2	£294	-9.61 %

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1 4 (80.00 %) LoadRunner 1 4 (80.00 %) Retail 2 3 (60.00 %) Change Management 3 1 (20.00 %) ISEB 3 1 (20.00 %) QuickTest Pro 3 1 (20.00 %) Insurance 3 1 (20.00 %) Performance Testing 3 1 (20.00 %) System Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications 1 4 (80.00 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (20.00 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 4 (80.00 %) Retail 2 1 (20.00 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 4 (80.00 %) Analyst 1 4 (80.00 %) Test Analyst 2 1 (20.00 %) Tester 2 1 (20.00 %) Test Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (60.00 %) Change Management 2 1 (20.00 %) Performance Testing 2 1 (20.00 %) System Testing
Qualifications 1 1 (20.00 %) ISEB