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The table below looks at the demand for Unit 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 Unit Testing over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5257
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.020 %
As % of the category below1.791 %3.759 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£200£300
Average daily rate£263£333
% change on same period last year-21.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£345
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£40.00
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.63£37.51
% change on same period last year+2.99 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads335532
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.482 %0.542 %
Daily rates quoted78115
Average minimum daily rate£304£350
Average daily rate£332£368
% change on same period last year-9.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted6877
Average minimum hourly rate£22.90£34.83
Average hourly rate£24.97£37.40
% change on same period last year-33.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.03£39.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.35£29.75
% change on same period last year-1.35 %
Unit Testing East of EnglandUnit 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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 14 October 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.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeDown-71£225-32.49 %
Unit Testing East of EnglandUnit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

17 (53.85 %)SQL
26 (46.15 %)Java
35 (38.46 %)HTML
35 (38.46 %)OO
44 (30.77 %)JSP
44 (30.77 %)C#
44 (30.77 %)C++
53 (23.08 %)Linux
53 (23.08 %)Agile Software Development
53 (23.08 %)C
53 (23.08 %).NET
53 (23.08 %)J2EE
53 (23.08 %)JUnit
53 (23.08 %)EJB
53 (23.08 %)Struts
53 (23.08 %)RAD
53 (23.08 %)RUP
53 (23.08 %)IBM
62 (15.38 %)N-Tier
62 (15.38 %)WebServices
62 (15.38 %)CSS
62 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
62 (15.38 %)ASP.NET
62 (15.38 %)SQL Server
62 (15.38 %)JavaScript
62 (15.38 %)Transact-SQL
62 (15.38 %)Software Engineering
62 (15.38 %).NET Framework
62 (15.38 %)UNIX
62 (15.38 %)NUnit

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (38.46 %)HTML
24 (30.77 %)JSP
33 (23.08 %)Struts
33 (23.08 %).NET
33 (23.08 %)J2EE
33 (23.08 %)EJB
42 (15.38 %)CSS
42 (15.38 %).NET Framework
42 (15.38 %)ASP.NET
42 (15.38 %)WebServices
51 (7.692 %)XML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.692 %)MS Excel
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)3GPP
11 (7.692 %)Internet
11 (7.692 %)LTE
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)SQL Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (23.08 %)JUnit
22 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
22 (15.38 %)NUnit
31 (7.692 %)Selenium
31 (7.692 %)Firebug
31 (7.692 %)Ant
31 (7.692 %)Flash
31 (7.692 %)Eclipse
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Telecoms
11 (7.692 %)Finance
11 (7.692 %)Retail
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (69.23 %)Developer
24 (30.77 %)Java Developer
33 (23.08 %)C++ Developer
42 (15.38 %)C# Developer
42 (15.38 %)Web Developer
42 (15.38 %)Applications Developer
42 (15.38 %)Software Developer
42 (15.38 %)Web Applications Developer
42 (15.38 %)C++ Software Developer
42 (15.38 %).NET Web Developer
42 (15.38 %)C# Web Developer
42 (15.38 %)C# Application Developer
42 (15.38 %).NET Applications Developer
42 (15.38 %).NET Developer
42 (15.38 %)Software Engineer
51 (7.692 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (7.692 %)Web Tester
51 (7.692 %)Tester
51 (7.692 %)Test Engineer
51 (7.692 %)Java Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (15.38 %)N-Tier
21 (7.692 %)Computer Science
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (23.08 %)Linux
22 (15.38 %)UNIX
31 (7.692 %)Windows
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (38.46 %)OO
23 (23.08 %)RAD
23 (23.08 %)RUP
23 (23.08 %)Agile Software Development
32 (15.38 %)Software Engineering
32 (15.38 %)Performance Testing
41 (7.692 %)TDD
41 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
41 (7.692 %)OOD
41 (7.692 %)Configuration Management
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (53.85 %)SQL
26 (46.15 %)Java
34 (30.77 %)C#
34 (30.77 %)C++
43 (23.08 %)C
52 (15.38 %)Transact-SQL
52 (15.38 %)JavaScript
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.692 %)QA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (23.08 %)IBM
21 (7.692 %)Microsoft
21 (7.692 %)Sybase