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Test Strategy Contracts in Cardiff
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cardiff 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 26 33 32
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 5 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.404% 0.488% 0.422%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.497% 0.752% 0.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £266 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.25 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+8.52% +40.21%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 143 133 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 68.75% 64.88% 65.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 86 87
Average daily rate £330 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.58% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £10.69 £14.50 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.27% -85.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Strategy
South Wales

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Strategy across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cardiff Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Strategy across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Strategy across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) NHS
2 3 (42.86%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) MS Project
2 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) RUP
3 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (28.57%) C
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (14.29%) LoadRunner
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Banking

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Project
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (14.29%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
2 1 (14.29%) UAT Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) RUP
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) HP
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