The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 62 65 61
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 7 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.955% 0.246% 1.175%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.039% 0.268% 1.302%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £300 - £105
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £16.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+93.75% -33.33%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
674 747 845
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.95% 91.88% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 405 473
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £249 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 25 34
Average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
North West

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cheshire Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warrington - 2 - -
Crewe - - - -
Knutsford - - - -
Macclesfield - - - - 2
Northwich - - - -
Tester
North West

Tester
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title.

1 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (50.00%) SAP BI
3 4 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) SAP BW
5 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (25.00%) Front Office
5 2 (25.00%) Back Office
5 2 (25.00%) Content Management
5 2 (25.00%) Information Management
5 2 (25.00%) WCAG
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (12.50%) Magento
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (12.50%) Ab Initio
6 1 (12.50%) Primavera
6 1 (12.50%) ETL
6 1 (12.50%) SAP PS
6 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (12.50%) SQL
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Magento
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SAP BI
2 3 (37.50%) SAP BW
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (25.00%) Front Office
1 2 (25.00%) Back Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Content Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Management
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Primavera
2 1 (12.50%) Ab Initio
Chester, North West
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Posted: 12 June 2013
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Rate: £340.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013