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The table below looks at the demand for Integration Testing skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Integration Testing over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIntegration Testing
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2527
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.003 %
As % of the category below4.196 %2.830 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£375
Average daily rate-£388
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£394
% change on same period last year-2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£28.93
% change on same period last year+12.34 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads143106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.232 %0.116 %
Daily rates quoted1715
Average minimum daily rate£303£268
Average daily rate£306£281
% change on same period last year+9.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£294
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted397
Average minimum hourly rate£24.98£31.21
Average hourly rate£26.12£31.21
% change on same period last year-16.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.27£31.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
Integration Testing CheshireIntegration Testing
Cheshire

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.

Integration Testing
Demand Trend

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

Chester Integration Testing Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing.

16 (75.00 %)Middleware
16 (75.00 %)C++
25 (62.50 %)UNIX
25 (62.50 %)Windows
25 (62.50 %)SQL
25 (62.50 %)C
25 (62.50 %)Banking
25 (62.50 %)Unit Testing
33 (37.50 %)VMS
42 (25.00 %)XML
42 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
42 (25.00 %)HTML
42 (25.00 %)Java
51 (12.50 %)JavaScript
51 (12.50 %)Swing
51 (12.50 %)Tuxedo
51 (12.50 %)ABAP
51 (12.50 %)J2EE
51 (12.50 %)Oracle
51 (12.50 %)SAP
51 (12.50 %)CSS
51 (12.50 %)JSP
51 (12.50 %)Servlets
51 (12.50 %)SOAP
51 (12.50 %)WebServices
51 (12.50 %)Hibernate
51 (12.50 %)BAPI
51 (12.50 %)XSLT
51 (12.50 %)WSDL
51 (12.50 %)JAX-RPC

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (75.00 %)Middleware
22 (25.00 %)HTML
22 (25.00 %)XML
31 (12.50 %)XSLT
31 (12.50 %)Swing
31 (12.50 %)WSDL
31 (12.50 %)JAX-RPC
31 (12.50 %)J2EE
31 (12.50 %)CSS
31 (12.50 %)JSP
31 (12.50 %)Servlets
31 (12.50 %)SOAP
31 (12.50 %)WebServices
31 (12.50 %)Hibernate
31 (12.50 %)BAPI
31 (12.50 %)Spring
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)Tuxedo
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (12.50 %)SAP HR
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (62.50 %)Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (87.50 %)Developer
25 (62.50 %)C++ Developer
25 (62.50 %)C Developer
31 (12.50 %)Software Engineer
31 (12.50 %)ABAP Developer
31 (12.50 %)SAP Developer
31 (12.50 %)Java Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)UNIX
15 (62.50 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)VMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)Unit Testing
22 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (75.00 %)C++
25 (62.50 %)SQL
25 (62.50 %)C
32 (25.00 %)Java
41 (12.50 %)JavaScript
41 (12.50 %)ABAP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle
11 (12.50 %)SAP