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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Tester role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Tester
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank198194
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.123 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£370£350
Average daily rate£406£381
% change on same period last year+6.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£443£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£337
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
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£46.00-
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads72886569
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.18 %6.600 %
Daily rates quoted39592701
Average minimum daily rate£409£441
Average daily rate£445£470
% change on same period last year-5.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£481£498
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted312239
Average minimum hourly rate£22.72£22.83
Average hourly rate£24.56£24.12
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.40£25.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Senior Tester LondonSenior Tester
London

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.

Senior Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Tester across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Senior Tester Demand Trend

Senior Tester
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Tester across the City of London region.

City of London Senior Tester Daily Rate Trend

Senior Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the City of London region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

City of London Senior Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Tester across the City of London region.

City of London Senior Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title.

117 (62.96 %)Banking
117 (62.96 %)Investment Banking
29 (33.33 %)QA
29 (33.33 %).NET
29 (33.33 %)SQL
38 (29.63 %)C#
38 (29.63 %)Derivative
47 (25.93 %)Credit Derivative
47 (25.93 %)Finance
56 (22.22 %)Migration
56 (22.22 %)Scrum
56 (22.22 %)Back Office
56 (22.22 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
56 (22.22 %)TestDirector
56 (22.22 %)Equities
65 (18.52 %)Equity Derivative
65 (18.52 %)Integration Testing
65 (18.52 %)Data Migration
65 (18.52 %)ETL
65 (18.52 %)Front Office
74 (14.81 %)Informatica
74 (14.81 %)Agile Software Development
74 (14.81 %)Interest Rate Derivative
83 (11.11 %)Asset Management
83 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
92 (7.407 %)Quality Management
92 (7.407 %)TIBCO
92 (7.407 %)Microsoft
92 (7.407 %)Reference Data
92 (7.407 %)Test Scripting

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (33.33 %).NET
22 (7.407 %).NET Framework
22 (7.407 %)WCF
31 (3.704 %)ASP
31 (3.704 %)WebServices
31 (3.704 %)XML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.704 %)SharePoint
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.704 %)Intranet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (18.52 %)ETL
22 (7.407 %)Reference Data
31 (3.704 %)SQL Server
31 (3.704 %)Datawarehouse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (22.22 %)TestDirector
21 (3.704 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (3.704 %)LoadRunner
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (62.96 %)Banking
117 (62.96 %)Investment Banking
27 (25.93 %)Finance
36 (22.22 %)Back Office
45 (18.52 %)Front Office
51 (3.704 %)Insurance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (29.63 %)Derivative
27 (25.93 %)Credit Derivative
36 (22.22 %)Equities
36 (22.22 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
45 (18.52 %)Equity Derivative
54 (14.81 %)Interest Rate Derivative
61 (3.704 %)Market Risk
61 (3.704 %)Fixed Income
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.704 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (22.22 %)Scrum
16 (22.22 %)Migration
25 (18.52 %)Integration Testing
25 (18.52 %)Data Migration
34 (14.81 %)Agile Software Development
43 (11.11 %)Asset Management
43 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (7.407 %)Quality Management
52 (7.407 %)Test Scripting
52 (7.407 %)System Testing
61 (3.704 %)Investment Management
61 (3.704 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (3.704 %)Automated Testing
61 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (33.33 %)SQL
28 (29.63 %)C#
31 (3.704 %)Java
31 (3.704 %)VB.NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.704 %)ISEB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (33.33 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (14.81 %)Informatica
22 (7.407 %)TIBCO
22 (7.407 %)Microsoft
31 (3.704 %)Oracle
31 (3.704 %)Charles River