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This section looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the City of London 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank154164
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads6734
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.089 %0.034 %
As % of the category below1.348 %0.962 %
Daily rates quoted3815
Average minimum daily rate£478£490
Average daily rate£512£580
% change on same period last year-11.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£545£670
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£352
% change on same period last year+3.50 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£47.50
Average hourly rate-£51.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.31£38.95
% change on same period last year-4.20 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads49713533
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.626 %3.524 %
Daily rates quoted28661556
Average minimum daily rate£425£439
Average daily rate£467£473
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£508£507
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted10185
Average minimum hourly rate£26.24£24.68
Average hourly rate£28.21£26.91
% change on same period last year+4.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.17£29.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Unit Testing LondonUnit Testing
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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

City of London Unit Testing Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

169 (55.20 %)Banking
260 (48.00 %)Investment Banking
356 (44.80 %)Java
441 (32.80 %)Finance
538 (30.40 %)SQL
635 (28.00 %)Windows
731 (24.80 %)Oracle
828 (22.40 %)SQL Server
828 (22.40 %)XML
927 (21.60 %).NET
927 (21.60 %)J2EE
1025 (20.00 %)C#
1124 (19.20 %)UNIX
1223 (18.40 %)Derivative
1319 (15.20 %)Front Office
1418 (14.40 %)C++
1517 (13.60 %)Agile Software Development
1517 (13.60 %)Continuous Integration
1616 (12.80 %)ASP.NET
1715 (12.00 %)BEA
1715 (12.00 %)Integration Testing
1814 (11.20 %)User Acceptance Testing
1814 (11.20 %)Adobe Flex
1814 (11.20 %)JUnit
1913 (10.40 %)Ant
1913 (10.40 %)UML
2012 (9.600 %)Degree
2012 (9.600 %)WebServices
2111 (8.800 %)OO
2111 (8.800 %)WebLogic

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (22.40 %)XML
227 (21.60 %).NET
227 (21.60 %)J2EE
316 (12.80 %)ASP.NET
414 (11.20 %)Adobe Flex
512 (9.600 %)WebServices
610 (8.000 %)Hibernate
610 (8.000 %)Spring
78 (6.400 %)WinForms
86 (4.800 %)Struts
95 (4.000 %)SOAP
95 (4.000 %)MVC
104 (3.200 %)Middleware
104 (3.200 %)XSLT
104 (3.200 %)Swing
104 (3.200 %)J2SE
104 (3.200 %)JNI
113 (2.400 %)WebSphere
113 (2.400 %).NET Framework
113 (2.400 %)WSE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (8.800 %)WebLogic
27 (5.600 %)Apache
34 (3.200 %)Tomcat
43 (2.400 %)SharePoint
43 (2.400 %)Lotus Notes
43 (2.400 %)Lotus Domino
43 (2.400 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.800 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.800 %)LiveLink
51 (0.800 %)ESB
51 (0.800 %)Flash Media Server
51 (0.800 %)WebSphere Message Broker
51 (0.800 %)JBoss
51 (0.800 %)MS Exchange
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (4.000 %)MS Project
15 (4.000 %)MS Office
24 (3.200 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.400 %)Global One
21 (0.800 %)SAP R/3
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (7.200 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (22.40 %)SQL Server
26 (4.800 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (3.200 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (3.200 %)RDBMS
42 (1.600 %)Oracle 10g
42 (1.600 %)OLAP
42 (1.600 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.800 %)Oracle OLAP
51 (0.800 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
51 (0.800 %)Reference Data
51 (0.800 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.800 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.800 %)DTS
51 (0.800 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.800 %)SAP BW
51 (0.800 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.800 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (11.20 %)JUnit
213 (10.40 %)Ant
36 (4.800 %)TestDirector
36 (4.800 %)QuickTest Pro
44 (3.200 %)Selenium
44 (3.200 %)FitNesse
52 (1.600 %)LoadRunner
52 (1.600 %)NUnit
61 (0.800 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.800 %)Subversion
61 (0.800 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.800 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.800 %)Flash
61 (0.800 %)ClearCase
61 (0.800 %)WinRunner
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
169 (55.20 %)Banking
260 (48.00 %)Investment Banking
341 (32.80 %)Finance
419 (15.20 %)Front Office
57 (5.600 %)Games
65 (4.000 %)Construction
73 (2.400 %)Insurance
82 (1.600 %)Back Office
91 (0.800 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.800 %)Education
91 (0.800 %)Government
91 (0.800 %)Retail
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (69.60 %)Developer
222 (17.60 %)Java Developer
315 (12.00 %)Analyst
414 (11.20 %)C++ Developer
513 (10.40 %)Flex Developer
611 (8.800 %)Senior Developer
710 (8.000 %)C# Developer
89 (7.200 %)Test Analyst
97 (5.600 %)Systems Developer
97 (5.600 %)Senior Java Developer
106 (4.800 %).NET Developer
106 (4.800 %)Lead Developer
115 (4.000 %)Senior Analyst
115 (4.000 %)Software Developer
115 (4.000 %)Web Developer
115 (4.000 %)Senior Test Analyst
124 (3.200 %)ASP.NET Developer
124 (3.200 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
124 (3.200 %)Consultant
124 (3.200 %)Architect
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (18.40 %)Derivative
210 (8.000 %)Fixed Income
39 (7.200 %)Computer Science
48 (6.400 %)Credit Risk
48 (6.400 %)RIA
48 (6.400 %)Equities
48 (6.400 %)Credit Derivative
55 (4.000 %)N-Tier
64 (3.200 %)Grid Computing
64 (3.200 %)Market Risk
73 (2.400 %)Mathematics
82 (1.600 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
82 (1.600 %)Biometrics
91 (0.800 %)Equity Derivative
91 (0.800 %)Client/Server
91 (0.800 %)Data Conversion
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (28.00 %)Windows
224 (19.20 %)UNIX
33 (2.400 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (13.60 %)Agile Software Development
117 (13.60 %)Continuous Integration
215 (12.00 %)Integration Testing
314 (11.20 %)User Acceptance Testing
413 (10.40 %)UML
511 (8.800 %)OO
511 (8.800 %)Configuration Management
68 (6.400 %)TDD
77 (5.600 %)Scrum
77 (5.600 %)SOA
86 (4.800 %)OOA/OOD
86 (4.800 %)Test Scripting
95 (4.000 %)Software Engineering
104 (3.200 %)Workflow
104 (3.200 %)Refactoring
113 (2.400 %)Investment Management
113 (2.400 %)Security Cleared
113 (2.400 %)RUP
122 (1.600 %)CRM
122 (1.600 %)ERP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
156 (44.80 %)Java
238 (30.40 %)SQL
325 (20.00 %)C#
418 (14.40 %)C++
54 (3.200 %)VC++
63 (2.400 %)C
63 (2.400 %)PL/SQL
63 (2.400 %)VBA
72 (1.600 %)XQuery
72 (1.600 %)Shell Script
72 (1.600 %)JavaScript
72 (1.600 %)Perl
72 (1.600 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.800 %)VB
81 (0.800 %)VB.NET
81 (0.800 %)ABAP
81 (0.800 %)AWK
81 (0.800 %)Ruby
81 (0.800 %)Korn
81 (0.800 %)Tcl
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (9.600 %)Degree
21 (0.800 %)ISEB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.200 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (6.400 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.800 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.200 %)Tivoli
21 (0.800 %)AutoSys
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (24.80 %)Oracle
215 (12.00 %)BEA
38 (6.400 %)Adobe
47 (5.600 %)Microsoft
54 (3.200 %)Progress
63 (2.400 %)IBM
63 (2.400 %)Sybase
63 (2.400 %)Lotus
72 (1.600 %)TIBCO
72 (1.600 %)DataSynapse
72 (1.600 %)SAP
81 (0.800 %)Sun
81 (0.800 %)HP
81 (0.800 %)Business Objects
81 (0.800 %)Hyperion
81 (0.800 %)Infragistics
81 (0.800 %)Hummingbird
81 (0.800 %)Open Text