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The table below looks at the demand for Usability 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 Usability Testing over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUsability Testing
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank174171
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads415
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.115 %0.472 %
Daily rates quoted315
Average minimum daily rate£419£300
Average daily rate£422£300
% change on same period last year+40.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£300
UK excluding London average daily rate-£330
% change on same period last year-
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-£39.33
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads34883176
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.494 %3.403 %
Daily rates quoted19451372
Average minimum daily rate£418£452
Average daily rate£455£477
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£493£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted8992
Average minimum hourly rate£22.98£24.05
Average hourly rate£24.97£26.39
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.96£28.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Usability Testing LondonUsability 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.

Usability Testing
Demand Trend

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

City of London Usability Testing Demand Trend

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Usability Testing Daily Rate Trend

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Usability Testing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London Usability Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Usability Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing.

12 (33.33 %)UNIX
12 (33.33 %)C++
12 (33.33 %)Java
12 (33.33 %)Sybase
12 (33.33 %)Requirements Analysis
12 (33.33 %)Banking
21 (16.67 %)Content Management
21 (16.67 %)C
21 (16.67 %)Degree
21 (16.67 %)JIRA
21 (16.67 %)QA
21 (16.67 %)Performance Testing
21 (16.67 %)System Testing
21 (16.67 %)MS Project
21 (16.67 %)Oracle
21 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
21 (16.67 %)Management Information System
21 (16.67 %)Workflow
21 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Education
21 (16.67 %)Publishing
21 (16.67 %)Bugzilla
21 (16.67 %)BBC
21 (16.67 %)Fixed Income
21 (16.67 %)Linux
21 (16.67 %)MS Excel
21 (16.67 %)MS Visio
21 (16.67 %)B2B
21 (16.67 %)B2C
21 (16.67 %)Internet

Usability Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Project
11 (16.67 %)MS Excel
11 (16.67 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)JIRA
11 (16.67 %)Bugzilla
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Banking
21 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Education
21 (16.67 %)Publishing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Developer
12 (33.33 %)C++ Developer
21 (16.67 %)Information Architect
21 (16.67 %)Architect
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Management Information System
11 (16.67 %)BBC
11 (16.67 %)Fixed Income
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)UNIX
21 (16.67 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Requirements Analysis
21 (16.67 %)Content Management
21 (16.67 %)Performance Testing
21 (16.67 %)System Testing
21 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
21 (16.67 %)Workflow
21 (16.67 %)B2B
21 (16.67 %)B2C
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)C++
12 (33.33 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)C
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (16.67 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Sybase
21 (16.67 %)Oracle
21 (16.67 %)Reuters