The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Croydon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank - 21 -
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon - 1.527% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 2.062% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £256
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - £23.75
All Processes & Methodologies
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33 97 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 67.35% 74.05% 60.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 68 67
Average daily rate £400 £481 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.75% +6.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £350 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £638 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Manual Testing
London

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Manual Testing across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Croydon Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Croydon Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB