The first table below looks at the demand for the Testing Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Testing Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Devon 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Testing Consultant
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Testing Consultant 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+11.84% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
172 172 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 96.63% 95.03% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 82 62
Average daily rate £300 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £475 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 26 23
Average hourly rate £36.00 £16.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+125.00% -39.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.48 £8.13 £8.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £108.10 £31.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Testing Consultant
South West

Testing Consultant
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region that cited Testing Consultant 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 Testing Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Testing Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region that cited Testing Consultant 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 Testing Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft