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The table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Docklands, 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4579
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching contract IT job ads1211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.012 %
As % of the category below4.068 %1.549 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£300£470
Average daily rate£325£496
% change on same period last year-34.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£522
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£333
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
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£30.08£28.42
% change on same period last year+5.84 %
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads295710
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.476 %0.774 %
Daily rates quoted132333
Average minimum daily rate£401£432
Average daily rate£428£463
% change on same period last year-7.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£454£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Hourly rates quoted38
Average minimum hourly rate£40.14£25.00
Average hourly rate£44.64£25.50
% change on same period last year+75.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£49.14£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.30£29.57
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
System Testing LondonSystem 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.

System Testing
Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing System Testing across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing System Testing across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Docklands, London System Testing Daily Rate Histogram

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing System Testing across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing System 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 System Testing.

111 (47.83 %)Finance
111 (47.83 %)User Acceptance Testing
29 (39.13 %)Banking
38 (34.78 %)Investment Banking
47 (30.43 %)Performance Testing
47 (30.43 %)Business Analysis
47 (30.43 %)Derivative
56 (26.09 %)Rational Robot
56 (26.09 %)Windows
65 (21.74 %)ClearQuest
65 (21.74 %)Back Office
65 (21.74 %)Project Planning
65 (21.74 %)Systems Analysis
74 (17.39 %)SQL
74 (17.39 %)IBM
83 (13.04 %)UML
83 (13.04 %)RUP
83 (13.04 %)MS Excel
83 (13.04 %)VB
83 (13.04 %)UNIX
83 (13.04 %)Client/Server
83 (13.04 %)Windows XP
83 (13.04 %)RequisitePro
83 (13.04 %)PowerBuilder
83 (13.04 %)Shell Script
83 (13.04 %)Reuters
83 (13.04 %)Automated Testing
83 (13.04 %)Web Testing
83 (13.04 %)Test Scripting
83 (13.04 %)Load Testing

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (8.696 %)WebServices
12 (8.696 %)Hibernate
12 (8.696 %)Spring
21 (4.348 %)XML
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (13.04 %)MS Excel
21 (4.348 %)MS Project
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)Oracle Reports
12 (8.696 %)MS Access
12 (8.696 %)Oracle 10g
21 (4.348 %)Reference Data
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (26.09 %)Rational Robot
25 (21.74 %)ClearQuest
33 (13.04 %)RequisitePro
33 (13.04 %)PowerBuilder
41 (4.348 %)JUnit
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (47.83 %)Finance
29 (39.13 %)Banking
38 (34.78 %)Investment Banking
45 (21.74 %)Back Office
52 (8.696 %)Front Office
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (39.13 %)Analyst
28 (34.78 %)Test Manager
36 (26.09 %)Tester
44 (17.39 %)Test Analyst
53 (13.04 %)Technical Tester
62 (8.696 %)Developer
62 (8.696 %)Business Analyst
62 (8.696 %)Analyst Developer
71 (4.348 %)Senior Manager
71 (4.348 %)Functional Tester
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (30.43 %)Derivative
23 (13.04 %)Client/Server
32 (8.696 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
32 (8.696 %)W3C
41 (4.348 %)Management Information System
41 (4.348 %)Data Conversion
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (26.09 %)Windows
23 (13.04 %)Windows XP
23 (13.04 %)UNIX
32 (8.696 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (8.696 %)Linux
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (47.83 %)User Acceptance Testing
27 (30.43 %)Performance Testing
27 (30.43 %)Business Analysis
35 (21.74 %)Project Planning
35 (21.74 %)Systems Analysis
43 (13.04 %)Web Testing
43 (13.04 %)Test Scripting
43 (13.04 %)Load Testing
43 (13.04 %)Volume Testing
43 (13.04 %)Automated Testing
43 (13.04 %)UML
43 (13.04 %)RUP
52 (8.696 %)Data Modelling
52 (8.696 %)Unified Process
52 (8.696 %)Asset Management
52 (8.696 %)Unit Testing
52 (8.696 %)Integration Testing
61 (4.348 %)Electronic Trading
61 (4.348 %)Wealth Management
61 (4.348 %)PRINCE2
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (17.39 %)SQL
23 (13.04 %)VB
23 (13.04 %)Shell Script
32 (8.696 %)VB6
41 (4.348 %)VBA
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.348 %)QA
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (17.39 %)IBM
23 (13.04 %)Reuters
32 (8.696 %)Microsoft
32 (8.696 %)Red Hat
32 (8.696 %)Oracle
41 (4.348 %)OpenLink