The first table below looks at the demand for Integration Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Integration Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Dorset 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
Integration Testing
Rank 29 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.531% 0.380% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.000% 0.556% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £394 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.93% +8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 180 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 76.53% 68.44% 71.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 111 115
Average daily rate £350 £375 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £275 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 8
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £25.50 £22.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Integration Testing
South West

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Integration Testing across the Dorset region.

Dorset Integration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth - 1 - -
Integration Testing
South West

Integration Testing
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) V-Model
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Quality Management
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) RUP
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) WinRunner
2 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Web Testing

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) WinRunner
1 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) V-Model
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) RUP
2 2 (66.67%) Quality Management
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Web Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) HP