The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 28 33 35
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 4 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.843% 1.075% 2.540%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.381% 1.563% 3.509%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
Average daily rate £350 £425 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +14.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +32.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
168 192 228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 77.42% 68.82% 72.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 116 118
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £275 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £668 £525 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 9
Average hourly rate £32.00 £34.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% -14.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £27.00 £22.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Strategy
South West

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 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 -2 1 - -
Test Strategy
South West

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 3 (75.00%) HP
1 3 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) QA
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Management
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) V-Model
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) WinRunner
2 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) RUP
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (25.00%) FTP
3 1 (25.00%) HTTP
3 1 (25.00%) TOAD
3 1 (25.00%) HTTPS
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Java

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) JDBC
1 1 (25.00%) ODBC
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) FTP
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
1 1 (25.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (50.00%) WinRunner
2 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
3 1 (25.00%) JProbe
3 1 (25.00%) Introscope
3 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner
3 1 (25.00%) JProfiler
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Solaris
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) V-Model
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) RUP
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VB
1 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (25.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle