Manual Testing Contracts in the East Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 East Midlands 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 80 79 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 3 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.241% 0.363% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.359% 0.563% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £306 - -
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
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 835 888 918
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 66.96% 64.49% 64.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 452 396
Average daily rate £375 £375 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 50 66
Average hourly rate £27.50 £33.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +26.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.95 £10.65 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Manual Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Nottinghamshire - 3 £306 -
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 5 (38.46%) UNIX
1 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) ActionScript
3 3 (23.08%) HTTPS
3 3 (23.08%) ActionScript 2.0
3 3 (23.08%) QA
3 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) TestComplete
4 2 (15.38%) Smart Meter
4 2 (15.38%) ISEB
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.692%) Publishing
5 1 (7.692%) Games
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.692%) Banking
5 1 (7.692%) HND
5 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
5 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
5 1 (7.692%) Data Mining
5 1 (7.692%) Code Coverage
5 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.692%) C

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
1 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) TestComplete
General
1 1 (7.692%) Publishing
1 1 (7.692%) Games
1 1 (7.692%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Test Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Test Leader
2 3 (23.08%) QA Leader
3 2 (15.38%) Tester
3 2 (15.38%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Software Tester
4 1 (7.692%) QA Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Lead Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Smart Meter
2 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.692%) Code Coverage
4 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.692%) Software Architecture
4 1 (7.692%) Process Architecture
4 1 (7.692%) System Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Test Management
4 1 (7.692%) Game Development
4 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
4 1 (7.692%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
1 3 (23.08%) ActionScript
1 3 (23.08%) ActionScript 2.0
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.692%) C
3 1 (7.692%) C#
3 1 (7.692%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) ISEB
2 1 (7.692%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
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