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

The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software Testing 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 74 77 83
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +6
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 12 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.951% 0.644% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.405% 0.998% 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £315 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.70% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -41.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 854 902 889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.67% 64.52% 65.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 460 380
Average daily rate £375 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £238 £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 51 52 64
Average hourly rate £27.50 £34.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.11% +30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.00 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands Software Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire -6 4 £280 -27.74%
Derbyshire - 2 £288 -
Leicestershire - 2 - -
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 8 (34.78%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (26.09%) QA
2 6 (26.09%) ISEB
3 5 (21.74%) UNIX
3 5 (21.74%) Degree
4 4 (17.39%) Manual Testing
4 4 (17.39%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 3 (13.04%) HTTPS
5 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
5 3 (13.04%) Project Management
5 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.04%) SQL
5 3 (13.04%) ActionScript
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
5 3 (13.04%) Integration Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Test Management
5 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
5 3 (13.04%) ActionScript 2.0
6 2 (8.696%) hybris
6 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.696%) TestComplete
6 2 (8.696%) Computer Science
6 2 (8.696%) Selenium
6 2 (8.696%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (8.696%) JIRA
6 2 (8.696%) Retail
6 2 (8.696%) Logistics

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.696%) XML
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.348%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) HTTPS
2 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) TestComplete
1 2 (8.696%) Selenium
1 2 (8.696%) JIRA
1 2 (8.696%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (4.348%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (17.39%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Retail
2 2 (8.696%) Publishing
3 1 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.348%) Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Tester
2 5 (21.74%) Test Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Test Leader
3 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Test Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Software Test Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 3 (13.04%) QA Leader
5 2 (8.696%) Software Tester
5 2 (8.696%) Systems Tester
5 2 (8.696%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) QA Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.348%) Test Coordinator
6 1 (4.348%) Functional Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) QA Tester
6 1 (4.348%) Test Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.348%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.348%) E-Learning
2 1 (4.348%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) UNIX
2 2 (8.696%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (17.39%) Manual Testing
3 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
3 3 (13.04%) Project Management
3 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
3 3 (13.04%) Migration
3 3 (13.04%) Integration Testing
3 3 (13.04%) Test Management
3 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.696%) Logistics
4 2 (8.696%) Scrum
4 2 (8.696%) ERP
4 2 (8.696%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.348%) Regression Testing
5 1 (4.348%) PRINCE
5 1 (4.348%) Automated Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Performance Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Test Automation
5 1 (4.348%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
1 3 (13.04%) ActionScript
1 3 (13.04%) ActionScript 2.0
2 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) ISEB
2 5 (21.74%) Degree
3 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
4 2 (8.696%) HND
4 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) QA
2 2 (8.696%) ISO 9001
2 2 (8.696%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.348%) SCCM
2 1 (4.348%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) hybris
2 2 (8.696%) SAP
2 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) HP
Software Test Engineer
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Software Test Engineer Nottingham £250-£310 per day DOE QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: - HND or degree-level education, preferably in an engineering-related field - Considerable and relevant software testing...
LA International
Rate: £250 - £310 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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