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The table below looks at the demand for Stress Testing skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Stress Testing over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStress Testing
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-90
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads04
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.394 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£487£361
% change on same period last year+35.05 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads7421016
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.169 %1.089 %
Daily rates quoted199238
Average minimum daily rate£373£344
Average daily rate£394£364
% change on same period last year+8.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted72103
Average minimum hourly rate£25.69£25.40
Average hourly rate£27.50£27.85
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.30£30.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Stress Testing EnglandStress Testing
England

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.

Stress Testing
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Stress Testing Demand Trend

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Stress Testing Daily Rate Trend

Stress Testing
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing.

12 (100.00 %)Software Testing
21 (50.00 %)QA
21 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)SAP
21 (50.00 %)EJB
21 (50.00 %)JDBC
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Servlets
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)CORBA
21 (50.00 %)RUP
21 (50.00 %)JMS
21 (50.00 %)ISEB
21 (50.00 %)SAP HR
21 (50.00 %)Project Management
21 (50.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (50.00 %)Service Management
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Unified Process
21 (50.00 %)JTA
21 (50.00 %)JNDI

Stress Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)EJB
11 (50.00 %)JDBC
11 (50.00 %)JSP
11 (50.00 %)Servlets
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)CORBA
11 (50.00 %)JMS
11 (50.00 %)JTA
11 (50.00 %)JNDI
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (50.00 %)SAP HR
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Test Manager
11 (50.00 %)Java Developer
11 (50.00 %)SAP Manager
11 (50.00 %)SAP Test Manager
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Software Testing
21 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)RUP
21 (50.00 %)Project Management
21 (50.00 %)Service Management
21 (50.00 %)Unified Process
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)ISEB
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (50.00 %)QA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)SAP