Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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
Test Strategy
Rank 78 71 67
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -4
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 5 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.401% 0.944% 0.991%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.599% 1.464% 1.525%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 4
Average daily rate £438 £225 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+94.87% -40.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £216 £336
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £400 £488
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
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%
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East Midlands Test Strategy Daily Rate Histogram

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Test Strategy Hourly 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 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
Leicestershire - 2 - -
Northamptonshire +11 1 £525 +31.25%
Derbyshire +11 1 - -
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (30.77%) C
1 4 (30.77%) C#
1 4 (30.77%) Games
1 4 (30.77%) Retail
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
1 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Testing
2 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Software Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Process Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Game Development
3 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
3 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
3 2 (15.38%) Data Mining
3 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
3 2 (15.38%) C++
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Code Coverage
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (15.38%) Load Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Azure
3 2 (15.38%) QA

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (7.692%) Java EE
1 1 (7.692%) Spring
1 1 (7.692%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Azure
2 1 (7.692%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) SAP Retail
1 1 (7.692%) SAP CO
1 1 (7.692%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (7.692%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) Data Mining
3 1 (7.692%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.692%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (30.77%) Games
1 4 (30.77%) Retail
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Development Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Development Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Test Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Programme Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Programme Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Head of IT
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Business Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.692%) SaaS
3 1 (7.692%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) Software Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Process Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Game Development
3 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Code Coverage
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (15.38%) Load Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Test Management
3 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
4 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Automated Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Migration
4 1 (7.692%) UML
4 1 (7.692%) OOP
4 1 (7.692%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C
1 4 (30.77%) C#
2 2 (15.38%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.692%) ABAP
3 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) SAP
2 1 (7.692%) HP
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