The first table below looks at the demand for Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 of England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Testing
Rank 119 129 122
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -7
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.046% 0.068% 0.155%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% 0.106% 0.237%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £230 £288 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £425 £300
% change year-on-year
-35.29% +41.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1451 1895 1688
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.52% 65.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 925 768
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 155 185
Average hourly rate £35.03 £31.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.08% -3.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.37 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Functional Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Functional Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Hertfordshire +12 1 £230 -20.00%
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing.

1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) HP