The first table below looks at the demand for Integration 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 Integration Testing over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Integration Testing
Rank 96 110 103
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -7
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 18 22 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.842% 0.745% 0.908%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.261% 1.156% 1.397%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 5
Average daily rate £314 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £300 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £605 £430 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £380 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.56% +4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 15
Average hourly rate £40.50 £30.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.78% -18.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
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 £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Integration Testing
England

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Integration Testing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Integration Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Integration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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 0 7 - -
Cambridgeshire +14 4 £450 +12.50%
Essex - 3 £481 -
Norfolk - 3 £310 -
Suffolk +8 1 £315 -8.36%
Integration Testing
England

Integration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing.

1 22 (47.83%) User Acceptance Testing
2 21 (45.65%) Finance
3 18 (39.13%) ISEB
3 18 (39.13%) Test Scripting
4 12 (26.09%) XML
4 12 (26.09%) HP Quality Center
5 11 (23.91%) System Testing
5 11 (23.91%) SQL
5 11 (23.91%) Web Services
6 10 (21.74%) Java
6 10 (21.74%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (21.74%) Selenium
7 9 (19.57%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (19.57%) Automated Testing
7 9 (19.57%) QA
7 9 (19.57%) .NET
7 9 (19.57%) SOAP
8 8 (17.39%) Configuration Management
8 8 (17.39%) HP
8 8 (17.39%) Scrum
8 8 (17.39%) Linux
8 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
8 8 (17.39%) JIRA
9 7 (15.22%) Confluence
9 7 (15.22%) Build Automation
10 6 (13.04%) Test Management
11 5 (10.87%) Release Management
11 5 (10.87%) Capita
11 5 (10.87%) ISTQB
11 5 (10.87%) Migration

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (26.09%) XML
2 11 (23.91%) Web Services
3 9 (19.57%) .NET
3 9 (19.57%) SOAP
4 4 (8.696%) soapUI
5 3 (6.522%) ASP.NET
5 3 (6.522%) Middleware
6 2 (4.348%) XSLT
6 2 (4.348%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 7 (15.22%) Confluence
2 4 (8.696%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (8.696%) IIS
3 2 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.174%) MS Project
1 1 (2.174%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.348%) SAP PM
2 1 (2.174%) LabWindows
2 1 (2.174%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.174%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.522%) Internet
2 2 (4.348%) Firewall
2 2 (4.348%) HTTP
2 2 (4.348%) HTTPS
2 2 (4.348%) Cisco PIX
Development Applications
1 10 (21.74%) Selenium
2 8 (17.39%) JIRA
3 4 (8.696%) JBehave
3 4 (8.696%) WebDriver
4 2 (4.348%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (4.348%) Subversion
4 2 (4.348%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (4.348%) TeamCity
4 2 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (4.348%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.348%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (4.348%) MSBuild
4 2 (4.348%) MonkeyTalk
4 2 (4.348%) WiX
5 1 (2.174%) Hudson
5 1 (2.174%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (2.174%) LabVIEW
5 1 (2.174%) Bugzilla
General
1 21 (45.65%) Finance
2 3 (6.522%) Back Office
2 3 (6.522%) Retail
2 3 (6.522%) Publishing
3 2 (4.348%) Marketing
4 1 (2.174%) Banking
4 1 (2.174%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Analyst
2 9 (19.57%) Test Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Test Manager
3 7 (15.22%) Tester
4 5 (10.87%) QA Analyst
5 4 (8.696%) Programme Manager
5 4 (8.696%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.696%) Implementation Analyst
5 4 (8.696%) Test Leader
5 4 (8.696%) Environment Analyst
6 3 (6.522%) Test Programme Manager
6 3 (6.522%) QA Test Analyst
6 3 (6.522%) Consultant
6 3 (6.522%) Release Manager
6 3 (6.522%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (4.348%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (4.348%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 2 (4.348%) Environment Manager
7 2 (4.348%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.174%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.39%) Linux
2 2 (4.348%) Windows
2 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) User Acceptance Testing
2 18 (39.13%) Test Scripting
3 11 (23.91%) System Testing
4 10 (21.74%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (19.57%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (19.57%) Automated Testing
6 8 (17.39%) Configuration Management
6 8 (17.39%) Scrum
7 7 (15.22%) Build Automation
8 6 (13.04%) Test Management
9 5 (10.87%) Release Management
9 5 (10.87%) Migration
10 4 (8.696%) Software Testing
10 4 (8.696%) Test Automation
10 4 (8.696%) BDD
10 4 (8.696%) Test Strategy
11 3 (6.522%) Non-Functional Testing
11 3 (6.522%) User Stories
11 3 (6.522%) Waterfall
11 3 (6.522%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) SQL
2 10 (21.74%) Java
3 4 (8.696%) C++
3 4 (8.696%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.522%) C#
5 2 (4.348%) Ada
6 1 (2.174%) C
Qualifications
1 18 (39.13%) ISEB
2 5 (10.87%) ISTQB
3 3 (6.522%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.522%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.522%) Degree
4 1 (2.174%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.348%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.348%) Xen
1 2 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (4.348%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.174%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.174%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) HP
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Capita
3 3 (6.522%) SAP
3 3 (6.522%) Serena
4 2 (4.348%) VMware
4 2 (4.348%) CheckPoint
4 2 (4.348%) Citrix
4 2 (4.348%) Cisco
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle
4 2 (4.348%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.174%) Sun
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