The first table below looks at the demand for Regression 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 Regression Testing 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 105 127 114
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -13
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 11 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.519% 0.237% 0.299%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.775% 0.368% 0.459%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 5
Average daily rate £360 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £29.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.06% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+22.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1419 1903 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.93% 64.51% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 804 915 788
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 £240 £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 122 155 189
Average hourly rate £35.14 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.12 £12.50 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Regression Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the East of England 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
Cambridgeshire - 6 £373 -
Hertfordshire +8 2 - -
Norfolk - 2 £290 -
Essex +2 1 £300 -
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) C
2 7 (46.67%) Test Automation
3 6 (40.00%) C++
4 5 (33.33%) C#
4 5 (33.33%) XML
4 5 (33.33%) Windows
4 5 (33.33%) Linux
4 5 (33.33%) Python
4 5 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 5 (33.33%) HP
4 5 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
4 5 (33.33%) Objective-C
4 5 (33.33%) Mac OS X
4 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 5 (33.33%) Android
4 5 (33.33%) Degree
4 5 (33.33%) QA
4 5 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (26.67%) Apple iOS
5 4 (26.67%) Games
5 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
5 4 (26.67%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (26.67%) HTML
5 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) UNIX
6 3 (20.00%) J2EE
6 3 (20.00%) DB2

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (33.33%) XML
2 4 (26.67%) HTML
3 3 (20.00%) J2EE
3 3 (20.00%) Flash
3 3 (20.00%) iOS SDK
3 3 (20.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (13.33%) .NET
5 1 (6.667%) Web Services
5 1 (6.667%) Middleware
5 1 (6.667%) jQuery
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Project
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) HTTP
1 1 (6.667%) Internet
1 1 (6.667%) 3G
1 1 (6.667%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) DB2
1 3 (20.00%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (20.00%) LoadRunner
3 2 (13.33%) Selenium
4 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
4 1 (6.667%) Bugzilla
4 1 (6.667%) WatiN
4 1 (6.667%) JIRA
4 1 (6.667%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (26.67%) Games
2 3 (20.00%) Retail
2 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Tester
1 7 (46.67%) Test Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Test Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Test Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Software Tester
3 2 (13.33%) QA Tester
3 2 (13.33%) QA Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Test Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Tester
4 1 (6.667%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Mobile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (13.33%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (13.33%) NHS
3 1 (6.667%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
1 5 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 5 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
1 5 (33.33%) Mac OS X
1 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
1 5 (33.33%) Android
2 4 (26.67%) Apple iOS
3 3 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Test Automation
2 5 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (20.00%) System Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Manual Testing
5 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Game Development
5 2 (13.33%) Benchmarking
6 1 (6.667%) UML
6 1 (6.667%) OOP
6 1 (6.667%) OO
6 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.667%) TDD
6 1 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (6.667%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) Validation
6 1 (6.667%) Migration
6 1 (6.667%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) C
3 6 (40.00%) C++
4 5 (33.33%) C#
4 5 (33.33%) Python
4 5 (33.33%) Objective-C
5 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 1 (6.667%) Embedded C
6 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (6.667%) HL7
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) HP
2 3 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) SAP