The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Sussex 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 29 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing System Testing 2 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.877% 1.538% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.227% 2.262% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £513 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.42% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
163 221 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 71.49% 68.00% 68.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 117 77
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £505 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 3
Average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.59% -51.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Sussex System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Sussex System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 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
Brighton +4 1 £525 +50.00%
Eastbourne - 1 £500 -
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (33.33%) Sitecore
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) FitNesse
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) FitNesse
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sitecore