The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 30 36 29
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.439% 1.242% 0.535%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.613% 1.818% 0.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £310 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -22.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £389 £390
% change year-on-year
-9.96% -0.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +19.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
163 220 126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 71.49% 68.32% 67.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 116 75
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 £510 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
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 £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) B2C
1 1 (50.00%) HP

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 (50.00%) Web Services
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) B2C
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP