The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software 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 Edinburgh 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
Software Testing
Rank - 63 62
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 0 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.184% 0.910%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.275% 1.375%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
Average daily rate - £240 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £316
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -42.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
559 727 873
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 68.09% 66.88% 66.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 362 475
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £249 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.26 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.45 £38.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Testing
Scotland

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) V-Model
2 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) V-Model
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP