The first table below looks at the demand for Unit 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 Unit Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 54 57 52
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -5
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 9 4 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.977% 0.384% 1.526%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.389% 0.566% 2.387%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
Average daily rate £255 £375 £243
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +54.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £375 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £375 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £330 £326
% change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £33.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-0.74% -3.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
648 707 838
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 70.36% 67.85% 63.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 337 438
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £252 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 8
Average hourly rate £19.50 £23.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.02% +34.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £13.76 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.25 £39.40 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Unit Testing
Scotland

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Edinburgh Unit Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

1 6 (46.15%) jQuery
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) HTML
3 4 (30.77%) Java
3 4 (30.77%) SQL
4 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
4 3 (23.08%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) C++
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
4 3 (23.08%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) SOAP
4 3 (23.08%) Web Services
4 3 (23.08%) JSF
4 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
4 3 (23.08%) Banking
4 3 (23.08%) Ajax
4 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
4 3 (23.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (23.08%) JSR 286
4 3 (23.08%) WebSphere Portal
4 3 (23.08%) Web Application Development
5 2 (15.38%) Cadis
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (15.38%) MVC
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (15.38%) Web Development
5 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (46.15%) jQuery
2 4 (30.77%) HTML
3 3 (23.08%) SOAP
3 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 3 (23.08%) JSF
3 3 (23.08%) Ajax
3 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
3 3 (23.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (23.08%) JSR 286
4 2 (15.38%) XML
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
4 2 (15.38%) .NET
5 1 (7.692%) JSON
5 1 (7.692%) WPF
5 1 (7.692%) Silverlight
5 1 (7.692%) NHibernate
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (7.692%) WebCenter
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (23.08%) WebSphere Portal
2 1 (7.692%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) HTTP
1 1 (7.692%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.692%) DTS
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.692%) NUnit
2 1 (7.692%) MSTest
2 1 (7.692%) PROIV
2 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Programmer
2 3 (23.08%) C++ Developer
2 3 (23.08%) C++ Programmer
3 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Web Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Development Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Web Programmer
4 1 (7.692%) Security Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Thin Client
1 1 (7.692%) Mainframe
1 1 (7.692%) Fat Client
1 1 (7.692%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Web Application Development
2 2 (15.38%) MVC
2 2 (15.38%) Web Development
2 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.692%) UML
3 1 (7.692%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (7.692%) RAD
3 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.692%) ETL
3 1 (7.692%) TDD
3 1 (7.692%) Data Security
3 1 (7.692%) Scrum
3 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.692%) Investment Management
3 1 (7.692%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Java
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) C++
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.692%) COBOL
4 1 (7.692%) REXX
4 1 (7.692%) JCL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cadis
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Skills required include but are not limited to; Essential; - Experience in Cadis development - Experience gained from within the Investment sector - Proven experience is SQL and SQL Server - Experience...
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Posted: 18 June 2013