Manual Testing Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 385 380 390
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +10
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 128 184 188
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.308% 0.345% 0.335%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.431% 0.504% 0.492%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 100 113
Average daily rate £338 £314 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.56% -16.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £225 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £256
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £23.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - £23.75
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Manual Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Manual Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +20 60 £394 -1.56%
South East -15 28 £300 -
West Midlands +13 12 £325 +8.33%
Yorkshire +8 10 £290 +68.11%
East of England +11 8 £328 +0.76%
North West +9 3 £264 -17.57%
East Midlands -5 3 £306 -
South West +22 2 £230 -29.23%
North East - 2 - -
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 89 (31.23%) SQL
2 86 (30.18%) QA
3 79 (27.72%) User Acceptance Testing
4 68 (23.86%) Test Scripting
5 62 (21.75%) ISEB
6 61 (21.40%) Agile Software Development
7 53 (18.60%) Selenium
8 49 (17.19%) Finance
9 44 (15.44%) Software Testing
9 44 (15.44%) .NET
10 42 (14.74%) JIRA
11 41 (14.39%) Automated Testing
11 41 (14.39%) Microsoft
11 41 (14.39%) Regression Testing
12 36 (12.63%) SQL Server
13 35 (12.28%) C#
14 34 (11.93%) HP Quality Center
15 32 (11.23%) Automation Testing
16 31 (10.88%) Java
17 30 (10.53%) XML
17 30 (10.53%) Test Automation
18 29 (10.18%) Oracle
19 28 (9.825%) Scrum
20 27 (9.474%) ISTQB
20 27 (9.474%) Test Strategy
21 25 (8.772%) BDD
21 25 (8.772%) Banking
22 24 (8.421%) Degree
22 24 (8.421%) Windows
22 24 (8.421%) Cucumber

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 44 (15.44%) .NET
2 30 (10.53%) XML
3 16 (5.614%) HTML
4 13 (4.561%) Web Services
5 9 (3.158%) ASP.NET
6 8 (2.807%) XML Messaging
6 8 (2.807%) Gherkin
7 7 (2.456%) soapUI
8 6 (2.105%) CSS
8 6 (2.105%) WCF
9 5 (1.754%) jQuery
9 5 (1.754%) HTML5
9 5 (1.754%) JSON
10 4 (1.404%) ASP
11 3 (1.053%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (1.053%) Cocoa Touch
11 3 (1.053%) Cocoa
11 3 (1.053%) WPF
11 3 (1.053%) XSLT
11 3 (1.053%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 11 (3.860%) Confluence
2 8 (2.807%) CMS
3 3 (1.053%) Windows Azure
4 2 (0.702%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.702%) Apache
4 2 (0.702%) Gunicorn
4 2 (0.702%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.702%) nginx
4 2 (0.702%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.702%) Magento
5 1 (0.351%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.351%) ESB
5 1 (0.351%) SAS
5 1 (0.351%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.351%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (0.351%) IIS
5 1 (0.351%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 12 (4.211%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.105%) MS Office
3 2 (0.702%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.351%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.351%) Mingle
4 1 (0.351%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.351%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.754%) Endur
2 1 (0.351%) Maximo
2 1 (0.351%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.351%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.509%) Internet
2 4 (1.404%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.053%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.702%) DVB
4 2 (0.702%) HTTP
5 1 (0.351%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.351%) Broadband
5 1 (0.351%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.63%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.456%) MySQL
4 6 (2.105%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.053%) DB2
5 3 (1.053%) PowerCenter
5 3 (1.053%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.702%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.702%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.702%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.702%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.702%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (0.702%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.351%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.351%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 1 (0.351%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.351%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.351%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.351%) OLAP
7 1 (0.351%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 53 (18.60%) Selenium
2 42 (14.74%) JIRA
3 24 (8.421%) Cucumber
4 23 (8.070%) WebDriver
5 22 (7.719%) Visual Studio
6 18 (6.316%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (4.211%) SpecFlow
8 11 (3.860%) QuickTest Pro
9 8 (2.807%) TestDirector
9 8 (2.807%) Visual Studio Team System
10 7 (2.456%) JMeter
11 6 (2.105%) JUnit
12 5 (1.754%) WATIR
12 5 (1.754%) Jenkins
13 4 (1.404%) TestNG
14 3 (1.053%) TeamCity
14 3 (1.053%) TestComplete
14 3 (1.053%) Git (software)
14 3 (1.053%) JBehave
14 3 (1.053%) MSTest
General
1 49 (17.19%) Finance
2 25 (8.772%) Banking
3 14 (4.912%) Investment Banking
4 13 (4.561%) Retail
5 8 (2.807%) Front Office
6 7 (2.456%) Games
7 6 (2.105%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.053%) French Language
8 3 (1.053%) German Language
8 3 (1.053%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.053%) Spanish Language
8 3 (1.053%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.053%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.053%) Electronics
9 2 (0.702%) Marketing
9 2 (0.702%) Automotive
9 2 (0.702%) Law
10 1 (0.351%) Billing
10 1 (0.351%) Publishing
10 1 (0.351%) Music
Job Titles
1 126 (44.21%) Analyst
2 117 (41.05%) Test Analyst
3 82 (28.77%) Tester
4 21 (7.368%) Test Engineer
5 16 (5.614%) Test Leader
6 15 (5.263%) Test Manager
7 14 (4.912%) Senior Analyst
7 14 (4.912%) QA Analyst
7 14 (4.912%) Senior Test Analyst
8 13 (4.561%) Web Tester
8 13 (4.561%) Manual Test Analyst
9 11 (3.860%) Manual Tester
9 11 (3.860%) Senior Tester
9 11 (3.860%) QA Engineer
10 10 (3.509%) QA Tester
11 9 (3.158%) Software Engineer
12 8 (2.807%) QA Test Analyst
13 7 (2.456%) Automation Tester
13 7 (2.456%) Automation Engineer
13 7 (2.456%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.018%) Mobile App
2 19 (6.667%) Client/Server
3 14 (4.912%) Derivative
4 10 (3.509%) Computer Science
5 9 (3.158%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (2.807%) Blackberry
7 7 (2.456%) iPhone
7 7 (2.456%) STB
8 5 (1.754%) Smart Meter
8 5 (1.754%) Video on Demand
8 5 (1.754%) Open Source
9 3 (1.053%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.053%) Telematics
9 3 (1.053%) iPad
9 3 (1.053%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.053%) Equities
9 3 (1.053%) IPTV
9 3 (1.053%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.702%) EPoS
10 2 (0.702%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.421%) Windows
2 21 (7.368%) UNIX
3 17 (5.965%) Android
4 15 (5.263%) Apple iOS
5 10 (3.509%) Linux
6 5 (1.754%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.404%) Windows XP
7 4 (1.404%) Windows 8
7 4 (1.404%) Windows Phone
8 2 (0.702%) Debian
8 2 (0.702%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.351%) SUSE
9 1 (0.351%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.351%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (27.72%) User Acceptance Testing
2 68 (23.86%) Test Scripting
3 61 (21.40%) Agile Software Development
4 44 (15.44%) Software Testing
5 41 (14.39%) Automated Testing
5 41 (14.39%) Regression Testing
6 32 (11.23%) Automation Testing
7 30 (10.53%) Test Automation
8 28 (9.825%) Scrum
9 27 (9.474%) Test Strategy
10 25 (8.772%) BDD
11 24 (8.421%) System Testing
12 19 (6.667%) TDD
13 18 (6.316%) Web Testing
14 17 (5.965%) Integration Testing
14 17 (5.965%) E-Commerce
15 15 (5.263%) Validation
16 14 (4.912%) Test Management
17 13 (4.561%) Waterfall
18 12 (4.211%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 89 (31.23%) SQL
2 35 (12.28%) C#
3 31 (10.88%) Java
4 15 (5.263%) Python
5 12 (4.211%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.211%) VB
6 9 (3.158%) Ruby
7 8 (2.807%) C
8 6 (2.105%) VBScript
9 5 (1.754%) C++
9 5 (1.754%) Perl
9 5 (1.754%) PHP
10 4 (1.404%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.053%) ActionScript 2.0
11 3 (1.053%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.702%) Tcl
12 2 (0.702%) COBOL
12 2 (0.702%) XPath
12 2 (0.702%) Bash shell
13 1 (0.351%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (21.75%) ISEB
2 27 (9.474%) ISTQB
3 24 (8.421%) Degree
4 7 (2.456%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.754%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.351%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.351%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.351%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (30.18%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.053%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.351%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (11.93%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.351%) SCCM
2 1 (0.351%) SCOM
2 1 (0.351%) Splunk
Vendors
1 41 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.18%) Oracle
3 15 (5.263%) HP
4 7 (2.456%) Informatica
4 7 (2.456%) Salesforce.com
5 6 (2.105%) SAP
6 3 (1.053%) VMware
6 3 (1.053%) Capita
6 3 (1.053%) Sybase
6 3 (1.053%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.351%) Syclo
7 1 (0.351%) Serena
7 1 (0.351%) Symbian
7 1 (0.351%) Reuters
7 1 (0.351%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.351%) Lotus
7 1 (0.351%) Empirix
7 1 (0.351%) SmartStream
7 1 (0.351%) IBM
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