England Software Tester Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brentwood Bristol Cardiff Cheshire City of London Crawley Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnham Gatwick Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Liverpool London Macclesfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	514	499
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	65	149
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.088 %	0.147 %
As % of the category below	0.105 %	0.172 %
Daily rates quoted	28	48
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£255
Average daily rate	£284	£275
% change on same period last year	+3.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£302	£295
UK excluding London average daily rate	£291	£280
% change on same period last year	+4.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.19	£25.33
Average hourly rate	£23.31	£27.28
% change on same period last year	-14.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.42	£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.63	£27.11
% change on same period last year	-16.52 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	61669	86841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	83.36 %	85.64 %
Daily rates quoted	21055	27028
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£393
Average daily rate	£405	£418
% change on same period last year	-3.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£431	£443
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	5379	7431
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.68	£24.27
Average hourly rate	£24.30	£25.83
% change on same period last year	-5.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.91	£27.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Tester across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	+27	31	£310	+13.50 %
London	+65	14	£263	+11.57 %
East of England	+8	5	-	-
West Midlands	+16	4	£217	-38.09 %
East Midlands	+2	3	£325	-7.14 %
North West	+13	3	£198	-29.46 %
Yorkshire	+21	2	-	-
South West	+9	2	£331	+18.30 %
Midlands	+12	1	£350	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software Tester in their job title 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 with Software Tester in their job title.

1 31 (22.96 %) Software Testing 2 30 (22.22 %) ISEB 3 27 (20.00 %) Test Scripting 4 25 (18.52 %) QA 5 24 (17.78 %) Automated Testing 6 23 (17.04 %) Windows 7 19 (14.07 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 17 (12.59 %) CRM 9 15 (11.11 %) Security Cleared 10 14 (10.37 %) Data Management 11 13 (9.630 %) Finance 11 13 (9.630 %) E-Commerce 11 13 (9.630 %) Java 12 12 (8.889 %) UNIX 12 12 (8.889 %) Data Cleansing

12 12 (8.889 %) Web Development 13 11 (8.148 %) Degree 13 11 (8.148 %) Manual Testing 13 11 (8.148 %) .NET 14 10 (7.407 %) Oracle 14 10 (7.407 %) C 14 10 (7.407 %) Microsoft 14 10 (7.407 %) QuickTest Pro 15 9 (6.667 %) LoadRunner 15 9 (6.667 %) Regression Testing 16 8 (5.926 %) SQL Server 16 8 (5.926 %) Performance Testing 17 7 (5.185 %) System Testing 17 7 (5.185 %) Unit Testing 17 7 (5.185 %) SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software Tester in their job title 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 with Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (8.148 %) .NET 2 4 (2.963 %) J2EE 2 4 (2.963 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (1.481 %) XML 4 1 (0.741 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 1 (0.741 %) WebSphere 4 1 (0.741 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (0.741 %) CSS 4 1 (0.741 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 3 (2.222 %) SharePoint 1 3 (2.222 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 7 (5.185 %) MS Excel 2 2 (1.481 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 3 (2.222 %) Microsoft CRM 2 2 (1.481 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 3 (2.222 %) Internet 2 2 (1.481 %) Wireless 2 2 (1.481 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.741 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.741 %) LDAP 3 1 (0.741 %) Ethernet 3 1 (0.741 %) SS7 3 1 (0.741 %) INAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (8.889 %) Data Cleansing 2 8 (5.926 %) SQL Server 3 3 (2.222 %) RDBMS 4 2 (1.481 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (1.481 %) OLAP 4 2 (1.481 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (1.481 %) Oracle OLAP 5 1 (0.741 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (0.741 %) DB2 5 1 (0.741 %) MySQL 5 1 (0.741 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (0.741 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 10 (7.407 %) QuickTest Pro 2 9 (6.667 %) LoadRunner 3 6 (4.444 %) WinRunner 3 6 (4.444 %) TestDirector 4 5 (3.704 %) FitNesse 5 4 (2.963 %) Selenium 5 4 (2.963 %) TestPartner 5 4 (2.963 %) Visual Studio 6 3 (2.222 %) ClearQuest 7 1 (0.741 %) Rational Robot 7 1 (0.741 %) Bugzilla 7 1 (0.741 %) NUnit 7 1 (0.741 %) ClearCase 7 1 (0.741 %) QARun 7 1 (0.741 %) WATIR 7 1 (0.741 %) RequisitePro 7 1 (0.741 %) JUnit 7 1 (0.741 %) Rational Functional Tester	General 1 13 (9.630 %) Finance 2 6 (4.444 %) Government 2 6 (4.444 %) Games 3 4 (2.963 %) Retail 3 4 (2.963 %) Telecoms 4 3 (2.222 %) Law 5 2 (1.481 %) Health 5 2 (1.481 %) Automotive 5 2 (1.481 %) Insurance 5 2 (1.481 %) Pensions 6 1 (0.741 %) Marketing 6 1 (0.741 %) Investment Banking 6 1 (0.741 %) Education 6 1 (0.741 %) Legal 6 1 (0.741 %) Banking
Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.481 %) Client/Server 1 2 (1.481 %) Mathematics 2 1 (0.741 %) Computer Science 2 1 (0.741 %) EPoS 2 1 (0.741 %) EMV 2 1 (0.741 %) Chip and PIN 2 1 (0.741 %) EFT 2 1 (0.741 %) NHS 2 1 (0.741 %) Smartcard 2 1 (0.741 %) Management Information System 2 1 (0.741 %) APACS 2 1 (0.741 %) STB	Operating Systems 1 23 (17.04 %) Windows 2 12 (8.889 %) UNIX 3 7 (5.185 %) Solaris 3 7 (5.185 %) Linux 4 5 (3.704 %) Windows Mobile 5 3 (2.222 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.741 %) Windows XP 6 1 (0.741 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.741 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (0.741 %) Red Hat Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (22.96 %) Software Testing 2 27 (20.00 %) Test Scripting 3 24 (17.78 %) Automated Testing 4 19 (14.07 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 17 (12.59 %) CRM 6 15 (11.11 %) Security Cleared 7 14 (10.37 %) Data Management 8 13 (9.630 %) E-Commerce 9 12 (8.889 %) Web Development 10 11 (8.148 %) Manual Testing 11 9 (6.667 %) Regression Testing 12 8 (5.926 %) Performance Testing 13 7 (5.185 %) System Testing 13 7 (5.185 %) Unit Testing 14 6 (4.444 %) Integration Testing 14 6 (4.444 %) Load Testing 14 6 (4.444 %) Agile Software Development 15 5 (3.704 %) Project Management 15 5 (3.704 %) SC Cleared 15 5 (3.704 %) CTC Cleared	Programming Languages 1 13 (9.630 %) Java 2 10 (7.407 %) C 3 7 (5.185 %) C# 3 7 (5.185 %) SQL 4 6 (4.444 %) Ada 5 5 (3.704 %) C++ 6 3 (2.222 %) JavaScript 6 3 (2.222 %) VB.NET 7 2 (1.481 %) Python 7 2 (1.481 %) Shell Script 7 2 (1.481 %) VB 7 2 (1.481 %) Perl 7 2 (1.481 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (0.741 %) DHTML 8 1 (0.741 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 30 (22.22 %) ISEB 2 11 (8.148 %) Degree 3 2 (1.481 %) ISTQB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 25 (18.52 %) QA 2 1 (0.741 %) ISO8583
System Software 1 1 (0.741 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.741 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 2 (1.481 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 10 (7.407 %) Microsoft 1 10 (7.407 %) Oracle 2 5 (3.704 %) Compuware 2 5 (3.704 %) HP 3 2 (1.481 %) Citrix 3 2 (1.481 %) SAP 4 1 (0.741 %) IBM 4 1 (0.741 %) NetApp 4 1 (0.741 %) Red Hat 4 1 (0.741 %) Mapinfo 4 1 (0.741 %) ESRI 4 1 (0.741 %) VMware