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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Tester
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank503542
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching contract IT job ads1683
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.089 %
As % of the category below0.031 %0.104 %
Daily rates quoted932
Average minimum daily rate£288£310
Average daily rate£307£315
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£295£275
% change on same period last year+7.56 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£41.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£41.25
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Technical Tester UKTechnical Tester
UK

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.

Technical Tester
Demand Trend

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

England Technical Tester Demand Trend

Technical Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Technical Tester Daily Rate Trend

Technical Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Technical Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Technical Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Tester within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+736£332-33.22 %
West MidlandsNew entry-4£295-
South EastUp+432£350-6.66 %
East MidlandsNew entry-2£269-
South WestUp+281--
MidlandsNew entry-1--
Technical Tester UKTechnical Tester
UK

Technical Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Tester in their job title.

130 (55.56 %)SQL
227 (50.00 %)UNIX
326 (48.15 %)Performance Testing
423 (42.59 %)LoadRunner
520 (37.04 %)SOA
619 (35.19 %)Java
717 (31.48 %)HTML
717 (31.48 %)SAP
816 (29.63 %)Oracle
914 (25.93 %)VERITAS
914 (25.93 %)TIBCO
1011 (20.37 %)Test Scripting
119 (16.67 %)C#
127 (12.96 %).NET
127 (12.96 %)Finance
127 (12.96 %)FitNesse
127 (12.96 %)Software Testing
136 (11.11 %)System Testing
136 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
136 (11.11 %)Scrum
136 (11.11 %)Shell Script
145 (9.259 %)Validation
145 (9.259 %)Security Testing
145 (9.259 %)Banking
145 (9.259 %)User Acceptance Testing
154 (7.407 %)Penetration Testing
154 (7.407 %)WebSphere
154 (7.407 %)Volume Testing
154 (7.407 %)Load Testing
154 (7.407 %)Automated Testing

Technical Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (31.48 %)HTML
27 (12.96 %).NET
34 (7.407 %)WebSphere
42 (3.704 %)J2EE
51 (1.852 %)ASP.NET
51 (1.852 %)SOAP
51 (1.852 %)WebServices
51 (1.852 %)XML
51 (1.852 %)Hibernate
51 (1.852 %)Spring
51 (1.852 %).NET Framework
51 (1.852 %)WCF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (5.556 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (3.704 %)Apache
31 (1.852 %)SharePoint
31 (1.852 %)TeamSite
31 (1.852 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (1.852 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.852 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.852 %)FTP
11 (1.852 %)HTTP
11 (1.852 %)TCP/IP
11 (1.852 %)SSL
11 (1.852 %)X.400
11 (1.852 %)X.500
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.852 %)SQL Server
11 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (42.59 %)LoadRunner
27 (12.96 %)FitNesse
34 (7.407 %)QuickTest Pro
34 (7.407 %)Selenium
34 (7.407 %)NUnit
41 (1.852 %)Subversion
41 (1.852 %)SilkTest
41 (1.852 %)JIRA
41 (1.852 %)JUnit
41 (1.852 %)ClearCase
41 (1.852 %)WinRunner
41 (1.852 %)TestDirector
41 (1.852 %)JMeter
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (12.96 %)Finance
25 (9.259 %)Banking
34 (7.407 %)Back Office
43 (5.556 %)Investment Banking
51 (1.852 %)Online Banking
51 (1.852 %)Telecoms
51 (1.852 %)Financial Institution
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.852 %)Client/Server
11 (1.852 %)W3C
11 (1.852 %)PKI
11 (1.852 %)Derivative
11 (1.852 %)Computer Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (50.00 %)UNIX
23 (5.556 %)Windows
31 (1.852 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (48.15 %)Performance Testing
220 (37.04 %)SOA
311 (20.37 %)Test Scripting
47 (12.96 %)Software Testing
56 (11.11 %)Scrum
56 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
56 (11.11 %)System Testing
65 (9.259 %)User Acceptance Testing
65 (9.259 %)Validation
65 (9.259 %)Security Testing
74 (7.407 %)Volume Testing
74 (7.407 %)Penetration Testing
74 (7.407 %)Automated Testing
74 (7.407 %)Load Testing
83 (5.556 %)Regression Testing
83 (5.556 %)Integration Testing
92 (3.704 %)Web Testing
92 (3.704 %)E-Commerce
92 (3.704 %)Security Cleared
101 (1.852 %)V-Model
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (55.56 %)SQL
219 (35.19 %)Java
39 (16.67 %)C#
46 (11.11 %)Shell Script
54 (7.407 %)Perl
63 (5.556 %)JavaScript
71 (1.852 %)C++
71 (1.852 %)C
71 (1.852 %)VBScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (5.556 %)ISEB
21 (1.852 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (1.852 %)ISTQB
21 (1.852 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.852 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.852 %)MAILsweeper
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (31.48 %)SAP
216 (29.63 %)Oracle
314 (25.93 %)VERITAS
314 (25.93 %)TIBCO
44 (7.407 %)Reuters
44 (7.407 %)IBM
51 (1.852 %)Microsoft
51 (1.852 %)Red Hat
51 (1.852 %)Clearswift
51 (1.852 %)Atlassian