Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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
Test Strategy
Rank 262 211 221
Rank change year-on-year
-51 +10
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 279 466 465
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.671% 0.874% 0.828%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.939% 1.277% 1.217%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 298 307
Average daily rate £400 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £570 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 11
Average hourly rate £41.50 £36.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.27% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.30 £23.25 £22.96
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.30 £42.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +19.35%
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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%
Test Strategy
UK

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Test Strategy Daily Rate Histogram

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy 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 -23 123 £408 -18.50%
South East 0 80 £381 +4.45%
Yorkshire -23 18 £303 -30.25%
South West +3 16 £378 -11.17%
East of England +3 13 £525 +25.37%
North West +3 12 £295 -26.93%
West Midlands -5 11 £381 +17.30%
East Midlands -10 6 £438 +94.87%
Midlands - 1 - -
Test Strategy
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Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 142 (24.83%) User Acceptance Testing
2 130 (22.73%) Finance
3 114 (19.93%) Test Scripting
4 107 (18.71%) QA
5 105 (18.36%) ISEB
6 103 (18.01%) Test Management
7 94 (16.43%) SQL
8 93 (16.26%) HP Quality Center
9 80 (13.99%) Banking
10 72 (12.59%) SAP
11 65 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 65 (11.36%) Software Testing
12 64 (11.19%) Oracle
13 61 (10.66%) ISTQB
14 58 (10.14%) HP
15 56 (9.790%) Migration
15 56 (9.790%) Regression Testing
16 52 (9.091%) Project Management
16 52 (9.091%) Retail
17 51 (8.916%) Test Automation
18 46 (8.042%) Windows
19 45 (7.867%) Microsoft
20 43 (7.517%) .NET
21 42 (7.343%) Automated Testing
22 40 (6.993%) Agile Software Development
22 40 (6.993%) Degree
22 40 (6.993%) C
22 40 (6.993%) SQL Server
23 39 (6.818%) C#
24 38 (6.643%) Performance Testing

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 43 (7.517%) .NET
2 30 (5.245%) Web Services
3 22 (3.846%) XML
4 17 (2.972%) HTML
5 14 (2.448%) CSS
6 11 (1.923%) SOAP
7 9 (1.573%) Middleware
8 8 (1.399%) ASP.NET
8 8 (1.399%) Ajax
9 7 (1.224%) REST
10 6 (1.049%) jQuery
10 6 (1.049%) JSON
10 6 (1.049%) WebSphere
10 6 (1.049%) soapUI
11 5 (0.874%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.874%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (0.874%) WSDL
12 4 (0.699%) J2EE
12 4 (0.699%) XSLT
12 4 (0.699%) BPEL4WS
Application Platforms
1 22 (3.846%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.748%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (1.224%) Windows Azure
4 6 (1.049%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.874%) Lync
6 4 (0.699%) CMS
6 4 (0.699%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.699%) Apache
7 3 (0.524%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.524%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.350%) IIS
8 2 (0.350%) SAS
8 2 (0.350%) WebSphere Process Server
8 2 (0.350%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.350%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.175%) Magento
9 1 (0.175%) Confluence
9 1 (0.175%) ESB
9 1 (0.175%) Drupal
9 1 (0.175%) GlassFish
Applications
1 27 (4.720%) MS Excel
2 15 (2.622%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.923%) MS Office
4 7 (1.224%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (1.224%) MS Project
5 1 (0.175%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 9 (1.573%) SAP BPC
2 8 (1.399%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 7 (1.224%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.049%) SAP FI
4 6 (1.049%) SAP CO
4 6 (1.049%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.874%) Agresso
6 3 (0.524%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.524%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.524%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.524%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.350%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.350%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.350%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.175%) JDE World
8 1 (0.175%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.175%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.175%) assyst
8 1 (0.175%) Cerner Millennium
8 1 (0.175%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.748%) HTTP
2 6 (1.049%) Internet
2 6 (1.049%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.049%) SIGTRAN
3 5 (0.874%) FTP
3 5 (0.874%) SS7
3 5 (0.874%) INAP
3 5 (0.874%) Firewall
4 4 (0.699%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.524%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.524%) GPRS
5 3 (0.524%) DNS
6 2 (0.350%) 3G
6 2 (0.350%) ISUP
6 2 (0.350%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.350%) ATM
6 2 (0.350%) VoIP
6 2 (0.350%) GSM
6 2 (0.350%) IPv4
6 2 (0.350%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.993%) SQL Server
2 29 (5.070%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.497%) SAP BW
4 11 (1.923%) Data Mining
5 9 (1.573%) Oracle BI EE
6 8 (1.399%) TOAD
6 8 (1.399%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (1.399%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.399%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (1.224%) SAP HANA
7 7 (1.224%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.049%) Oracle 10g
8 6 (1.049%) SQL Server 2005
9 5 (0.874%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (0.874%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.699%) MySQL
10 4 (0.699%) DB2
10 4 (0.699%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.524%) Oracle Exadata
11 3 (0.524%) BODI
Development Applications
1 32 (5.594%) Selenium
2 30 (5.245%) QuickTest Pro
3 29 (5.070%) Visual Studio
4 26 (4.545%) JIRA
5 18 (3.147%) LoadRunner
6 15 (2.622%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (2.273%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.923%) FitNesse
9 10 (1.748%) TestDirector
10 9 (1.573%) WebDriver
11 7 (1.224%) TestNG
11 7 (1.224%) WATIR
11 7 (1.224%) JUnit
11 7 (1.224%) WinRunner
12 4 (0.699%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.524%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.524%) MSTest
13 3 (0.524%) HttpUnit
13 3 (0.524%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.524%) JMeter
General
1 130 (22.73%) Finance
2 80 (13.99%) Banking
3 52 (9.091%) Retail
4 32 (5.594%) Investment Banking
5 27 (4.720%) Telecoms
6 20 (3.497%) Games
7 19 (3.322%) Front Office
8 18 (3.147%) Retail Banking
9 10 (1.748%) Publishing
10 8 (1.399%) Back Office
10 8 (1.399%) Marketing
11 6 (1.049%) Automotive
11 6 (1.049%) Billing
12 4 (0.699%) Legal
13 3 (0.524%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.350%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.350%) Advertising
14 2 (0.350%) Law
14 2 (0.350%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.350%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 214 (37.41%) Test Manager
2 132 (23.08%) Analyst
3 88 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 48 (8.392%) Test Leader
5 38 (6.643%) Project Manager
6 34 (5.944%) Business Analyst
6 34 (5.944%) Tester
7 26 (4.545%) Architect
8 24 (4.196%) Programme Manager
9 22 (3.846%) Developer
10 20 (3.497%) Senior Analyst
11 19 (3.322%) Senior Test Analyst
12 18 (3.147%) Software Engineer
13 17 (2.972%) Programme Test Manager
13 17 (2.972%) Test Engineer
14 16 (2.797%) Consultant
15 14 (2.448%) Technical Architect
15 14 (2.448%) SAP Manager
16 12 (2.098%) Senior Manager
16 12 (2.098%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.147%) Computer Science
2 16 (2.797%) Fixed Income
3 12 (2.098%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.098%) Derivative
4 10 (1.748%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (1.399%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (1.224%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.224%) Digital Media
6 7 (1.224%) NHS
6 7 (1.224%) Replication
7 6 (1.049%) Equities
7 6 (1.049%) Visualisation
7 6 (1.049%) Kinect
8 5 (0.874%) Smart Meter
8 5 (0.874%) Open Source
8 5 (0.874%) EPoS
8 5 (0.874%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.699%) Streaming Video
9 4 (0.699%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.524%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.042%) Windows
2 23 (4.021%) Linux
3 21 (3.671%) UNIX
4 8 (1.399%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.224%) Windows 7
6 6 (1.049%) Android
7 4 (0.699%) Windows 8
7 4 (0.699%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.524%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.524%) Windows XP
8 3 (0.524%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.350%) Solaris
9 2 (0.350%) Windows Phone 8
9 2 (0.350%) Windows Phone
9 2 (0.350%) Windows Phone 7
10 1 (0.175%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.175%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.175%) AIX
10 1 (0.175%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (24.83%) User Acceptance Testing
2 114 (19.93%) Test Scripting
3 103 (18.01%) Test Management
4 65 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (11.36%) Software Testing
5 56 (9.790%) Migration
5 56 (9.790%) Regression Testing
6 52 (9.091%) Project Management
7 51 (8.916%) Test Automation
8 42 (7.343%) Automated Testing
9 40 (6.993%) Agile Software Development
10 38 (6.643%) Performance Testing
11 35 (6.119%) Integration Testing
12 33 (5.769%) System Testing
13 32 (5.594%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (5.070%) CRM
15 27 (4.720%) Scrum
15 27 (4.720%) Manual Testing
16 25 (4.371%) ITIL
16 25 (4.371%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 94 (16.43%) SQL
2 40 (6.993%) C
3 39 (6.818%) C#
4 28 (4.895%) Java
5 22 (3.846%) C++
6 19 (3.322%) JavaScript
7 12 (2.098%) Python
8 10 (1.748%) VB
9 8 (1.399%) Perl
9 8 (1.399%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.224%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.874%) Ruby
11 5 (0.874%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.699%) Objective-C
12 4 (0.699%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.699%) ABAP
13 3 (0.524%) PHP
14 2 (0.350%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.350%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.350%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 105 (18.36%) ISEB
2 61 (10.66%) ISTQB
3 40 (6.993%) Degree
4 35 (6.119%) Security Cleared
5 27 (4.720%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.273%) ISEB Practitioner
7 6 (1.049%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.049%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.874%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.524%) PMP
10 2 (0.350%) CISA
10 2 (0.350%) CISM
10 2 (0.350%) CISSP
10 2 (0.350%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.350%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.350%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.175%) APMP
11 1 (0.175%) MCITP
11 1 (0.175%) CCIE
11 1 (0.175%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (18.71%) QA
2 6 (1.049%) ISO 9001
3 4 (0.699%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.350%) GAMP
4 2 (0.350%) GMP
4 2 (0.350%) COBIT
4 2 (0.350%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (0.699%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (0.524%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.524%) XenApp
2 3 (0.524%) XenServer
3 2 (0.350%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.175%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 93 (16.26%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.350%) HP SiteScope
2 2 (0.350%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.175%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 72 (12.59%) SAP
2 64 (11.19%) Oracle
3 58 (10.14%) HP
4 45 (7.867%) Microsoft
5 15 (2.622%) Siebel
6 7 (1.224%) RedPrairie
6 7 (1.224%) Cisco
7 6 (1.049%) Cognos
7 6 (1.049%) Citrix
8 5 (0.874%) Ab Initio
8 5 (0.874%) Teradata
8 5 (0.874%) IBM
8 5 (0.874%) Business Objects
9 4 (0.699%) JD Edwards
9 4 (0.699%) Informatica
9 4 (0.699%) Salesforce.com
9 4 (0.699%) AppSense
9 4 (0.699%) VMware
9 4 (0.699%) Capita
10 3 (0.524%) Sybase
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