The first table below looks at the demand for TestDirector 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 TestDirector 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 Development Applications 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
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank 484 477 389
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -88
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 29 82 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.070% 0.154% 0.336%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.627% 1.649% 3.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 60 105
Average daily rate £350 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+2.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
Average hourly rate - £27.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -16.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -16.92%
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4623 4974 6010
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.12% 9.325% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2946 3009 3467
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 205 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
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TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England TestDirector Jobs Demand Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Trend

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

England TestDirector Daily Rate Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England TestDirector Daily Rate Histogram

TestDirector
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector 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 +9 17 £413 -
South West +29 4 £350 -
North West +12 3 - -
South East +8 3 £303 -2.41%
West Midlands +6 1 - -
Yorkshire +1 1 - -
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TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 40 (71.43%) HP Quality Center
2 18 (32.14%) Finance
3 17 (30.36%) SQL
4 16 (28.57%) Banking
5 14 (25.00%) Test Scripting
6 13 (23.21%) Investment Banking
7 12 (21.43%) QA
8 11 (19.64%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (19.64%) UNIX
8 11 (19.64%) ISEB
9 10 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (17.86%) JIRA
9 10 (17.86%) V-Model
9 10 (17.86%) Test Strategy
9 10 (17.86%) Waterfall
10 9 (16.07%) RUP
11 8 (14.29%) XML
11 8 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
11 8 (14.29%) Front Office
11 8 (14.29%) Manual Testing
12 7 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (12.50%) ITIL
12 7 (12.50%) E-Commerce
13 6 (10.71%) UML
13 6 (10.71%) SOA
13 6 (10.71%) LoadRunner
13 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
13 6 (10.71%) Test Management
13 6 (10.71%) Degree

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (14.29%) XML
2 4 (7.143%) .NET
2 4 (7.143%) XML Messaging
3 3 (5.357%) Web Services
4 2 (3.571%) SOAP
4 2 (3.571%) J2EE
4 2 (3.571%) WSDL
4 2 (3.571%) UDDI
4 2 (3.571%) Middleware
4 2 (3.571%) WPF
5 1 (1.786%) WCF
5 1 (1.786%) WF
5 1 (1.786%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.786%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.786%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 1 (1.786%) Ajax
5 1 (1.786%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (1.786%) MHP
5 1 (1.786%) WAP
5 1 (1.786%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.571%) CMS
2 1 (1.786%) Apache
2 1 (1.786%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 1 (1.786%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (5.357%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.571%) MS Office
3 1 (1.786%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.571%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.571%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (3.571%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.786%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.786%) Adaptiv
2 1 (1.786%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.786%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.571%) HTTP
1 2 (3.571%) DSL
2 1 (1.786%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.786%) Firewall
2 1 (1.786%) Internet
2 1 (1.786%) GPRS
2 1 (1.786%) GSM
2 1 (1.786%) UMTS
2 1 (1.786%) DNS
2 1 (1.786%) SSL
2 1 (1.786%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.571%) TOAD
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.786%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.786%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.786%) MySQL
3 1 (1.786%) DB2
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.786%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (17.86%) JIRA
2 8 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (10.71%) LoadRunner
4 4 (7.143%) ClearCase
4 4 (7.143%) WinRunner
5 3 (5.357%) PVCS
6 2 (3.571%) Ant
6 2 (3.571%) JMeter
7 1 (1.786%) XDE
General
1 18 (32.14%) Finance
2 16 (28.57%) Banking
3 13 (23.21%) Investment Banking
4 8 (14.29%) Front Office
5 4 (7.143%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.357%) Advertising
7 2 (3.571%) Billing
7 2 (3.571%) Marketing
8 1 (1.786%) Retail
8 1 (1.786%) Publishing
8 1 (1.786%) Games
8 1 (1.786%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 23 (41.07%) Analyst
2 17 (30.36%) Test Analyst
3 14 (25.00%) Tester
4 7 (12.50%) Test Manager
5 6 (10.71%) Business Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Test Leader
6 5 (8.929%) Senior Test Analyst
6 5 (8.929%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.143%) Technical Business Analyst
8 3 (5.357%) Market Risk Business Analyst
8 3 (5.357%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (5.357%) Market Risk Analyst
8 3 (5.357%) Quality Manager
8 3 (5.357%) QA Manager
9 2 (3.571%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.571%) Configuration Manager
9 2 (3.571%) QA Test Analyst
9 2 (3.571%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (3.571%) QA Tester
9 2 (3.571%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (8.929%) Market Risk
3 4 (7.143%) Client/Server
4 3 (5.357%) Credit Risk
5 2 (3.571%) Fixed Income
5 2 (3.571%) CMDB
6 1 (1.786%) PDA
6 1 (1.786%) Derivative
6 1 (1.786%) STB
6 1 (1.786%) MediaHighway
6 1 (1.786%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.786%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.786%) Equities
6 1 (1.786%) IVR
6 1 (1.786%) Clustering
6 1 (1.786%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.786%) NHS
6 1 (1.786%) DTV
6 1 (1.786%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.64%) UNIX
2 5 (8.929%) Windows XP
2 5 (8.929%) Windows
3 3 (5.357%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.357%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.786%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.786%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.786%) Windows 8
4 1 (1.786%) AIX
4 1 (1.786%) Linux
4 1 (1.786%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 11 (19.64%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (17.86%) V-Model
3 10 (17.86%) Test Strategy
3 10 (17.86%) Waterfall
4 9 (16.07%) RUP
5 8 (14.29%) Manual Testing
6 7 (12.50%) ITIL
6 7 (12.50%) E-Commerce
7 6 (10.71%) UML
7 6 (10.71%) SOA
7 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (10.71%) Test Management
7 6 (10.71%) Software Testing
8 5 (8.929%) Straight-Through Processing
8 5 (8.929%) System Testing
9 4 (7.143%) Configuration Management
9 4 (7.143%) Service Management
9 4 (7.143%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (30.36%) SQL
2 5 (8.929%) Java
3 4 (7.143%) Perl
4 2 (3.571%) C#
4 2 (3.571%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.786%) Korn
5 1 (1.786%) C
5 1 (1.786%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.786%) PHP
5 1 (1.786%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.786%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) ISEB
2 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.71%) Degree
3 4 (7.143%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.357%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.571%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.571%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.571%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.786%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (3.571%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (3.571%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (3.571%) XenApp
2 1 (1.786%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.786%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 40 (71.43%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.786%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.786%) Netcool
Vendors
1 5 (8.929%) HP
1 5 (8.929%) Microsoft
1 5 (8.929%) Oracle
2 3 (5.357%) Bloomberg
2 3 (5.357%) Citrix
3 2 (3.571%) Avaya
3 2 (3.571%) AppSense
3 2 (3.571%) Altiris
4 1 (1.786%) KANA
4 1 (1.786%) OpenTV
4 1 (1.786%) VMware
4 1 (1.786%) McAfee
4 1 (1.786%) Veritas
4 1 (1.786%) Cisco
4 1 (1.786%) IBM
4 1 (1.786%) Informatica
4 1 (1.786%) SunGard
4 1 (1.786%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.786%) SAP