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

The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 173 165 131
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 502 624 789
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.187% 1.166% 1.424%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.283% 1.259% 1.536%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 373 454
Average daily rate £325 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £212 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £472
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 27
Average hourly rate £40.00 £27.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.14% +38.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.69 £8.25 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.90 £41.75 £82.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £27.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year
+4.50% +42.30%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
UK

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Tester Hourly Rate Histogram

Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 -15 250 £345 -1.42%
South East +16 120 £325 +8.33%
North West +21 24 £275 -
East of England -1 23 £300 -7.69%
Yorkshire -4 22 £263 -7.89%
South West -4 20 £305 -15.86%
West Midlands +13 18 £316 +24.01%
East Midlands +5 14 £325 +16.07%
South Coast - 3 - -
Midlands +1 1 £333 -15.55%
Tester
UK

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1 262 (26.76%) Test Scripting
2 199 (20.33%) SQL
3 197 (20.12%) QA
3 197 (20.12%) Selenium
4 166 (16.96%) ISEB
5 160 (16.34%) Finance
6 155 (15.83%) User Acceptance Testing
7 147 (15.02%) Agile Software Development
8 144 (14.71%) Java
9 121 (12.36%) HP Quality Center
10 117 (11.95%) Automated Testing
11 114 (11.64%) Performance Testing
12 106 (10.83%) Software Testing
13 104 (10.62%) .NET
14 103 (10.52%) Test Automation
15 99 (10.11%) HP
15 99 (10.11%) TDD
16 94 (9.602%) Windows
17 91 (9.295%) Microsoft
18 90 (9.193%) Scrum
19 88 (8.989%) C#
20 87 (8.887%) WebDriver
21 86 (8.784%) Banking
22 84 (8.580%) Manual Testing
23 82 (8.376%) Oracle
24 81 (8.274%) BDD
25 80 (8.172%) Linux
26 76 (7.763%) Cucumber
26 76 (7.763%) Security Cleared
27 74 (7.559%) E-Commerce

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 104 (10.62%) .NET
2 64 (6.537%) XML
3 50 (5.107%) Web Services
3 50 (5.107%) HTML
4 42 (4.290%) SOAP
5 34 (3.473%) soapUI
6 20 (2.043%) ASP.NET
7 18 (1.839%) WCF
8 17 (1.736%) XSLT
8 17 (1.736%) J2EE
9 16 (1.634%) RESTful
10 15 (1.532%) JSON
11 14 (1.430%) CSS
12 11 (1.124%) WebSphere
12 11 (1.124%) Middleware
13 10 (1.021%) Gherkin
13 10 (1.021%) Ajax
13 10 (1.021%) jQuery
14 9 (0.919%) .NET Framework
14 9 (0.919%) REST
Application Platforms
1 14 (1.430%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.124%) IIS
3 9 (0.919%) Confluence
4 8 (0.817%) Windows Azure
4 8 (0.817%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.511%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (0.511%) Progress Apama
6 4 (0.409%) Adobe CQ
6 4 (0.409%) SAS
6 4 (0.409%) MQSeries
6 4 (0.409%) ColdFusion
6 4 (0.409%) CMS
7 3 (0.306%) Apache
7 3 (0.306%) MSMQ
7 3 (0.306%) Magento
8 2 (0.204%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.204%) nginx
8 2 (0.204%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (0.204%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.102%) ESB
Applications
1 38 (3.882%) MS Excel
2 16 (1.634%) MS Office
3 5 (0.511%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (0.409%) MS Project
4 4 (0.409%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.204%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.102%) DOC1
6 1 (0.102%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 11 (1.124%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (0.817%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (0.613%) Oracle Payroll
4 5 (0.511%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.409%) Oracle SCM
6 3 (0.306%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.306%) Agresso
6 3 (0.306%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.204%) Oracle 11i
7 2 (0.204%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.204%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.204%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.204%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.204%) Cerner Millennium
7 2 (0.204%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.204%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.204%) Maximo
8 1 (0.102%) VisionPLUS
8 1 (0.102%) LatentZero
8 1 (0.102%) Minerva
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.597%) HTTP
2 16 (1.634%) TCP/IP
2 16 (1.634%) HTTPS
3 13 (1.328%) Internet
4 8 (0.817%) Network Security
4 8 (0.817%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (0.715%) LAN
5 7 (0.715%) WAN
6 6 (0.613%) DNS
7 5 (0.511%) DHCP
8 4 (0.409%) SSL
8 4 (0.409%) Wireless
8 4 (0.409%) Firewall
8 4 (0.409%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.306%) 3G
9 3 (0.306%) DVB
9 3 (0.306%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.204%) GSM
10 2 (0.204%) FTP
10 2 (0.204%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.537%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.839%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.328%) Oracle 8/8i
4 12 (1.226%) Oracle BI EE
5 10 (1.021%) SQL Server 2012
6 8 (0.817%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (0.817%) SAP BW
7 6 (0.613%) TOAD
7 6 (0.613%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (0.409%) MySQL
8 4 (0.409%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.409%) SAP BI
8 4 (0.409%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.306%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 3 (0.306%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.306%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.306%) DB2
9 3 (0.306%) DbVisualizer
9 3 (0.306%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.204%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 197 (20.12%) Selenium
2 87 (8.887%) WebDriver
3 76 (7.763%) Cucumber
4 71 (7.252%) QuickTest Pro
5 58 (5.924%) LoadRunner
6 50 (5.107%) JIRA
7 49 (5.005%) Visual Studio
8 40 (4.086%) Team Foundation Server
9 31 (3.166%) Rational Performance Tester
10 24 (2.451%) Jenkins
11 20 (2.043%) JUnit
12 18 (1.839%) WATIR
13 16 (1.634%) SpecFlow
13 16 (1.634%) JMeter
14 12 (1.226%) Hudson
14 12 (1.226%) TestDirector
14 12 (1.226%) FitNesse
15 11 (1.124%) TeamCity
16 9 (0.919%) GDB
17 8 (0.817%) Eclipse
General
1 160 (16.34%) Finance
2 86 (8.784%) Banking
3 52 (5.312%) Retail
4 40 (4.086%) Investment Banking
5 26 (2.656%) Telecoms
6 19 (1.941%) Games
7 18 (1.839%) Front Office
8 17 (1.736%) Retail Banking
9 15 (1.532%) Multimedia
10 9 (0.919%) Law
11 8 (0.817%) Legal
12 7 (0.715%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.715%) Publishing
12 7 (0.715%) Back Office
12 7 (0.715%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.613%) Marketing
13 6 (0.613%) General Ledger
13 6 (0.613%) Billing
14 5 (0.511%) Dutch Language
14 5 (0.511%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.822%) Mobile App
2 25 (2.554%) iPhone
3 23 (2.349%) Computer Science
3 23 (2.349%) iPad
4 22 (2.247%) Open Source
5 20 (2.043%) Derivative
6 18 (1.839%) Equities
6 18 (1.839%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (1.532%) Client/Server
7 15 (1.532%) STB
8 14 (1.430%) Blackberry
9 8 (0.817%) EMV
9 8 (0.817%) IPTV
9 8 (0.817%) APACS
10 7 (0.715%) Mathematics
10 7 (0.715%) NHS
10 7 (0.715%) EPoS
10 7 (0.715%) AS400
10 7 (0.715%) Digital Media
10 7 (0.715%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 94 (9.602%) Windows
2 80 (8.172%) Linux
3 71 (7.252%) UNIX
4 53 (5.414%) Android
5 44 (4.494%) Apple iOS
6 20 (2.043%) Windows 7
7 19 (1.941%) Windows XP
8 14 (1.430%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (0.919%) Debian
9 9 (0.919%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (0.715%) Windows Phone
11 4 (0.409%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.306%) Windows Mobile
12 3 (0.306%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.306%) Windows Phone 8
13 2 (0.204%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.204%) AIX
13 2 (0.204%) Windows 2000
14 1 (0.102%) SUSE
14 1 (0.102%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (26.76%) Test Scripting
2 155 (15.83%) User Acceptance Testing
3 147 (15.02%) Agile Software Development
4 117 (11.95%) Automated Testing
5 114 (11.64%) Performance Testing
6 106 (10.83%) Software Testing
7 103 (10.52%) Test Automation
8 99 (10.11%) TDD
9 90 (9.193%) Scrum
10 84 (8.580%) Manual Testing
11 81 (8.274%) BDD
12 74 (7.559%) E-Commerce
13 69 (7.048%) Regression Testing
14 67 (6.844%) Automation Testing
15 52 (5.312%) Migration
16 50 (5.107%) System Testing
17 46 (4.699%) Web Testing
18 43 (4.392%) Integration Testing
19 42 (4.290%) Continuous Integration
20 39 (3.984%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 199 (20.33%) SQL
2 144 (14.71%) Java
3 88 (8.989%) C#
4 57 (5.822%) Ruby
5 53 (5.414%) Python
6 36 (3.677%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.269%) C
8 30 (3.064%) Shell Script
9 21 (2.145%) C++
9 21 (2.145%) Perl
10 17 (1.736%) VB
11 16 (1.634%) Bash shell
12 9 (0.919%) PHP
13 8 (0.817%) Objective-C
14 5 (0.511%) VBScript
15 4 (0.409%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.409%) Tcl
16 3 (0.306%) Embedded C
16 3 (0.306%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.306%) VBA
Qualifications
1 166 (16.96%) ISEB
2 76 (7.763%) Security Cleared
3 59 (6.027%) ISTQB
4 49 (5.005%) Degree
5 42 (4.290%) SC Cleared
6 15 (1.532%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.021%) CISSP
7 10 (1.021%) CEH
8 4 (0.409%) HND
8 4 (0.409%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.409%) ISEB Practitioner
9 3 (0.306%) GPEN
10 2 (0.204%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.204%) HP AIS
10 2 (0.204%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.204%) GIAC
11 1 (0.102%) CISA
11 1 (0.102%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.102%) CCIE
11 1 (0.102%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (20.12%) QA
2 5 (0.511%) ISO 8583
3 4 (0.409%) COBIT
4 3 (0.306%) TickIT
4 3 (0.306%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.204%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.204%) WCAG
6 1 (0.102%) HL7
6 1 (0.102%) SLA
6 1 (0.102%) FATCA
6 1 (0.102%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.102%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (1.941%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.226%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.021%) VMware ESX
4 3 (0.306%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.204%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.204%) vCloud
5 2 (0.204%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.204%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.102%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.102%) NFS
Systems Management
1 121 (12.36%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (0.817%) SCCM
3 7 (0.715%) SCOM
4 2 (0.204%) HP SiteScope
5 1 (0.102%) Nagios
5 1 (0.102%) Legato
5 1 (0.102%) Netcool
5 1 (0.102%) OpenView
5 1 (0.102%) Splunk
5 1 (0.102%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 99 (10.11%) HP
2 91 (9.295%) Microsoft
3 82 (8.376%) Oracle
4 40 (4.086%) SAP
5 34 (3.473%) IBM
6 31 (3.166%) VMware
7 17 (1.736%) Siebel
8 10 (1.021%) Sun
9 7 (0.715%) Citrix
10 6 (0.613%) Cisco
11 5 (0.511%) Caplin
11 5 (0.511%) Salesforce.com
11 5 (0.511%) Remedy
11 5 (0.511%) Informatica
11 5 (0.511%) Sybase
11 5 (0.511%) Fiserv
11 5 (0.511%) RedPrairie
12 4 (0.409%) hybris
12 4 (0.409%) Talend
12 4 (0.409%) Adobe
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Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manual (Mobile) Tester
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SAP Tester
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.Net Tester
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day
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CODA Business Analyst/Tester
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Rate: £350 - 500 Per Day
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Test Engineer (TOSCA)/Software Tester (Tosca)/Tricentis Tosca Automation
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Rate: Negotiable
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Python Automation Tester
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