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The table below looks at the demand for Volume Testing skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Volume Testing over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVolume Testing
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank502606
Rank change on same period last yearUp+104
Matching contract IT job ads1719
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.020 %
As % of the category below0.053 %0.043 %
Daily rates quoted127
Average minimum daily rate£435£381
Average daily rate£458£390
% change on same period last year+17.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£481£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£411-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3187943836
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.21 %46.97 %
Daily rates quoted1126014678
Average minimum daily rate£381£387
Average daily rate£408£411
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£435£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted23913052
Average minimum hourly rate£26.71£28.91
Average hourly rate£28.42£30.69
% change on same period last year-7.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.13£32.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Volume Testing UKVolume Testing
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.

Volume Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Volume Testing across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Volume Testing Demand Trend

Volume Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Volume Testing Daily Rate Trend

Volume Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Volume Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Volume Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Volume Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Volume Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Volume Testing 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+8813£465+19.34 %
South EastUp+464£421-
Volume Testing UKVolume Testing
UK

Volume Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Volume Testing 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 Volume Testing.

125 (54.35 %)UNIX
224 (52.17 %)Finance
224 (52.17 %)Banking
318 (39.13 %)Load Testing
417 (36.96 %)Stress Testing
417 (36.96 %)Performance Testing
514 (30.43 %)Electronic Trading
613 (28.26 %)Linux
712 (26.09 %)LoadRunner
810 (21.74 %)Benchmarking
810 (21.74 %)SAP
97 (15.22 %)System Testing
97 (15.22 %)User Acceptance Testing
97 (15.22 %)Shell Script
106 (13.04 %)SAP BW
106 (13.04 %)Regression Testing
106 (13.04 %)Integration Testing
115 (10.87 %)Investment Banking
115 (10.87 %)Derivative
115 (10.87 %)SAP XI
115 (10.87 %)Reuters
115 (10.87 %)Windows
124 (8.696 %)SQL
124 (8.696 %)GxP
124 (8.696 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
124 (8.696 %)Health
124 (8.696 %)Validation
124 (8.696 %)QA
124 (8.696 %)Security Cleared
133 (6.522 %)SC Cleared

Volume Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Volume Testing 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 Volume Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (10.87 %)SAP XI
22 (4.348 %).NET
31 (2.174 %)J2EE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.174 %)SharePoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.348 %)MS Project
21 (2.174 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.174 %)Murex MxG2000
11 (2.174 %)SAP HR
11 (2.174 %)Endur
11 (2.174 %)Oracle Applications
11 (2.174 %)SAP CRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.348 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (13.04 %)SAP BW
21 (2.174 %)SAP BI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (26.09 %)LoadRunner
22 (4.348 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (4.348 %)Flash
22 (4.348 %)ClearCase
22 (4.348 %)TestDirector
31 (2.174 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (2.174 %)LSMW
31 (2.174 %)Telelogic Synergy
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (52.17 %)Finance
124 (52.17 %)Banking
25 (10.87 %)Investment Banking
34 (8.696 %)Health
42 (4.348 %)Retail
42 (4.348 %)Multimedia
51 (2.174 %)Marketing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (39.13 %)Analyst
118 (39.13 %)Test Analyst
212 (26.09 %)Tester
39 (19.57 %)Web Analyst
39 (19.57 %)Web Test Analyst
46 (13.04 %)Performance Tester
46 (13.04 %)Technical Analyst
46 (13.04 %)Technical Test Analyst
55 (10.87 %)Test Manager
64 (8.696 %)Consultant
64 (8.696 %)Technical Tester
64 (8.696 %)SAP Tester
73 (6.522 %)SAP Test Manager
73 (6.522 %)SAP Manager
73 (6.522 %)SAP Consultant
82 (4.348 %)Senior Tester
82 (4.348 %)Migration Consultant
82 (4.348 %)Data Consultant
82 (4.348 %)Performance Test Analyst
82 (4.348 %)Performance Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (10.87 %)Derivative
22 (4.348 %)Fixed Income
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (54.35 %)UNIX
213 (28.26 %)Linux
35 (10.87 %)Windows
42 (4.348 %)Solaris
42 (4.348 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (39.13 %)Load Testing
217 (36.96 %)Stress Testing
217 (36.96 %)Performance Testing
314 (30.43 %)Electronic Trading
410 (21.74 %)Benchmarking
57 (15.22 %)User Acceptance Testing
57 (15.22 %)System Testing
66 (13.04 %)Integration Testing
66 (13.04 %)Regression Testing
74 (8.696 %)Validation
74 (8.696 %)Security Cleared
83 (6.522 %)SC Cleared
83 (6.522 %)CRM
83 (6.522 %)Test Management
83 (6.522 %)Test Scripting
83 (6.522 %)Systems Analysis
92 (4.348 %)Security Testing
92 (4.348 %)Scalability Testing
92 (4.348 %)Project Management
92 (4.348 %)Migration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (15.22 %)Shell Script
24 (8.696 %)SQL
33 (6.522 %)VB
33 (6.522 %)C
42 (4.348 %)C#
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (8.696 %)GxP
14 (8.696 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
14 (8.696 %)QA
21 (2.174 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (21.74 %)SAP
25 (10.87 %)Reuters
33 (6.522 %)webMethods
42 (4.348 %)HP
51 (2.174 %)OpenLink
51 (2.174 %)Telelogic
51 (2.174 %)Microsoft
51 (2.174 %)Murex
51 (2.174 %)Oracle
51 (2.174 %)Sybase