The first table below looks at the demand for Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Glasgow 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Testing
Rank 81 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.106% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.156% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £245 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £425 £300
% change year-on-year
-35.29% +41.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
639 523 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 67.55% 67.66% 68.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 279 281
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £235 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 14
Average hourly rate £9.25 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Functional Testing
Scotland

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Functional Testing
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) HP