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This section looks at the demand for the Systems Tester role in IT contracts within the Glasgow region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Tester
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5166
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.844 %0.296 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£302
% change on same period last year+6.78 %
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£37.50£36.48
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads7111014
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.938 %1.010 %
Daily rates quoted215300
Average minimum daily rate£296£297
Average daily rate£318£315
% change on same period last year+1.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted4579
Average minimum hourly rate£21.33£16.66
Average hourly rate£23.18£17.88
% change on same period last year+29.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.02£19.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Systems Tester ScotlandSystems Tester
Scotland

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.

Systems Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Tester across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Glasgow Systems Tester Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Systems Tester Daily Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Systems Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title.

15 (62.50 %)Finance
24 (50.00 %)Oracle
33 (37.50 %)TestDirector
41 (12.50 %)SQL
41 (12.50 %)TOAD
41 (12.50 %)RDBMS
41 (12.50 %)Software Testing
41 (12.50 %)Regression Testing
41 (12.50 %)E-business

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)TOAD
11 (12.50 %)RDBMS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)TestDirector
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (62.50 %)Finance
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Software Testing
11 (12.50 %)Regression Testing
11 (12.50 %)E-business
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)SQL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (50.00 %)Oracle