The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited System Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Gloucestershire 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
System Testing
Rank 32 42 40
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -2
Contract jobs citing System Testing 5 27 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.825% 4.036% 1.166%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.793% 5.357% 1.880%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £288 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -8.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £39.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
179 504 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 65.33% 75.34% 62.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 304 106
Average daily rate £380 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £501 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 22 36
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.90 £25.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham +10 5 £325 -
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (71.43%) Spring
2 5 (71.43%) Web Development
2 5 (71.43%) Kanban
2 5 (71.43%) Hibernate
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) XSL
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) .NET
5 1 (14.29%) HP
5 1 (14.29%) C
5 1 (14.29%) JIRA
5 1 (14.29%) QA
5 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) Spring
1 5 (71.43%) Hibernate
1 5 (71.43%) CSS
1 5 (71.43%) XML
1 5 (71.43%) XSL
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Java Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
2 1 (14.29%) ScrumMaster
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (71.43%) Web Development
2 5 (71.43%) Kanban
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
3 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) HP