The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Tester
Rank 36 63 41
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Tester 2 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.727% 0.897% 1.878%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.763% 0.966% 2.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £250 £288
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.56 £13.70 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+115.72% -27.89%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
262 621 398
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.27% 92.83% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 366 159
Average daily rate £380 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £276 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 61
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £21.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.40 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Tester
South West

Systems Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Systems Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Systems Tester Daily Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Systems Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (66.67%) Altiris
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
2 2 (66.67%) CMDB
2 2 (66.67%) DSL
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Degree

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DSL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
2 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Altiris
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix