The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Tester in their job title 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 31 43 20
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 6 26 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.190% 3.886% 6.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.299% 4.228% 6.484%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 18
Average daily rate £275 £425 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.29% +65.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £360 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £425 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £27.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year
+4.50% +42.30%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
261 615 401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.26% 91.93% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 358 159
Average daily rate £380 £400 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +29.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £265 £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 36 66
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £23.34 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
South West

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester 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
Tewkesbury +17 1 - -
Cheltenham +8 1 £400 -5.88%
Tester
South West

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
3 5 (41.67%) Java
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) IBM
4 4 (33.33%) Rational Performance Tester
4 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (25.00%) ISEB
5 3 (25.00%) C
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
6 2 (16.67%) LoadRunner
6 2 (16.67%) DSL
6 2 (16.67%) Service Management
6 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Scrum
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) ITIL
6 2 (16.67%) HTML
6 2 (16.67%) Citrix
6 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 2 (16.67%) TestDirector
6 2 (16.67%) HTML5
6 2 (16.67%) iPad
6 2 (16.67%) Software Deployment
6 2 (16.67%) iPhone
6 2 (16.67%) Windows 7

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
1 2 (16.67%) HTML5
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DSL
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Rational Performance Tester
2 2 (16.67%) LoadRunner
2 2 (16.67%) TestDirector
3 1 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) iPad
1 2 (16.67%) iPhone
1 2 (16.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
3 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Service Management
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Software Deployment
4 2 (16.67%) Manual Testing
5 1 (8.333%) System Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) C
3 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) IBM
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Altiris
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
The key responsibilities of this role are to ensure that products meet design specifications and perform as required, identify and contribute towards Automated testing opportunities and identify and...
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Posted: 16 May 2013