The first table below looks at the demand for Stress Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Stress Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Halifax 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Stress Testing
Rank 23 22 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Stress Testing 1 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 0.625% 3.556% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.926% 4.301% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 0
Average daily rate - £550 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £450 £406
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
108 186 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 67.50% 82.67% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 160 61
Average daily rate £388 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.10% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Stress Testing
West Yorkshire

Stress Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax Stress Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Halifax Stress Testing Daily Rate Trend

Stress Testing
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing.

1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling

Stress Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling