The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +12.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £19.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+48.71% -4.87%
All Job Titles
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
110 217 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 91.67% 95.59% 90.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 187 71
Average daily rate £365 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.94% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £460 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
West Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (33.33%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP