The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire 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
Application Tester
Rank 100 - 103
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.062% - 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £385 £250
% change year-on-year
-22.07% +54.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £62.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £17.15 £62.50
% change year-on-year
+133.23% -72.56%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1501 1445 1755
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.70% 92.93% 93.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 689 752
Average daily rate £340 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.21% +7.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £511 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 193 237
Average hourly rate £18.88 £20.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.62% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Applications Tester
South East

Applications Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Applications Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Applications Tester Daily Rate Trend

Applications Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Applications Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Tester within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basingstoke - - - -
Applications Tester
South East

Applications Tester
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

Applications Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) HP
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