The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 91 71 103
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +32
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 8 27 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.515% 1.677% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.763% 2.609% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 0
Average daily rate £300 £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £269
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +11.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - £23.75
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1048 1035 1187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.44% 64.29% 64.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 487 535
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.20% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 101 130
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.91 £14.78 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Manual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Manual Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (53.85%) Automated Testing
2 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
3 4 (30.77%) Selenium
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
3 4 (30.77%) C#
3 4 (30.77%) Regression Testing
3 4 (30.77%) JMeter
4 3 (23.08%) Validation
4 3 (23.08%) Capita
4 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Azure
4 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (23.08%) Open Source
4 3 (23.08%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
4 3 (23.08%) System Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Web Development
4 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Web Services
6 1 (7.692%) Linux

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) Web Services
3 1 (7.692%) WCF
3 1 (7.692%) HTML5
3 1 (7.692%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Azure
2 1 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (7.692%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Selenium
1 4 (30.77%) JMeter
2 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
2 3 (23.08%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (7.692%) Git (software)
3 1 (7.692%) WATIR
3 1 (7.692%) FitNesse
3 1 (7.692%) Firebug
3 1 (7.692%) Fiddler
3 1 (7.692%) GitHub
3 1 (7.692%) SpecFlow
3 1 (7.692%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
1 9 (69.23%) Test Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Test Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Automation Test Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Maximo Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Test Team Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Open Source
1 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
1 1 (7.692%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (53.85%) Automated Testing
2 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 4 (30.77%) Regression Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Validation
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
4 3 (23.08%) System Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Web Development
5 1 (7.692%) SOA
5 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.692%) TDD
5 1 (7.692%) Scrum
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Security Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
5 1 (7.692%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) C#
3 1 (7.692%) Python
3 1 (7.692%) C
3 1 (7.692%) C++
3 1 (7.692%) Java
3 1 (7.692%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Capita
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Syclo