The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Functional Tester 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 Rational Functional Tester 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 Development Applications 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Functional Tester
Rank - - 103
Contract jobs citing Rational Functional Tester 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire - - 0.053%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 0.379%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £226
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £226
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +32.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
222 192 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 13.86% 12.35% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 86 77
Average daily rate £338 £350 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £410 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 31 63
Average hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.15 £31.00 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Rational Functional Tester
South East

Rational Functional Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Rational Functional Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Functional Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Rational Functional Tester Daily Rate Trend

Rational Functional Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Rational Functional Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Rational Functional Tester
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Rational Functional Tester 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 Rational Functional Tester.

1 6 (100.00%) IBM
2 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Rational Performance Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing

Rational Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Rational Functional Tester 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 Rational Functional Tester. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational Performance Tester
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Functional Tester
2 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Automation Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Automation Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
1 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM