The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Consultant 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 Test Consultant 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
Test Consultant
Rank 90 96 101
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Test Consultant 11 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.687% 0.129% 0.159%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.733% 0.138% 0.171%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 1
Average daily rate £365 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.30% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £313 £355
% change year-on-year
+4.80% -11.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - -
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%
Test Consultant
South East

Test Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Test Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Test Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Test Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Test Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Consultant across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire Test Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Test Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Test Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Test Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Consultant 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
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Basingstoke - - - -
Test Consultant
South East

Test Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) Oracle
3 8 (40.00%) HP
3 8 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
3 8 (40.00%) Performance Testing
4 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (30.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 6 (30.00%) Windows
5 6 (30.00%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
6 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 5 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
6 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 5 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 5 (25.00%) Migration
6 5 (25.00%) VMware
6 5 (25.00%) Automated Testing
6 5 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (20.00%) Oracle OWB
7 4 (20.00%) Rational Performance Tester
7 4 (20.00%) HP AIS
7 4 (20.00%) Manual Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE

Test Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (10.00%) COM
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP MM
2 1 (5.000%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 6 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (20.00%) Oracle OWB
3 4 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (5.000%) SAP BI
6 1 (5.000%) SAP BW
6 1 (5.000%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (20.00%) Rational Performance Tester
3 4 (20.00%) LoadRunner
4 3 (15.00%) JMeter
4 3 (15.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (15.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Performance Testing
2 5 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (25.00%) Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 4 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 3 (15.00%) E-business
4 3 (15.00%) Project Management
4 3 (15.00%) Test Management
4 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Web Development
4 3 (15.00%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Java
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) HP AIS
4 3 (15.00%) ISEB
4 3 (15.00%) ISEB Practitioner
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (15.00%) Terminal Services
2 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
2 8 (40.00%) HP
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (25.00%) VMware
4 4 (20.00%) IBM
5 3 (15.00%) SAP
5 3 (15.00%) Capita
6 1 (5.000%) Syclo
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