The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management 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 Test Management 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 87 83 87
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +4
Contract jobs citing Test Management 16 11 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.048% 0.691% 0.973%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.550% 1.085% 1.514%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 12
Average daily rate £337 £305 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.57% -8.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £276 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £338 £374
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.77% -0.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1032 1014 1189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.63% 63.73% 64.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 476 533
Average daily rate £370 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 99 130
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 £12.20 £14.43 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Management
South East

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Test Management Jobs Demand Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Test Management Hourly Rate Trend

Test Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Andover +3 4 - -
Southampton - 2 £337 -
Test Management
South East

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Test Management 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 Test Management.

1 16 (51.61%) HP Quality Center
2 14 (45.16%) Oracle
2 14 (45.16%) HP
3 13 (41.94%) Performance Testing
4 12 (38.71%) Test Automation
4 12 (38.71%) ISEB
4 12 (38.71%) Migration
5 9 (29.03%) Oracle BI EE
5 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
5 9 (29.03%) QA
6 8 (25.81%) Test Scripting
6 8 (25.81%) ISEB Practitioner
6 8 (25.81%) SQL Server
6 8 (25.81%) SQL
6 8 (25.81%) Windows
7 7 (22.58%) SAP
7 7 (22.58%) IIS
7 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
7 7 (22.58%) Oracle 10g
7 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
7 7 (22.58%) QuickTest Pro
7 7 (22.58%) LoadRunner
7 7 (22.58%) Terminal Services
7 7 (22.58%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (22.58%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
7 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
7 7 (22.58%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (22.58%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (22.58%) Oracle OWB

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Test Management 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 Test Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (9.677%) .NET
2 2 (6.452%) HTML
2 2 (6.452%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.452%) COM
2 2 (6.452%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 7 (22.58%) IIS
1 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.226%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (6.452%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (6.452%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) Oracle BI EE
2 8 (25.81%) SQL Server
3 7 (22.58%) Oracle 10g
3 7 (22.58%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (22.58%) Oracle 8/8i
3 7 (22.58%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (22.58%) Oracle OWB
3 7 (22.58%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (22.58%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (22.58%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (12.90%) MS Access
6 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (3.226%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (22.58%) LoadRunner
1 7 (22.58%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (16.13%) Retail
2 3 (9.677%) Military
3 2 (6.452%) Finance
4 1 (3.226%) General Ledger
4 1 (3.226%) Back Office
4 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Test Manager
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Test Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Data Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) SAP Programme Manager
4 3 (9.677%) Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) DBA
4 3 (9.677%) Programme Manager
4 3 (9.677%) Test Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) SAP Manager
4 3 (9.677%) Test Leader
5 2 (6.452%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Testing Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Testing Project Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Oracle Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) SAP Test Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Programme Test Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Software Tester
6 1 (3.226%) Data Warehouse Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Linux
3 4 (12.90%) UNIX
4 2 (6.452%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.452%) Windows 2000
4 2 (6.452%) Windows XP
4 2 (6.452%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Performance Testing
2 12 (38.71%) Test Automation
2 12 (38.71%) Migration
3 8 (25.81%) Test Scripting
4 7 (22.58%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Data Transformation
6 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
6 4 (12.90%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (12.90%) Data Validation
6 4 (12.90%) Unit Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Software Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.90%) Validation
7 3 (9.677%) Regression Testing
7 3 (9.677%) Test Strategy
8 2 (6.452%) Resource Management
8 2 (6.452%) SAP Implementation
9 1 (3.226%) SOA
9 1 (3.226%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) SQL
2 2 (6.452%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.226%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) ISEB
2 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
3 8 (25.81%) ISEB Practitioner
4 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
5 4 (12.90%) HP AIS
5 4 (12.90%) ISTQB
6 1 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) QA
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
1 7 (22.58%) Terminal Services
1 7 (22.58%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.226%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 16 (51.61%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Oracle
1 14 (45.16%) HP
2 7 (22.58%) SAP
2 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) VMware
3 1 (3.226%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.226%) Guidewire
3 1 (3.226%) RedPrairie
Andover, South East
Non Functional Test AnalystAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months +Key Skills: NON FUNCTIONAL,TEST, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, WINDOWS, UNIX, VIRTUAL, VMWARE, SERVER, BUILD, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATAWARHOUSING, QTP, QUICK...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013