The first table below looks at the demand for Unit 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 Unit Testing over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 80 79 64
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -15
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 25 16 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.601% 1.005% 2.301%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.365% 1.566% 3.574%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 15
Average daily rate £325 £453 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.17% +34.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £352 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £550 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £325 £323
% change year-on-year
+5.38% +0.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Average hourly rate - £31.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +10.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £33.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1057 1022 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.67% 64.20% 64.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 483 533
Average daily rate £365 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £270 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 101 125
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 £12.84 £14.78 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Unit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Unit Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Basingstoke -9 10 £290 -
Southampton -2 2 £285 -48.18%
Farnborough - 1 £325 -
Unit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

1 21 (38.18%) .NET
2 19 (34.55%) SQL Server
2 19 (34.55%) UML
2 19 (34.55%) Security Cleared
3 18 (32.73%) JavaScript
4 17 (30.91%) Agile Software Development
5 16 (29.09%) C#
5 16 (29.09%) OO
5 16 (29.09%) Ajax
6 15 (27.27%) Oracle
6 15 (27.27%) Visual Studio
7 14 (25.45%) OOD
7 14 (25.45%) jQuery
8 13 (23.64%) SQL Server 2005
8 13 (23.64%) CSS
8 13 (23.64%) HTML
8 13 (23.64%) NUnit
9 12 (21.82%) SQL
9 12 (21.82%) T-SQL
9 12 (21.82%) Microsoft
9 12 (21.82%) SC Cleared
10 11 (20.00%) WCF
10 11 (20.00%) Client/Server
10 11 (20.00%) Java
10 11 (20.00%) Web Services
11 10 (18.18%) Windows
11 10 (18.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 10 (18.18%) ASP.NET
11 10 (18.18%) IIS
11 10 (18.18%) VB

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (38.18%) .NET
2 16 (29.09%) Ajax
3 14 (25.45%) jQuery
4 13 (23.64%) CSS
4 13 (23.64%) HTML
5 11 (20.00%) WCF
5 11 (20.00%) Web Services
6 10 (18.18%) ASP.NET
6 10 (18.18%) Highcharts JS
7 7 (12.73%) WebSphere
7 7 (12.73%) .NET Framework
7 7 (12.73%) XML
8 6 (10.91%) Spring
9 4 (7.273%) J2EE
9 4 (7.273%) WSDL
9 4 (7.273%) KML
10 3 (5.455%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 3 (5.455%) LINQ
10 3 (5.455%) Swing
10 3 (5.455%) Java RMI
Application Platforms
1 10 (18.18%) IIS
2 8 (14.55%) BizTalk Server
3 6 (10.91%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (10.91%) SharePoint
3 6 (10.91%) WebSphere Process Server
3 6 (10.91%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (7.273%) ESB
4 4 (7.273%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 3 (5.455%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (3.636%) Magento
7 1 (1.818%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (1.818%) Apache
7 1 (1.818%) TeamSite
7 1 (1.818%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 6 (10.91%) MS Office
3 1 (1.818%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.636%) Internet
2 1 (1.818%) Intranet
2 1 (1.818%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (34.55%) SQL Server
2 13 (23.64%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (7.273%) MS Access
4 4 (7.273%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (5.455%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (5.455%) SQLPlus
5 3 (5.455%) Ingres
5 3 (5.455%) TOAD
5 3 (5.455%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (3.636%) MySQL
6 2 (3.636%) RDBMS
6 2 (3.636%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (3.636%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (3.636%) GIS
7 1 (1.818%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (1.818%) Oracle OWB
7 1 (1.818%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 13 (23.64%) NUnit
3 10 (18.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 10 (18.18%) JSUnit
4 6 (10.91%) Subversion
5 5 (9.091%) Eclipse
6 4 (7.273%) JUnit
6 4 (7.273%) Hudson
6 4 (7.273%) Rational Application Developer
6 4 (7.273%) Jenkins
7 3 (5.455%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (5.455%) FindBugs
7 3 (5.455%) Mockito
7 3 (5.455%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (5.455%) CruiseControl
7 3 (5.455%) NetBeans
7 3 (5.455%) ClearCase
7 3 (5.455%) Ant
8 2 (3.636%) Selenium
8 2 (3.636%) Git (software)
General
1 7 (12.73%) Retail
2 2 (3.636%) Military
3 1 (1.818%) Finance
Job Titles
1 36 (65.45%) Developer
2 10 (18.18%) .NET Developer
3 9 (16.36%) Analyst
4 8 (14.55%) C# Developer
5 7 (12.73%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (10.91%) WebSphere Developer
7 5 (9.091%) VB.NET Developer
8 4 (7.273%) Data Analyst
9 3 (5.455%) Agile .NET Developer
9 3 (5.455%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
9 3 (5.455%) Applications Developer
9 3 (5.455%) Analyst Programmer
9 3 (5.455%) Programmer
9 3 (5.455%) Software Engineer
9 3 (5.455%) Java Developer
10 2 (3.636%) Oracle Developer
10 2 (3.636%) ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (3.636%) Integration Engineer
10 2 (3.636%) QA Analyst
10 2 (3.636%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 10 (18.18%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.18%) Windows
2 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (9.091%) Linux
4 3 (5.455%) UNIX
5 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.818%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (34.55%) UML
2 17 (30.91%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (29.09%) OO
4 14 (25.45%) OOD
5 9 (16.36%) Scrum
6 8 (14.55%) Dependency Injection
6 8 (14.55%) System Testing
7 7 (12.73%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (12.73%) Data Security
7 7 (12.73%) SOA
8 6 (10.91%) Migration
8 6 (10.91%) Configuration Management
8 6 (10.91%) Time Management
9 5 (9.091%) Multithreading
9 5 (9.091%) Software Architecture
9 5 (9.091%) Web Development
9 5 (9.091%) AOP
10 4 (7.273%) ITIL
10 4 (7.273%) E-Commerce
10 4 (7.273%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.73%) JavaScript
2 16 (29.09%) C#
3 12 (21.82%) SQL
3 12 (21.82%) T-SQL
4 11 (20.00%) Java
5 10 (18.18%) VB
5 10 (18.18%) VB.NET
6 3 (5.455%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.636%) PHP
8 1 (1.818%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.818%) Python
8 1 (1.818%) Perl
8 1 (1.818%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (34.55%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.82%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.273%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.636%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.636%) OCP
4 2 (3.636%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (3.636%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) QA
2 3 (5.455%) TickIT
2 3 (5.455%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.818%) VMware ESX
1 1 (1.818%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) Tivoli
2 4 (7.273%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Oracle
2 12 (21.82%) Microsoft
3 10 (18.18%) Telerik
3 10 (18.18%) Aquila
4 6 (10.91%) IBM
5 4 (7.273%) hybris
6 3 (5.455%) VMware
6 3 (5.455%) Cognizant
7 2 (3.636%) CA
7 2 (3.636%) Cisco
8 1 (1.818%) Coverity
8 1 (1.818%) ArcSight
8 1 (1.818%) Lumension
8 1 (1.818%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.818%) Serena