The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Haywards Heath region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Haywards Heath 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Haywards Heath 25.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.83% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -36.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Haywards Heath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Haywards Heath 75.00% 66.67% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £315 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Software Testing
West Sussex

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Haywards Heath Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Haywards Heath region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) TestComplete

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Haywards Heath region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) TestComplete
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 3 (100.00%) QA