The first table below looks at the demand for Integration Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Integration Testing 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 Hertfordshire 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
Integration Testing
Rank 56 56 45
Rank change year-on-year
0 -11
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 7 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.099% 1.433% 2.169%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.532% 2.164% 3.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 2
Average daily rate - £350 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £380 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.56% +4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 15
Average hourly rate £40.50 - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 647 547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.74% 66.22% 62.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 289 238
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 55 78
Average hourly rate £21.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.29% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.75 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Integration Testing
East of England

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Integration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -1 1 - -
Integration Testing
East of England

Integration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing.

1 10 (66.67%) Java
1 10 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (53.33%) Automated Testing
3 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 8 (53.33%) Web Services
3 8 (53.33%) Linux
3 8 (53.33%) ISEB
3 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 8 (53.33%) Scrum
4 7 (46.67%) SOAP
4 7 (46.67%) Selenium
4 7 (46.67%) JIRA
4 7 (46.67%) Confluence
4 7 (46.67%) Build Automation
5 5 (33.33%) Capita
6 4 (26.67%) BDD
6 4 (26.67%) JBehave
6 4 (26.67%) WebDriver
7 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
7 3 (20.00%) Retail
7 3 (20.00%) Serena
7 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (13.33%) TeamCity
8 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (53.33%) Web Services
2 7 (46.67%) SOAP
3 2 (13.33%) .NET
3 2 (13.33%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) Confluence
2 2 (13.33%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) LabWindows
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco PIX
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Selenium
1 7 (46.67%) JIRA
2 4 (26.67%) JBehave
2 4 (26.67%) WebDriver
3 2 (13.33%) TeamCity
3 2 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (13.33%) Subversion
3 2 (13.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (13.33%) WiX
3 2 (13.33%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (13.33%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (13.33%) MSBuild
3 2 (13.33%) MonkeyTalk
3 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (6.667%) Hudson
4 1 (6.667%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (6.667%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Test Leader
2 3 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Build Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Release Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Automation Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Automation Tester
4 1 (6.667%) Testing Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Software Testing Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) QA Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Environment Manager
4 1 (6.667%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) QA Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Deployment Manager
4 1 (6.667%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (53.33%) Automated Testing
3 8 (53.33%) Scrum
4 7 (46.67%) Build Automation
5 4 (26.67%) BDD
6 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
7 2 (13.33%) Test Management
7 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
7 2 (13.33%) UML
7 2 (13.33%) ETL
8 1 (6.667%) User Stories
8 1 (6.667%) Agile Project Management
8 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy
8 1 (6.667%) System Testing
8 1 (6.667%) Project Management
8 1 (6.667%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
8 1 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Java
2 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (13.33%) Ada
4 1 (6.667%) C
4 1 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) ISEB
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
1 2 (13.33%) Xen
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.667%) XenServer
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Capita
2 3 (20.00%) Serena
3 2 (13.33%) Atlassian
3 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix
3 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Oracle