The first table below looks at the demand for Regression 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 Regression 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
Regression Testing
Rank 61 69 63
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.314% 0.102% 0.114%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.438% 0.155% 0.183%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+22.88% -
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%
Regression Testing
East of England

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Regression Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regression 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
Watford - 2 - -
Regression Testing
East of England

Regression Testing
Top 26 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) J2EE
1 3 (75.00%) DB2
1 3 (75.00%) XML
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
1 3 (75.00%) Flash
1 3 (75.00%) MQSeries
1 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
1 3 (75.00%) HP
1 3 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (75.00%) LoadRunner
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
1 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (75.00%) System Testing
1 3 (75.00%) DbVisualizer
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) J2EE
1 3 (75.00%) XML
1 3 (75.00%) Flash
1 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) DB2
1 3 (75.00%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (75.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (75.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
1 3 (75.00%) HP