Hertfordshire Software Tester Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Tester
Location Birmingham Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands City of London Docklands, London East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Liverpool London Merseyside Middlesex North West Oxfordshire Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland South East Southampton Staffordshire Surrey UK West Midlands Winchester	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	93
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.125 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£250
Average daily rate	-	£273
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£295
UK excluding London average daily rate	£258	£259
% change on same period last year	-0.44 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.50	£24.94
% change on same period last year	+2.24 %
Job Titles Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	921	1599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.480 %	1.717 %
Daily rates quoted	284	619
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£324
Average daily rate	£357	£344
% change on same period last year	+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	112	194
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.57	£23.77
Average hourly rate	£27.67	£24.98
% change on same period last year	+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.76	£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Software Tester East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Tester across the Hertfordshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester across the Hertfordshire region.

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Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Software Tester in their job title 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 with Software Tester in their job title.

1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Citrix

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Software Tester in their job title 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 with Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows

Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) Citrix