The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 61 62 59
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 2 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.311% 0.620% 0.806%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.434% 0.935% 1.296%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.83% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -36.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
461 642 540
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.70% 66.32% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 297 229
Average daily rate £410 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 80
Average hourly rate £21.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.88 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +6 1 - -
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 8 (80.00%) ISEB
2 6 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 5 (50.00%) Retail
4 4 (40.00%) QA
5 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Web Services
6 2 (20.00%) Java
6 2 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (20.00%) Linux
7 1 (10.00%) Python
7 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
7 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
7 1 (10.00%) SOA
7 1 (10.00%) SNMP
7 1 (10.00%) SLA
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
7 1 (10.00%) .NET
7 1 (10.00%) J2EE
7 1 (10.00%) Oracle
7 1 (10.00%) MS Office
7 1 (10.00%) CSS
7 1 (10.00%) SOAP
7 1 (10.00%) XML
7 1 (10.00%) SAN
7 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (10.00%) Internet

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) J2EE
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SNMP
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
1 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Publishing
2 1 (10.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Test Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) QA Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Manual Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Software Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Testing Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (10.00%) E-Learning
1 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (10.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) V-Model
4 1 (10.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) Test Management
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft