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The table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-88
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads07
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.797 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£275
Average daily rate-£325
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£341
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.51£34.92
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads622878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.999 %0.943 %
Daily rates quoted209370
Average minimum daily rate£338£346
Average daily rate£364£369
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7291
Average minimum hourly rate£31.59£32.37
Average hourly rate£32.56£33.73
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.53£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Unit Testing East of EnglandUnit Testing
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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Unit Testing across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

13 (75.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (50.00 %)TDD
22 (50.00 %)Spring
22 (50.00 %)J2EE
22 (50.00 %)JUnit
31 (25.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)XSLT
31 (25.00 %)XHTML
31 (25.00 %)ISEB
31 (25.00 %)TeamSite
31 (25.00 %)W3C
31 (25.00 %)Web Testing
31 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (25.00 %)Regression Testing
31 (25.00 %)PHP

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)J2EE
12 (50.00 %)Spring
21 (25.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)XSLT
21 (25.00 %)XHTML
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)TeamSite
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)JUnit
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Consultant
12 (50.00 %)Java Consultant
21 (25.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Test Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Web Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)W3C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
12 (50.00 %)TDD
21 (25.00 %)Web Testing
21 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (25.00 %)Regression Testing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)PHP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)ISEB