The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 High Wycombe 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe 2.632% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.882% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £256
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - £23.75
All Processes & Methodologies
High Wycombe
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17 29 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe 44.74% 55.77% 47.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 11
Average daily rate £300 £268 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -17.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £175 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £378 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
Average hourly rate - £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Manual Testing
Buckinghamshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

High Wycombe Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Testing

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#