The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unit 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 Hounslow 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
Unit Testing
Rank 14 13 11
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 4 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 6.667% 2.597% 5.714%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.692% 3.390% 9.302%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
Average daily rate £400 £330 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.75 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
52 59 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 86.67% 76.62% 61.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 33 23
Average daily rate £450 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £238 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £475 £404
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Unit Testing
London

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hounslow Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hounslow Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

1 8 (100.00%) MVC
1 8 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (75.00%) TDD
2 6 (75.00%) Pair Programming
2 6 (75.00%) Subversion
2 6 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Java
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) XML
2 6 (75.00%) OOA/OOD
2 6 (75.00%) OO
2 6 (75.00%) HTTP
2 6 (75.00%) JSON
2 6 (75.00%) SQLite
2 6 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (75.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (75.00%) Android
2 6 (75.00%) RESTful
2 6 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (75.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (25.00%) Video on Demand
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Apache Flex
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) Games
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Degree

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) XML
1 6 (75.00%) JSON
1 6 (75.00%) RESTful
2 2 (25.00%) Apache Flex
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Subversion
2 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (75.00%) Android Developer
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (25.00%) Video on Demand
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) MVC
1 8 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (75.00%) TDD
2 6 (75.00%) Pair Programming
2 6 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 6 (75.00%) OOA/OOD
2 6 (75.00%) OO
2 6 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (75.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (75.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Java
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree