The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Regression Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Kent 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 33 34 42
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 5 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.661% 0.375% 0.639%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.632% 0.538% 1.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £275 - £103
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £21.60 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+67.82% -26.77%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
190 186 181
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 63.12% 69.66% 57.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 97 108
Average daily rate £303 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £138 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 15
Average hourly rate £19.39 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.80% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.15 £8.75 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.25 £67.50 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Regression Testing
South East

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 5 (62.50%) SAP
1 5 (62.50%) HP
1 5 (62.50%) Test Scripting
1 5 (62.50%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 3 (37.50%) Java EE
3 2 (25.00%) SAP CO
3 2 (25.00%) Ajax
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 2 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (25.00%) SAP FI
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) Ant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP WM
4 1 (12.50%) ISEB
4 1 (12.50%) SAP SD
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Publishing
4 1 (12.50%) Bugzilla
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 1 (12.50%) Logistics

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) Java EE
2 2 (25.00%) Ajax
2 2 (25.00%) CSS
2 2 (25.00%) XML
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP CO
1 2 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (25.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (12.50%) SAP WM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP SD
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) Ant
2 1 (12.50%) Bugzilla
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Test Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) SAP Test Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Test Scripting
1 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
1 5 (62.50%) HP