The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 30 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 2.091% 0.758% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.243% 1.070% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £388 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +19.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
185 187 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 64.46% 70.83% 56.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 97 103
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 £275 £138 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 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 £8.60 £8.75 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £67.50 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent Test Strategy Daily Rate Histogram

Test Strategy
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 5 (83.33%) SAP
1 5 (83.33%) HP
1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
1 5 (83.33%) Regression Testing
1 5 (83.33%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (33.33%) SAP FI
2 2 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (33.33%) SAP CO
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) SAP WM
3 1 (16.67%) SAP SD
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Azure
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Games

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Azure
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP FI
1 2 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (33.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (16.67%) SAP WM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
1 5 (83.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Test Management
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C#
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) SAP
1 5 (83.33%) HP