The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 68 65 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.528% 0.112% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.719% 0.157% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £280 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.05% -
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
556 637 410
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.45% 71.57% 67.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 374 205
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £242 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £452 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 19
Average hourly rate £33.50 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.02% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.70 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Regression Testing
West Yorkshire

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Regression Testing across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds Regression Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
3 4 (50.00%) XML
4 3 (37.50%) UNIX
4 3 (37.50%) SGML
4 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Grails
4 3 (37.50%) Groovy
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (37.50%) ISEB
4 3 (37.50%) J2EE
4 3 (37.50%) Java
4 3 (37.50%) Perl
4 3 (37.50%) JSP
4 3 (37.50%) Servlets
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (25.00%) C#
5 2 (25.00%) .NET
5 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (12.50%) Retail
6 1 (12.50%) Document Management
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 4 (50.00%) Web Services
1 4 (50.00%) XML
2 3 (37.50%) SGML
2 3 (37.50%) Grails
2 3 (37.50%) J2EE
2 3 (37.50%) JSP
2 3 (37.50%) Servlets
3 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) ASP
4 1 (12.50%) Gherkin
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) InfoPath
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (12.50%) MSI
2 1 (12.50%) Talend Open Studio
2 1 (12.50%) TeamCity
2 1 (12.50%) WebDriver
2 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
2 1 (12.50%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Java Developer
1 3 (37.50%) J2EE Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Java/J2EE Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CMDB
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) UNIX
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Document Management
3 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Release Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITSM
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Groovy
2 3 (37.50%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) Perl
3 2 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) ISEB
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Talend
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Performance Tester - Loadrunner/Performance Center - 2 Months - £220 Remote working SC Cleared Our client in Leeds is looking for a Performance testing who's worked with a variety...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £200.00 - £220.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Design, develop and execute test scripts using HP Performance Centre/Load Runner. Amend existing performance test scripts and execute as required to support regression testing of previously delivered...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013