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This section looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts within the Leeds region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4455
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads3317
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.017 %
As % of the category below2.825 %1.571 %
Daily rates quoted152
Average minimum daily rate£219£200
Average daily rate£258£200
% change on same period last year+28.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£296£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£298
% change on same period last year+6.45 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.67
Average hourly rate-£33.17
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.49£28.34
% change on same period last year+7.55 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11681082
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.541 %1.078 %
Daily rates quoted301185
Average minimum daily rate£326£330
Average daily rate£346£354
% change on same period last year-2.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted6297
Average minimum hourly rate£22.16£26.49
Average hourly rate£24.28£27.76
% change on same period last year-12.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.40£29.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Tester West YorkshireTester
West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Tester across the Leeds region.

Leeds Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leeds Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the Leeds region.

Leeds Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title.

114 (33.33 %)SQL
114 (33.33 %)ISEB
114 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
114 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
210 (23.81 %)Government
210 (23.81 %)Java
210 (23.81 %)Manual Testing
210 (23.81 %)QA
36 (14.29 %)System Testing
36 (14.29 %)Client/Server
36 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
45 (11.90 %)Health
45 (11.90 %)NHS
45 (11.90 %)Agile Software Development
54 (9.524 %)Systems Analysis
54 (9.524 %)Marketing
54 (9.524 %)Regression Testing
54 (9.524 %)Management Information System
54 (9.524 %)Finance
54 (9.524 %)SC Cleared
54 (9.524 %)Security Cleared
63 (7.143 %)Web Testing
63 (7.143 %)Scrum
63 (7.143 %)Extreme Programming
63 (7.143 %)TestDirector
63 (7.143 %)Business Intelligence
63 (7.143 %)Microsoft
63 (7.143 %).NET
63 (7.143 %)TDD
63 (7.143 %)Estonian Language

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (7.143 %).NET
22 (4.762 %)XML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.762 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (7.143 %)TestDirector
22 (4.762 %)JUnit
22 (4.762 %)LoadRunner
31 (2.381 %)FitNesse
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (23.81 %)Government
25 (11.90 %)Health
34 (9.524 %)Marketing
34 (9.524 %)Finance
42 (4.762 %)Banking
51 (2.381 %)Telecoms
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (14.29 %)Client/Server
25 (11.90 %)NHS
34 (9.524 %)Management Information System
43 (7.143 %)Estonian Language
43 (7.143 %)Latvian Language
43 (7.143 %)Lithuanian Language
43 (7.143 %)Turkish Language
52 (4.762 %)Computer Science
52 (4.762 %)N-Tier
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (4.762 %)UNIX
12 (4.762 %)Linux
21 (2.381 %)Windows
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
114 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
210 (23.81 %)Manual Testing
36 (14.29 %)System Testing
36 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
45 (11.90 %)Agile Software Development
54 (9.524 %)Systems Analysis
54 (9.524 %)Regression Testing
54 (9.524 %)SC Cleared
54 (9.524 %)Security Cleared
63 (7.143 %)Web Testing
63 (7.143 %)Scrum
63 (7.143 %)Extreme Programming
63 (7.143 %)Business Intelligence
63 (7.143 %)TDD
72 (4.762 %)Software Testing
72 (4.762 %)Automated Testing
72 (4.762 %)Project Management
72 (4.762 %)Migration
72 (4.762 %)V-Model
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (33.33 %)SQL
210 (23.81 %)Java
32 (4.762 %)Progress 4GL
41 (2.381 %)VB
41 (2.381 %)VB.NET
41 (2.381 %)VB6
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (33.33 %)ISEB
21 (2.381 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (2.381 %)Degree
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (23.81 %)QA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (7.143 %)Microsoft
22 (4.762 %)Oracle
22 (4.762 %)Progress
31 (2.381 %)Apple
31 (2.381 %)HP