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This section looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5967
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads194
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.004 %
As % of the category below2.592 %0.664 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£301-
Average daily rate£306-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£311-
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£354
% change on same period last year+2.95 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£26.50-
Average hourly rate£29.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.12£38.14
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads733602
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.977 %0.609 %
Daily rates quoted224120
Average minimum daily rate£332£356
Average daily rate£357£375
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1532
Average minimum hourly rate£22.58£27.18
Average hourly rate£24.76£28.39
% change on same period last year-12.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.94£29.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Unit Testing West YorkshireUnit Testing
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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Unit Testing across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Leeds Unit Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

123 (69.70 %)C#
123 (69.70 %).NET
221 (63.64 %)SQL Server
313 (39.39 %)XML
411 (33.33 %)SQL
411 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
59 (27.27 %)VB
59 (27.27 %)HTML
59 (27.27 %)Windows
68 (24.24 %)ASP.NET
68 (24.24 %)Oracle
68 (24.24 %)Configuration Management
77 (21.21 %)Microsoft
77 (21.21 %)UML
86 (18.18 %)WebServices
86 (18.18 %)CSS
86 (18.18 %)XSLT
86 (18.18 %)ADO.NET
86 (18.18 %)JavaScript
95 (15.15 %)PL/SQL
95 (15.15 %)UNIX
95 (15.15 %)Finance
95 (15.15 %)Regression Testing
95 (15.15 %)QA
95 (15.15 %)Software Testing
95 (15.15 %)Time Management
104 (12.12 %)ERD
104 (12.12 %)NHibernate
104 (12.12 %)Retail
104 (12.12 %)Oracle Forms

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (69.70 %).NET
213 (39.39 %)XML
39 (27.27 %)HTML
48 (24.24 %)ASP.NET
56 (18.18 %)CSS
56 (18.18 %)ADO.NET
56 (18.18 %)WebServices
56 (18.18 %)XSLT
64 (12.12 %)NHibernate
73 (9.091 %)WebSphere
73 (9.091 %).NET Framework
73 (9.091 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
73 (9.091 %)ASP
73 (9.091 %)J2EE
73 (9.091 %)ADO
73 (9.091 %)COM+
82 (6.061 %)JSP
82 (6.061 %)Hibernate
91 (3.030 %)Spring
91 (3.030 %)Spring MVC
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (9.091 %)BizTalk Server
22 (6.061 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (6.061 %)ATG Dynamo
22 (6.061 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (3.030 %)Tomcat
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.030 %)MS Excel
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.030 %)SSH
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (63.64 %)SQL Server
211 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (12.12 %)Oracle 8/8i
43 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
43 (9.091 %)BusinessObjects
52 (6.061 %)TOAD
52 (6.061 %)Oracle Reports
61 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
61 (3.030 %)Oracle 10g
61 (3.030 %)SQL Server 7
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (12.12 %)Oracle Forms
23 (9.091 %)JUnit
23 (9.091 %)NUnit
32 (6.061 %)Visual Studio Team System
32 (6.061 %)Visual Studio
32 (6.061 %)Eclipse
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (15.15 %)Finance
24 (12.12 %)Retail
31 (3.030 %)International Banking
31 (3.030 %)Banking
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130 (90.91 %)Developer
217 (51.52 %).NET Developer
39 (27.27 %)C# Developer
45 (15.15 %)ASP.NET Developer
54 (12.12 %)Oracle Developer
54 (12.12 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
62 (6.061 %)Java Developer
62 (6.061 %)SQL Developer
62 (6.061 %)PL/SQL Developer
62 (6.061 %)Senior .NET Developer
62 (6.061 %)VB Developer
62 (6.061 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.030 %)Test Coordinator
71 (3.030 %)Analyst
71 (3.030 %)Applications Developer
71 (3.030 %)Analyst Developer
71 (3.030 %)Oracle Analyst
71 (3.030 %)Coordinator
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.030 %)Multithreading
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (27.27 %)Windows
25 (15.15 %)UNIX
33 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (24.24 %)Configuration Management
27 (21.21 %)UML
35 (15.15 %)Regression Testing
35 (15.15 %)Software Testing
35 (15.15 %)Time Management
44 (12.12 %)ERD
44 (12.12 %)E-Commerce
53 (9.091 %)RAD
62 (6.061 %)Agile Software Development
62 (6.061 %)System Testing
62 (6.061 %)EAI
62 (6.061 %)OO
71 (3.030 %)Workflow
71 (3.030 %)Process Management
71 (3.030 %)User Acceptance Testing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (69.70 %)C#
211 (33.33 %)SQL
39 (27.27 %)VB
46 (18.18 %)JavaScript
55 (15.15 %)PL/SQL
64 (12.12 %)Java
73 (9.091 %)VB6
82 (6.061 %)Shell Script
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.030 %)ISEB
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (15.15 %)QA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (24.24 %)Oracle
27 (21.21 %)Microsoft
33 (9.091 %)Business Objects
42 (6.061 %)HP
42 (6.061 %)BEA
42 (6.061 %)webMethods
42 (6.061 %)ATG
51 (3.030 %)Perforce
51 (3.030 %)IBM
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