The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 22 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 Leicestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.472% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.714% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +32.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
140 129 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 66.04% 59.72% 66.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 43 47
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £206 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £413 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 20
Average hourly rate £26.25 £11.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.63% -65.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £8.50 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £26.20 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Strategy
East Midlands

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Games
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Process Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Game Development
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Code Coverage
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (33.33%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Development Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Process Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Game Development
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Code Coverage
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft