Applications Tester Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the London 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Tester
Rank 371 393 425
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +32
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 10 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.046% 0.034% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.036% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 1
Average daily rate £325 £250 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% +53.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £425 £245
% change year-on-year
-29.41% +73.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £17.80 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+124.71% -15.23%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 20013 24845 28392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.25% 92.53% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13506 16024 18238
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 449 607 669
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Tester
England

Applications Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Tester across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Applications Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Applications Tester Daily Rate Trend

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Applications Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Applications Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +13 1 £325 +30.00%
Applications Tester
England

Applications Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title.

1 7 (38.89%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (38.89%) Mobile App
2 6 (33.33%) Selenium
2 6 (33.33%) Android
2 6 (33.33%) Windows
3 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
3 5 (27.78%) iPhone
3 5 (27.78%) TDD
4 4 (22.22%) Apple iOS
4 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (22.22%) QA
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
4 4 (22.22%) SQL
5 3 (16.67%) HP
5 3 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (16.67%) UNIX
5 3 (16.67%) Financial Institution
5 3 (16.67%) Wireless
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 3 (16.67%) OWASP
5 3 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (16.67%) Multimedia
5 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
5 3 (16.67%) PKI
5 3 (16.67%) iPad
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) GPEN
6 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software

Applications Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.11%) .NET
1 2 (11.11%) J2EE
1 2 (11.11%) Spring
2 1 (5.556%) JSON
2 1 (5.556%) Web Services
2 1 (5.556%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Wireless
2 2 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Selenium
2 3 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.556%) WebDriver
3 1 (5.556%) MSTest
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 3 (16.67%) Multimedia
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Mobile App
2 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
2 5 (27.78%) iPhone
3 3 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (16.67%) iPad
3 3 (16.67%) PKI
4 2 (11.11%) Statistics
4 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.11%) Open Source
4 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (5.556%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
1 6 (33.33%) Android
2 4 (22.22%) Apple iOS
3 3 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (27.78%) TDD
3 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 3 (16.67%) OWASP
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Security Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 2 (11.11%) Information Security
5 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.556%) Validation
6 1 (5.556%) Scrum
6 1 (5.556%) Manual Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Integration Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
6 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (5.556%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CISSP
1 2 (11.11%) GIAC
1 2 (11.11%) CEH
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
1 1 (5.556%) SCOM
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle
Application & Software Tester - MS Office, Web, MAC, Windows
North West London
Track defects to successful validation via SharePoint (MOSS)... Key skills needed are: MS Office, Application Testing on a Windows & MAC platform, Web Application Testing (across multiple browsers) and...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £225 - 250 Per Day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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