The first table below looks at the demand for Non-Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Non-Functional Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Non-Functional Testing
Rank 366 397 432
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +35
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 11 18 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.051% 0.067% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.093% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 7
Average daily rate £400 £375 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -12.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £362 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £478 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £290
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +46.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16194 19350 22109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.77% 71.83% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11076 12690 14542
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 340 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.23 £27.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.39% -3.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £102.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Non-Functional Testing
England

Non-Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Non-Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Non-Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Non-Functional Testing across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Non-Functional Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Non-Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Non-Functional Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Non-Functional Testing within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 +6 3 £405 +8.00%
Non-Functional Testing
England

Non-Functional Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Non-Functional 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 Non-Functional Testing.

1 6 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 5 (35.71%) Visual Studio
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) HP
3 4 (28.57%) Document Management
3 4 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Automated Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) QA
3 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Functional Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (21.43%) NAS
4 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
4 3 (21.43%) LoadRunner
4 3 (21.43%) SAN
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
4 3 (21.43%) SSL
4 3 (21.43%) LDAP
4 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (21.43%) Windows
4 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
4 3 (21.43%) POP3
4 3 (21.43%) SMTP

Non-Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Non-Functional 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 Non-Functional Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) Middleware
1 2 (14.29%) Ajax
2 1 (7.143%) soapUI
2 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.143%) JMS
2 1 (7.143%) SOAP
2 1 (7.143%) Web Services
2 1 (7.143%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (7.143%) Liferay
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) NAS
1 3 (21.43%) SAN
1 3 (21.43%) SSL
1 3 (21.43%) LDAP
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
1 3 (21.43%) POP3
1 3 (21.43%) SMTP
2 1 (7.143%) HTTPS
2 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Visual Studio
2 3 (21.43%) LoadRunner
3 2 (14.29%) JMeter
4 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (7.143%) Hudson
4 1 (7.143%) Selenium
4 1 (7.143%) JIRA
4 1 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (28.57%) Investment Banking
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
1 9 (64.29%) Test Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) QA Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) LoadRunner Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Non-Functional Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Performance Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Open Source
1 1 (7.143%) Statistics
1 1 (7.143%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Document Management
2 4 (28.57%) Automated Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Functional Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Stress Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Test Strategy
5 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.143%) Security Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C#
1 1 (7.143%) Java
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
2 2 (14.29%) Lotus
3 1 (7.143%) Siebel