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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Tester role in IT contracts within the London 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 Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Tester
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008		Same period last year
Rank356404
Rank change on same period last yearUp+48
Matching contract IT job ads5187
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.086 %
As % of the category below0.173 %0.197 %
Daily rates quoted2427
Average minimum daily rate£282£342
Average daily rate£299£361
% change on same period last year-17.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£316£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£300
% change on same period last year+4.44 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£33.33-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£36.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£36.76
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2952544224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.91 %43.61 %
Daily rates quoted1261716632
Average minimum daily rate£405£425
Average daily rate£435£453
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted16282304
Average minimum hourly rate£23.77£23.98
Average hourly rate£25.42£25.70
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.07£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Systems Tester EnglandSystems Tester
England

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.

Systems Tester
Demand Trend

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

London Systems Tester Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Systems Tester Daily Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Systems Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Systems Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Systems Tester Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-334£325-18.23 %
FelthamNew entry-2--
CroydonNew entry-2£213-
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-2£294-
UxbridgeNew entry-1£330-
Systems Tester EnglandSystems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title.

125 (34.72 %)Test Scripting
221 (29.17 %)Finance
221 (29.17 %)ISEB
320 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
414 (19.44 %)System Testing
513 (18.06 %)BusinessObjects
513 (18.06 %)SQL
513 (18.06 %)Business Objects
513 (18.06 %)User Acceptance Testing
612 (16.67 %)Software Testing
710 (13.89 %)SC Cleared
89 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
89 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
89 (12.50 %)Oracle
98 (11.11 %)Government
107 (9.722 %)Regression Testing
107 (9.722 %)Java
116 (8.333 %)Microsoft
116 (8.333 %)TestDirector
116 (8.333 %)UNIX
116 (8.333 %)Retail
125 (6.944 %)Banking
125 (6.944 %)J2EE
134 (5.556 %)Windows
134 (5.556 %)C#
134 (5.556 %).NET
134 (5.556 %)SQL Server
134 (5.556 %)TDD
134 (5.556 %)Scrum
143 (4.167 %)Oracle EBS

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (6.944 %)J2EE
24 (5.556 %).NET
33 (4.167 %)HTML
42 (2.778 %)XML
42 (2.778 %)ASP.NET
42 (2.778 %)WebSphere
51 (1.389 %)CSS
51 (1.389 %)WebServices
51 (1.389 %)XSL
51 (1.389 %)XHTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (2.778 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (2.778 %)SharePoint
12 (2.778 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (1.389 %)WebLogic
21 (1.389 %)IIS
21 (1.389 %)Tuxedo
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (4.167 %)MS Office
13 (4.167 %)MS Excel
21 (1.389 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (1.389 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (4.167 %)Oracle EBS
22 (2.778 %)Oracle HRMS
22 (2.778 %)Oracle Financials
31 (1.389 %)SAP HR
31 (1.389 %)Minerva
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (2.778 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.389 %)Internet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (18.06 %)BusinessObjects
24 (5.556 %)SQL Server
33 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (4.167 %)RDBMS
42 (2.778 %)DB2
42 (2.778 %)Informix
42 (2.778 %)Oracle Reports
51 (1.389 %)Datawarehouse
51 (1.389 %)ETL
51 (1.389 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (1.389 %)BusinessObjects XI
51 (1.389 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
51 (1.389 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (8.333 %)TestDirector
23 (4.167 %)Visual Studio
32 (2.778 %)WinRunner
32 (2.778 %)ClearQuest
32 (2.778 %)NUnit
41 (1.389 %)Selenium
41 (1.389 %)Firebug
41 (1.389 %)LoadRunner
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (29.17 %)Finance
28 (11.11 %)Government
36 (8.333 %)Retail
45 (6.944 %)Banking
53 (4.167 %)Financial Institution
53 (4.167 %)Billing
53 (4.167 %)Investment Banking
61 (1.389 %)Insurance
61 (1.389 %)Retail Banking
61 (1.389 %)Front Office
61 (1.389 %)Publishing
61 (1.389 %)Multimedia
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.167 %)Derivative
21 (1.389 %)Equity Derivative
21 (1.389 %)Statistics
21 (1.389 %)Credit Risk
21 (1.389 %)Data Integration
21 (1.389 %)NHS
21 (1.389 %)Credit Derivative
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (8.333 %)UNIX
24 (5.556 %)Windows
32 (2.778 %)AIX
32 (2.778 %)Solaris
41 (1.389 %)Linux
41 (1.389 %)Windows XP
41 (1.389 %)Windows Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (34.72 %)Test Scripting
220 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
314 (19.44 %)System Testing
413 (18.06 %)User Acceptance Testing
512 (16.67 %)Software Testing
610 (13.89 %)SC Cleared
79 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
79 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
87 (9.722 %)Regression Testing
94 (5.556 %)Scrum
94 (5.556 %)TDD
103 (4.167 %)Change Management
103 (4.167 %)Integration Testing
103 (4.167 %)Business Analysis
103 (4.167 %)Manual Testing
112 (2.778 %)Test Management
112 (2.778 %)Performance Testing
112 (2.778 %)DRM
112 (2.778 %)UML
112 (2.778 %)E-Commerce
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (18.06 %)SQL
27 (9.722 %)Java
34 (5.556 %)C#
42 (2.778 %)PL/SQL
42 (2.778 %)JavaScript
42 (2.778 %)Shell Script
51 (1.389 %)Ruby
51 (1.389 %)VB
51 (1.389 %)Perl
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (29.17 %)ISEB
21 (1.389 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (1.389 %)Degree
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.778 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (2.778 %)CONTROL-M
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (18.06 %)Business Objects
29 (12.50 %)Oracle
36 (8.333 %)Microsoft
41 (1.389 %)Murex
41 (1.389 %)BEA
41 (1.389 %)Cerner
41 (1.389 %)Linedata
41 (1.389 %)Charles River
41 (1.389 %)Algorithmics
41 (1.389 %)LatentZero
41 (1.389 %)thinkFolio
41 (1.389 %)Fundtech
41 (1.389 %)SAP
41 (1.389 %)Cognos
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