The first table below looks at the demand for Unit 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 Unit Testing 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 137 149 121
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -28
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 316 346 483
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.457% 1.289% 1.574%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.953% 1.794% 2.205%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 245 292
Average daily rate £431 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.81% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £325 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £553 £673
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £60.00 £32.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+84.61% +3.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £33.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16184 19288 21901
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.60% 71.83% 71.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11116 12664 14439
Average daily rate £450 £450 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 329 346
Average hourly rate £32.29 £28.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.29% +3.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £49.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Unit Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing 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 +7 70 £425 -5.55%
Hounslow 0 4 £400 +21.21%
Brentford - 4 £710 -
Hayes - 3 £200 -
Wembley - 2 - -
Canary Wharf -19 1 £550 -
West Drayton - 1 £363 -
Croydon - 1 £375 -
Uxbridge - 1 £325 -
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 204 (31.19%) Java
2 190 (29.05%) SQL
2 190 (29.05%) Agile Software Development
3 187 (28.59%) C#
4 175 (26.76%) TDD
5 168 (25.69%) .NET
6 155 (23.70%) CSS
7 149 (22.78%) JavaScript
8 143 (21.87%) SQL Server
9 138 (21.10%) HTML
10 134 (20.49%) Finance
11 128 (19.57%) Oracle
12 120 (18.35%) Continuous Integration
13 117 (17.89%) OO
13 117 (17.89%) MVC
14 102 (15.60%) Scrum
15 100 (15.29%) Degree
16 99 (15.14%) ASP.NET
17 98 (14.98%) jQuery
18 92 (14.07%) Web Services
19 91 (13.91%) UNIX
20 89 (13.61%) Banking
21 87 (13.30%) XML
22 84 (12.84%) User Acceptance Testing
23 81 (12.39%) J2EE
24 80 (12.23%) E-Commerce
25 74 (11.31%) BDD
26 71 (10.86%) Computer Science
27 70 (10.70%) Spring
28 67 (10.24%) Windows

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 168 (25.69%) .NET
2 155 (23.70%) CSS
3 138 (21.10%) HTML
4 99 (15.14%) ASP.NET
5 98 (14.98%) jQuery
6 92 (14.07%) Web Services
7 87 (13.30%) XML
8 81 (12.39%) J2EE
9 70 (10.70%) Spring
10 62 (9.480%) JSON
11 61 (9.327%) HTML5
12 60 (9.174%) Ajax
13 55 (8.410%) .NET Framework
13 55 (8.410%) WCF
14 42 (6.422%) SOAP
15 38 (5.810%) CSS3
16 37 (5.657%) RESTful
17 33 (5.046%) REST
18 31 (4.740%) ASP.NET MVC
19 30 (4.587%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 35 (5.352%) CMS
2 32 (4.893%) Apache
3 29 (4.434%) WebLogic
4 20 (3.058%) Tomcat
5 19 (2.905%) SharePoint
5 19 (2.905%) Umbraco
6 18 (2.752%) Kentico
6 18 (2.752%) Sitefinity
7 13 (1.988%) Confluence
7 13 (1.988%) Drupal
8 12 (1.835%) WebSphere Application Server
9 9 (1.376%) IIS
10 6 (0.917%) Documentum
11 5 (0.765%) Magento
11 5 (0.765%) EPiServer CMS
11 5 (0.765%) Apache Pig
12 4 (0.612%) Sitecore CMS
12 4 (0.612%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.459%) Liferay
13 3 (0.459%) Mule
Applications
1 35 (5.352%) MS Excel
2 17 (2.599%) Photoshop
3 12 (1.835%) PowerPivot
4 10 (1.529%) MS Office
5 4 (0.612%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.459%) Fireworks
7 2 (0.306%) MS Project
7 2 (0.306%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.153%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.153%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.153%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 12 (1.835%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.223%) ION MarketView
3 4 (0.612%) Sophis RISQUE
4 2 (0.306%) LatentZero
4 2 (0.306%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 2 (0.306%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.306%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.306%) Lawson
4 2 (0.306%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.306%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.306%) Movex
4 2 (0.306%) MFGPRO
4 2 (0.306%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.306%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.153%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.153%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.153%) Capstone
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.893%) HTTP
2 18 (2.752%) SSL
2 18 (2.752%) Internet
3 5 (0.765%) Intranet
4 3 (0.459%) RTP
4 3 (0.459%) LDAP
5 2 (0.306%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.153%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.153%) LAN
6 1 (0.153%) SMS
6 1 (0.153%) SAN
6 1 (0.153%) Wireless
6 1 (0.153%) SSH
6 1 (0.153%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (21.87%) SQL Server
2 44 (6.728%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (6.422%) SQL Server 2008
4 24 (3.670%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 22 (3.364%) MySQL
6 20 (3.058%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (3.058%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (2.752%) OLTP
8 16 (2.446%) Oracle 8/8i
8 16 (2.446%) SQL Server 2005
9 15 (2.294%) BusinessObjects XI
9 15 (2.294%) DB2
9 15 (2.294%) Star Schema
9 15 (2.294%) Big Data
10 13 (1.988%) Hadoop
10 13 (1.988%) SQLite
10 13 (1.988%) SAP BW
11 12 (1.835%) Oracle 11g
11 12 (1.835%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.529%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 64 (9.786%) Subversion
2 62 (9.480%) JUnit
3 50 (7.645%) NUnit
4 45 (6.881%) Maven
5 44 (6.728%) JIRA
5 44 (6.728%) Git (software)
6 34 (5.199%) Visual Studio
7 28 (4.281%) Jasmine
8 22 (3.364%) Jenkins
9 20 (3.058%) Selenium
10 19 (2.905%) Eclipse
11 18 (2.752%) TeamCity
12 15 (2.294%) Balsamiq Mockups
13 12 (1.835%) Ant
14 11 (1.682%) MSBuild
15 10 (1.529%) GitHub
15 10 (1.529%) MSTest
15 10 (1.529%) CruiseControl
15 10 (1.529%) Team Foundation Server
16 9 (1.376%) Mercurial
General
1 134 (20.49%) Finance
2 89 (13.61%) Banking
3 57 (8.716%) Investment Banking
4 56 (8.563%) Front Office
5 35 (5.352%) Retail
6 16 (2.446%) Back Office
7 15 (2.294%) Publishing
8 13 (1.988%) Marketing
9 8 (1.223%) Games
10 7 (1.070%) Legal
11 6 (0.917%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.612%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.459%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.306%) Advertising
14 2 (0.306%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.153%) Corporate Banking
15 1 (0.153%) Billing
15 1 (0.153%) Finnish Language
15 1 (0.153%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 531 (81.19%) Developer
2 89 (13.61%) Java Developer
3 85 (13.00%) C# Developer
4 71 (10.86%) Senior Developer
5 67 (10.24%) .NET Developer
6 41 (6.269%) C# .NET Developer
7 30 (4.587%) C++ Developer
7 30 (4.587%) Consultant
8 28 (4.281%) Analyst
9 25 (3.823%) JavaScript Developer
10 24 (3.670%) Lead Developer
11 23 (3.517%) Architect
11 23 (3.517%) SQL Developer
12 21 (3.211%) PHP Developer
13 19 (2.905%) Web Developer
13 19 (2.905%) Java/J2EE Developer
13 19 (2.905%) Front-End Developer
14 17 (2.599%) Senior Java Developer
15 16 (2.446%) Business Developer
15 16 (2.446%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.86%) Computer Science
2 63 (9.633%) Derivative
3 36 (5.505%) Open Source
4 35 (5.352%) Market Risk
5 27 (4.128%) Equity Derivative
6 19 (2.905%) Credit Risk
7 16 (2.446%) Mathematics
7 16 (2.446%) Fixed Income
7 16 (2.446%) Mobile App
8 11 (1.682%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.682%) Inversion of Control
8 11 (1.682%) Equities
9 10 (1.529%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.529%) W3C
9 10 (1.529%) RIA
9 10 (1.529%) Kindle
10 9 (1.376%) N-Tier
11 8 (1.223%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.917%) Video on Demand
12 6 (0.917%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 91 (13.91%) UNIX
2 67 (10.24%) Windows
3 45 (6.881%) Linux
4 17 (2.599%) Android
5 13 (1.988%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.765%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.459%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.459%) CentOS
7 3 (0.459%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.306%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.306%) Windows XP
8 2 (0.306%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.306%) Solaris
8 2 (0.306%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (29.05%) Agile Software Development
2 175 (26.76%) TDD
3 120 (18.35%) Continuous Integration
4 117 (17.89%) OO
4 117 (17.89%) MVC
5 102 (15.60%) Scrum
6 84 (12.84%) User Acceptance Testing
7 80 (12.23%) E-Commerce
8 74 (11.31%) BDD
9 53 (8.104%) Multithreading
10 48 (7.339%) Regression Testing
11 42 (6.422%) Migration
11 42 (6.422%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (5.352%) ETL
13 33 (5.046%) Data Modelling
13 33 (5.046%) UML
14 31 (4.740%) Pair Programming
15 29 (4.434%) SOA
16 27 (4.128%) Refactoring
16 27 (4.128%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 204 (31.19%) Java
2 190 (29.05%) SQL
3 187 (28.59%) C#
4 149 (22.78%) JavaScript
5 48 (7.339%) C++
6 44 (6.728%) T-SQL
7 30 (4.587%) Python
8 29 (4.434%) Perl
9 28 (4.281%) PL/SQL
10 26 (3.976%) Ruby
11 25 (3.823%) PHP
12 23 (3.517%) Scala
13 16 (2.446%) VBA
14 11 (1.682%) Objective-C
15 10 (1.529%) R
16 7 (1.070%) VB
17 6 (0.917%) C
17 6 (0.917%) VB6
17 6 (0.917%) PHP5
17 6 (0.917%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 100 (15.29%) Degree
2 6 (0.917%) Security Cleared
3 5 (0.765%) SC Cleared
4 4 (0.612%) ISEB
5 2 (0.306%) CCA
6 1 (0.153%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.153%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.153%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.269%) QA
2 8 (1.223%) Basel III
3 7 (1.070%) SLA
3 7 (1.070%) WAI
4 4 (0.612%) Basel II
5 2 (0.306%) WCAG
5 2 (0.306%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.153%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.153%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (0.459%) vSphere
1 3 (0.459%) vCloud
2 2 (0.306%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.153%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.153%) RACF
3 1 (0.153%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.153%) Shibboleth
3 1 (0.153%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 8 (1.223%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.153%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (0.153%) Oracle Identity Management
2 1 (0.153%) SCCM
Vendors
1 128 (19.57%) Oracle
2 59 (9.021%) Microsoft
3 26 (3.976%) SAP
4 24 (3.670%) Sybase
4 24 (3.670%) Pega
5 23 (3.517%) hybris
6 20 (3.058%) IBM
6 20 (3.058%) Informatica
7 18 (2.752%) webMethods
8 15 (2.294%) Business Objects
9 13 (1.988%) Perforce
10 10 (1.529%) Sony
10 10 (1.529%) Intershop
10 10 (1.529%) Zend
11 9 (1.376%) ATG
11 9 (1.376%) VMware
11 9 (1.376%) Adobe
12 8 (1.223%) ION Trading
13 7 (1.070%) JBoss
13 7 (1.070%) Siebel
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