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This section looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank200250
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching contract IT job ads237268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.312 %0.280 %
As % of the category below1.333 %1.180 %
Daily rates quoted10190
Average minimum daily rate£417£389
Average daily rate£446£426
% change on same period last year+4.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£476£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£362
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted611
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£39.00
Average hourly rate£28.42£41.77
% change on same period last year-31.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.33£44.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.38£38.51
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Processes & Methodologies LondonProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1778422721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.45 %23.76 %
Daily rates quoted79688969
Average minimum daily rate£411£422
Average daily rate£441£450
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£472£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£375
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted584784
Average minimum hourly rate£26.65£29.57
Average hourly rate£28.60£31.71
% change on same period last year-9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.56£33.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.33
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Unit Testing EnglandUnit Testing
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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Unit Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Unit Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Unit Testing within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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 LondonUp+2372£487-6.48 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2813£550-3.75 %
UxbridgeNew entry-1£325-
SouthwarkNew entry-1--
Unit Testing EnglandUnit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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.

1210 (44.49 %)SQL Server
2201 (42.58 %)C#
3199 (42.16 %).NET
4181 (38.35 %)XML
5146 (30.93 %)ASP.NET
6139 (29.45 %)Java
7121 (25.64 %)OO
8115 (24.36 %)SQL
8115 (24.36 %)Oracle
9113 (23.94 %)Banking
10111 (23.52 %)HTML
11108 (22.88 %)UML
12106 (22.46 %)JavaScript
13101 (21.40 %)Agile Software Development
13101 (21.40 %)SQL Server 2005
1499 (20.97 %)Investment Banking
1592 (19.49 %)SQL Server 2000
1684 (17.80 %)Spring
1783 (17.58 %)Finance
1880 (16.95 %)WebServices
1979 (16.74 %)Continuous Integration
2078 (16.53 %)Windows
2176 (16.10 %)NUnit
2275 (15.89 %)NHibernate
2358 (12.29 %)BizTalk Server
2358 (12.29 %)Microsoft
2456 (11.86 %)J2EE
2553 (11.23 %)TDD
2651 (10.81 %)Subversion
2651 (10.81 %)Refactoring

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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
1199 (42.16 %).NET
2181 (38.35 %)XML
3146 (30.93 %)ASP.NET
4111 (23.52 %)HTML
584 (17.80 %)Spring
680 (16.95 %)WebServices
775 (15.89 %)NHibernate
856 (11.86 %)J2EE
947 (9.958 %)XSLT
1042 (8.898 %)WCF
1133 (6.992 %)WPF
1231 (6.568 %)iBATIS
1329 (6.144 %)WF
1426 (5.508 %)Hibernate
1426 (5.508 %)WinForms
1524 (5.085 %)WSE
1622 (4.661 %)MVC
1721 (4.449 %).NET Framework
1819 (4.025 %)AJAX
1917 (3.602 %)Struts
Application Platforms
158 (12.29 %)BizTalk Server
232 (6.780 %)SharePoint
321 (4.449 %)WebLogic
412 (2.542 %)Apache
58 (1.695 %)Tomcat
66 (1.271 %)MTS
75 (1.059 %)CMS
75 (1.059 %)Lotus Notes
84 (0.847 %)ESB
84 (0.847 %)WebSphere Application Server
84 (0.847 %)IIS
84 (0.847 %)Lotus Domino
84 (0.847 %)WebLogic Portal
93 (0.636 %)WebSphere MQ
93 (0.636 %)LiveLink
93 (0.636 %)MS Exchange
93 (0.636 %)JBoss
93 (0.636 %)Exchange Server 2000
102 (0.424 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (0.424 %)Oracle Workflow
Applications
119 (4.025 %)MS Excel
214 (2.966 %)MS Project
311 (2.331 %)MS Office
41 (0.212 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
15 (1.059 %)SAP R/3
15 (1.059 %)Oracle EBS
24 (0.847 %)Summit
24 (0.847 %)Loan IQ
33 (0.636 %)SAP HR
42 (0.424 %)RMDS
51 (0.212 %)BusinessWorks
51 (0.212 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.212 %)SAP Payroll
51 (0.212 %)MarketView
51 (0.212 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
116 (3.390 %)Internet
23 (0.636 %)SMS
32 (0.424 %)DSL
32 (0.424 %)Intranet
41 (0.212 %)FTP
41 (0.212 %)HTTP
41 (0.212 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.212 %)WINS
41 (0.212 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1210 (44.49 %)SQL Server
2101 (21.40 %)SQL Server 2005
392 (19.49 %)SQL Server 2000
430 (6.356 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
430 (6.356 %)RDBMS
527 (5.720 %)Crystal Reports
625 (5.297 %)SQL Server 7
711 (2.331 %)Oracle 10g
711 (2.331 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
88 (1.695 %)SQL Server Integration Services
88 (1.695 %)MySQL
97 (1.483 %)Reference Data
106 (1.271 %)KDB
106 (1.271 %)Datawarehouse
106 (1.271 %)BusinessObjects
115 (1.059 %)DB2
124 (0.847 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
124 (0.847 %)Oracle Reports
124 (0.847 %)SQLPlus
132 (0.424 %)OLAP
Development Applications
176 (16.10 %)NUnit
251 (10.81 %)Subversion
348 (10.17 %)Selenium
447 (9.958 %)FitNesse
542 (8.898 %)JUnit
639 (8.263 %)VSS/SourceSafe
734 (7.203 %)ReSharper
828 (5.932 %)Ant
915 (3.178 %)Visual Studio
1014 (2.966 %)ClearCase
1112 (2.542 %)QuickTest Pro
1211 (2.331 %)Eclipse
1310 (2.119 %)CruiseControl
149 (1.907 %)TestDirector
156 (1.271 %)Flash
165 (1.059 %)XMLSpy
165 (1.059 %)JIRA
173 (0.636 %)ProC
173 (0.636 %)Oracle Forms
182 (0.424 %)Firebug
General
1113 (23.94 %)Banking
299 (20.97 %)Investment Banking
383 (17.58 %)Finance
428 (5.932 %)Front Office
512 (2.542 %)Construction
610 (2.119 %)Government
78 (1.695 %)Retail
87 (1.483 %)Games
87 (1.483 %)Insurance
95 (1.059 %)Back Office
95 (1.059 %)Education
103 (0.636 %)Health
103 (0.636 %)Publishing
103 (0.636 %)Military
103 (0.636 %)Marketing
103 (0.636 %)General Ledger
112 (0.424 %)Pensions
112 (0.424 %)Financial Institution
112 (0.424 %)Telecoms
121 (0.212 %)Automotive
Job Titles
1345 (73.09 %)Developer
2104 (22.03 %).NET Developer
366 (13.98 %)C# Developer
457 (12.08 %)Analyst
549 (10.38 %)Java Developer
634 (7.203 %)Senior Developer
730 (6.356 %)C++ Developer
818 (3.814 %)Test Analyst
818 (3.814 %)Consultant
917 (3.602 %)Lead Developer
1016 (3.390 %)Programmer
1113 (2.754 %)Flex Developer
1113 (2.754 %)Analyst Developer
1113 (2.754 %)Applications Developer
1113 (2.754 %)Senior Analyst
1212 (2.542 %)Analyst Programmer
1212 (2.542 %)Web Developer
1212 (2.542 %)Architect
1311 (2.331 %)Systems Developer
1410 (2.119 %)Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
149 (10.38 %)Derivative
219 (4.025 %)Equity Derivative
316 (3.390 %)Fixed Income
414 (2.966 %)RIA
513 (2.754 %)Credit Derivative
612 (2.542 %)N-Tier
612 (2.542 %)Equities
711 (2.331 %)Client/Server
810 (2.119 %)Credit Risk
810 (2.119 %)Multithreading
99 (1.907 %)Computer Science
107 (1.483 %)Market Risk
114 (0.847 %)Data Conversion
114 (0.847 %)Asset Management
114 (0.847 %)Biometrics
123 (0.636 %)NHS
123 (0.636 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
132 (0.424 %)Grid Computing
132 (0.424 %)W3C
141 (0.212 %)EMV
Operating Systems
178 (16.53 %)Windows
250 (10.59 %)Unix
311 (2.331 %)Linux
48 (1.695 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (0.424 %)Solaris
52 (0.424 %)Windows XP
61 (0.212 %)Mac OS X
61 (0.212 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1121 (25.64 %)OO
2108 (22.88 %)UML
3101 (21.40 %)Agile Software Development
479 (16.74 %)Continuous Integration
553 (11.23 %)TDD
651 (10.81 %)Refactoring
741 (8.686 %)Integration Testing
832 (6.780 %)User Acceptance Testing
926 (5.508 %)Load Testing
1025 (5.297 %)System Testing
1124 (5.085 %)Automated Testing
1221 (4.449 %)Risk Management
1221 (4.449 %)Scrum
1320 (4.237 %)Data Modelling
1419 (4.025 %)Validation
1419 (4.025 %)Configuration Management
1516 (3.390 %)Project Planning
1614 (2.966 %)SOA
1614 (2.966 %)Security Cleared
1713 (2.754 %)OOP
Programming Languages
1201 (42.58 %)C#
2139 (29.45 %)Java
3115 (24.36 %)SQL
4106 (22.46 %)JavaScript
544 (9.322 %)C++
623 (4.873 %)VB
718 (3.814 %)PL/SQL
817 (3.602 %)Shell Script
916 (3.390 %)VB.NET
916 (3.390 %)VB6
1014 (2.966 %)Transact-SQL
1110 (2.119 %)PHP
1110 (2.119 %)XQuery
129 (1.907 %)VBA
138 (1.695 %)XPath
138 (1.695 %)Delphi
138 (1.695 %)Perl
138 (1.695 %)C
147 (1.483 %)VBScript
156 (1.271 %)ABAP
Qualifications
115 (3.178 %)Degree
28 (1.695 %)ISEB
32 (0.424 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.212 %)MCSE
41 (0.212 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.695 %)QA
22 (0.424 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.212 %)Basel II
System Software
17 (1.483 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.424 %)MSMQ
31 (0.212 %)Active Directory
31 (0.212 %)VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
11 (0.212 %)AutoSys
Vendors
1115 (24.36 %)Oracle
258 (12.29 %)Microsoft
314 (2.966 %)BEA
412 (2.542 %)Adobe
511 (2.331 %)SAP
69 (1.907 %)TIBCO
76 (1.271 %)Portware
76 (1.271 %)Business Objects
76 (1.271 %)Fidessa
85 (1.059 %)Lotus
94 (0.847 %)GoldenSource
94 (0.847 %)Sybase
103 (0.636 %)Hummingbird
103 (0.636 %)Open Text
103 (0.636 %)Sun
103 (0.636 %)DataSynapse
112 (0.424 %)Progress
112 (0.424 %)HP
112 (0.424 %)IBM
112 (0.424 %)Primavera
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