The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Testing
Rank - 87 71
Contract jobs citing Agile Testing 0 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.154% 0.297%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.242% 0.457%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -27.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £413 £450
% change year-on-year
-15.15% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £12.50 £56.50
% change year-on-year
+60.00% -77.87%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
670 827 656
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.97% 63.62% 65.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 418 299
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £230 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 37
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Agile Testing
North West

Agile Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Agile Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Agile Testing Daily Rate Trend