The first table below looks at the demand for Integration 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 Integration 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
Integration Testing
Rank 67 85 68
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -17
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 6 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.636% 0.308% 0.595%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.896% 0.484% 0.915%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
Average daily rate £300 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £405 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £445 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £388 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.74% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.04%
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%
Integration Testing
North West

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Integration Testing across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester Integration Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Integration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheadle - 2 £300 -
Integration Testing
North West

Integration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing.

1 10 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 9 (45.00%) SAP
3 6 (30.00%) HTML
3 6 (30.00%) CRM
3 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (30.00%) Six Sigma
3 6 (30.00%) SAP CRM
4 5 (25.00%) XML
4 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.00%) Django
6 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) Spring
6 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
6 3 (15.00%) Time Management
6 3 (15.00%) Memcached
6 3 (15.00%) Redis
6 3 (15.00%) Mobile Payment
6 3 (15.00%) SQL
6 3 (15.00%) .NET
6 3 (15.00%) J2EE
6 3 (15.00%) Java
6 3 (15.00%) OOD
6 3 (15.00%) Eclipse
6 3 (15.00%) C#
6 3 (15.00%) OO
6 3 (15.00%) Python
6 3 (15.00%) ISEB
6 3 (15.00%) Hibernate

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (30.00%) HTML
2 5 (25.00%) XML
3 3 (15.00%) Django
3 3 (15.00%) Spring
3 3 (15.00%) Memcached
3 3 (15.00%) .NET
3 3 (15.00%) J2EE
3 3 (15.00%) Hibernate
4 2 (10.00%) Web Services
4 2 (10.00%) CSS
5 1 (5.000%) WCF
5 1 (5.000%) Application Packaging
5 1 (5.000%) SOAP
5 1 (5.000%) EDI
5 1 (5.000%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (30.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (5.000%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (5.000%) WAN
2 1 (5.000%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.000%) VPN
2 1 (5.000%) SAN
2 1 (5.000%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Redis
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.000%) Selenium
General
1 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Consultant
2 5 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) SAP CRM Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) CRM Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Test Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Programme Test Manager
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Tester
6 1 (5.000%) Software Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Server Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Test Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) QA Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Server Support Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (15.00%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (5.000%) FMCG
2 1 (5.000%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.000%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.000%) UNIX
1 1 (5.000%) Windows
1 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 6 (30.00%) CRM
2 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (30.00%) Six Sigma
3 4 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (15.00%) Time Management
4 3 (15.00%) OOD
4 3 (15.00%) OO
4 3 (15.00%) Code Coverage
5 2 (10.00%) Scrum
5 2 (10.00%) User Stories
5 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Requirements Management
5 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (10.00%) System Testing
5 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Test Management
6 1 (5.000%) Web Testing
6 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.000%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) Java
2 3 (15.00%) C#
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 1 (5.000%) VBScript
3 1 (5.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Siemens
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) Dell
3 1 (5.000%) EMC
3 1 (5.000%) Intel
3 1 (5.000%) Websense
3 1 (5.000%) SurfControl
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