The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 69 80 68
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 6 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.626% 0.081% 0.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.917% 0.127% 0.457%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
Average daily rate £310 £350 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% -23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.25 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+8.52% +40.21%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
654 790 657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 68.20% 64.02% 62.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 388 310
Average daily rate £338 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 32 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.01 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £35.00 £33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Strategy
North West

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 5 (50.00%) Test Management
2 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (40.00%) CRM
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) ISEB
4 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Banking

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) UAT Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) UAT Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Test Management
2 4 (40.00%) CRM
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
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