The first table below looks at the demand for TestPartner 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 TestPartner over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware TestPartner
Rank 72 87 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing TestPartner 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.318% 0.076% -
As % of the Development Applications category 3.061% 0.870% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £388 £325
% change year-on-year
-39.35% +19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
98 115 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 10.40% 8.759% 8.301%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 59 43
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 0
Average hourly rate £112.50 £33.30 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+237.83% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
TestPartner
North West

TestPartner
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TestPartner across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Manchester TestPartner Jobs Demand Trend

TestPartner
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester TestPartner Daily Rate Trend

TestPartner
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing TestPartner 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 TestPartner.

1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Retail Banking

TestPartner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing TestPartner 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 TestPartner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 6 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
1 4 (66.67%) Migration