Merseyside Junior Tester Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Junior Tester role in IT contracts within the Merseyside region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Junior Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Junior Tester
Location Brighton Bristol City of London East Sussex England Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside North West Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Thames Valley UK Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	3	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.750 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£175	£157
% change on same period last year	+11.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£8.25	£11.00
% change on same period last year	-24.99 %
Job Titles Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	400	259
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.527 %	0.271 %
Daily rates quoted	99	73
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£279
Average daily rate	£358	£293
% change on same period last year	+22.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£306
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.57	£18.60
Average hourly rate	£17.02	£19.86
% change on same period last year	-14.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.46	£21.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.39	£25.89
% change on same period last year	-9.63 %
Junior Tester North West

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.

Junior Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Junior Tester across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Junior Tester
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Junior Tester across the Merseyside region.

Junior Tester
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Junior Tester within the Merseyside 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.

Location	Rank 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
Liverpool	-	3	-	-

Junior Tester North West

Junior Tester
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Junior Tester in their job title 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 with Junior Tester in their job title.

1 2 (66.67 %) MS Excel 1 2 (66.67 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Office 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2000 1 2 (66.67 %) Law 1 2 (66.67 %) Document Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Software Engineering 2 1 (33.33 %) Degree 2 1 (33.33 %) Java 2 1 (33.33 %) Games 2 1 (33.33 %) J2ME

Junior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Junior Tester in their job title 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 with Junior Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) J2ME	Applications 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Excel 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Office
General 1 2 (66.67 %) Law 2 1 (33.33 %) Games	Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Document Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Software Engineering	Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) Java
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) Degree	Systems Management 1 2 (66.67 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)