The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 18 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 Merseyside 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank - 33 -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - 1.190% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.796% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £341 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-11.25% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
- +52.17%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
126 167 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 65.97% 66.27% 57.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 88 81
Average daily rate £363 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 12
Average hourly rate - £17.51 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Strategy
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Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
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