The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Strategy 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 Middlesex 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
Test Strategy
Rank - 30 34
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 0 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - 0.322% 0.867%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.472% 1.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £550 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £389 £390
% change year-on-year
-9.96% -0.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +19.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 212 281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 72.82% 68.17% 81.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 111 119
Average daily rate £383 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £545 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £39.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.97% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £27.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.60 £50.50 £38.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BPC

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Change Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP