Unit Testing Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 21 29 33
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +4
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 3 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.765% 1.091% 0.865%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.679% 2.190% 1.345%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +35.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 112 137 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.88% 49.82% 64.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 61 57
Average daily rate £475 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £550 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 57
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Unit Testing across the Midlands region.

Midlands Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Unit Testing 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 Unit Testing.

1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 4 (50.00%) WPF
1 4 (50.00%) Silverlight
1 4 (50.00%) Expression Blend
1 4 (50.00%) MVVM
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
2 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 3 (37.50%) HP
2 3 (37.50%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (37.50%) LoadRunner
3 2 (25.00%) SAP HR
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) DOM
4 1 (12.50%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) Ext JS
4 1 (12.50%) Git (software)
4 1 (12.50%) BDD

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Unit Testing 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) WPF
1 4 (50.00%) Silverlight
1 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (12.50%) Dojo
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) jQuery
2 1 (12.50%) Ext JS
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (12.50%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (12.50%) Ember.js
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) DOM
2 1 (12.50%) Ajax
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Expression Blend
1 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (37.50%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (37.50%) LoadRunner
3 1 (12.50%) Git (software)
3 1 (12.50%) QUnit
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 4 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Test Leader
4 1 (12.50%) UI Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) UI Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Front-End Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) MVVM
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) HP
2 3 (37.50%) SAP
Java/ Hybris Developer - (Retail)
Midlands
The successful Java / Hybris Developer will be: *Adhere to the clients methods; specifically integration of Iteration approach with existing standards *Day to day completion of technical project tasks *...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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