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This section looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Milton Keynes region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5456
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads1514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.015 %
As % of the category below2.377 %2.708 %
Daily rates quoted91
Average minimum daily rate£389£350
Average daily rate£406£350
% change on same period last year+15.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£322
% change on same period last year+10.89 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.91£32.93
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
Processes & Methodologies Milton KeynesProcesses & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads631517
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.832 %0.541 %
Daily rates quoted225101
Average minimum daily rate£345£362
Average daily rate£361£381
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£375
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted7946
Average minimum hourly rate£29.62£24.01
Average hourly rate£30.19£24.99
% change on same period last year+20.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.76£25.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.33
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
System Testing BuckinghamshireSystem Testing
Buckinghamshire

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.

System Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing System Testing across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Milton Keynes System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing System Testing across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing System Testing across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Milton Keynes System Testing Daily Rate Histogram

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing System Testing across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing System 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 System Testing.

112 (40.00 %)Finance
112 (40.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
210 (33.33 %)CRM
210 (33.33 %)Sage
39 (30.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
39 (30.00 %)Windows
48 (26.67 %)PRINCE2
48 (26.67 %)Change Management
48 (26.67 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
56 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (20.00 %)Intranet
56 (20.00 %)Active Directory
56 (20.00 %)Linux
56 (20.00 %)TestDirector
56 (20.00 %)ISEB
56 (20.00 %)SAN
65 (16.67 %)OpenView
65 (16.67 %)Internet
65 (16.67 %)QA
65 (16.67 %)Banking
65 (16.67 %)Insurance
65 (16.67 %)Business Analysis
74 (13.33 %)Retail
74 (13.33 %)Pensions
74 (13.33 %)Investment Management
74 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
74 (13.33 %)Financial Institution
74 (13.33 %)Extranet
83 (10.00 %)SQL
83 (10.00 %)Management Information System

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
16 (20.00 %)Intranet
16 (20.00 %)SAN
25 (16.67 %)Internet
34 (13.33 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (6.667 %)PowerCenter
Development Applications
16 (20.00 %)TestDirector
21 (3.333 %)PVCS
General
112 (40.00 %)Finance
25 (16.67 %)Banking
25 (16.67 %)Insurance
34 (13.33 %)Retail
34 (13.33 %)Pensions
34 (13.33 %)Financial Institution
42 (6.667 %)Retail Banking
42 (6.667 %)Marketing
51 (3.333 %)Education
Job Titles
110 (33.33 %)Project Manager
25 (16.67 %)Consultant
25 (16.67 %)Developer
25 (16.67 %)CRM Manager
25 (16.67 %)CRM Project Manager
25 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Consultant
32 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
32 (6.667 %)Test Engineer
32 (6.667 %)Tester
32 (6.667 %)Analyst
32 (6.667 %)Test Manager
41 (3.333 %)Test Analyst
41 (3.333 %)Lead Developer
41 (3.333 %)Infrastructure Tester
41 (3.333 %)Software Tester
41 (3.333 %)Systems Tester
41 (3.333 %)Analyst Developer
41 (3.333 %)Informatica Developer
Miscellaneous
13 (10.00 %)Management Information System
21 (3.333 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
19 (30.00 %)Windows
26 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (20.00 %)Linux
31 (3.333 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
112 (40.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
210 (33.33 %)CRM
38 (26.67 %)PRINCE2
38 (26.67 %)Change Management
45 (16.67 %)Business Analysis
54 (13.33 %)Investment Management
54 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
63 (10.00 %)Release Management
72 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
72 (6.667 %)Project Planning
72 (6.667 %)Stakeholder Management
72 (6.667 %)GAP Analysis
81 (3.333 %)Software Testing
81 (3.333 %)Data Management
81 (3.333 %)Automated Testing
81 (3.333 %)Manual Testing
81 (3.333 %)SC Cleared
Programming Languages
13 (10.00 %)SQL
22 (6.667 %)PL/SQL
Qualifications
18 (26.67 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
26 (20.00 %)ISEB
31 (3.333 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
15 (16.67 %)QA
21 (3.333 %)Basel II
System Software
16 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
19 (30.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
25 (16.67 %)OpenView
31 (3.333 %)CONTROL-M
Vendors
110 (33.33 %)Sage
22 (6.667 %)Oracle
22 (6.667 %)HP
22 (6.667 %)Informatica
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