The first table below looks at the demand for Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Testing
Rank 23 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.299% - 0.463%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.887% - 0.781%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £290 £313
% change year-on-year
-6.89% -7.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
106 232 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 68.83% 75.32% 59.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 130 58
Average daily rate £375 £408 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.97% +35.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £562 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 3
Average hourly rate £19.00 £21.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.62% -52.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Functional Testing
Tyne and Wear

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Functional Testing across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Functional Testing
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing.

1 4 (100.00%) RDF
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) System Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy

Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) QA Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) RDF
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) System Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
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