The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank - 25 25
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 0 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne - 3.759% 2.105%
As % of the Job Titles category - 3.953% 2.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 3
Average daily rate - £350 £565
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -38.05%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £27.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+4.50% +38.75%
All Job Titles
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
136 253 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 90.67% 95.11% 91.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 142 80
Average daily rate £300 £350 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +14.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £224 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £550 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 8
Average hourly rate £10.50 £35.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.00% +115.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £16.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £36.50 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
Tyne and Wear

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the Newcastle upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Newcastle upon Tyne Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing