Functional Testing Contracts in the North East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional Testing 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 North East 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
Functional Testing
Rank 34 - 45
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.107% - 0.228%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.657% - 0.394%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £425 £300
% change year-on-year
-35.29% +41.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 181 313 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 66.79% 64.14% 57.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 172 108
Average daily rate £330 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.84% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 13
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.50 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.14% +7.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Functional Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear - 3 - -
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) QA 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%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Manual 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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