The first table below looks at the demand for Integration 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 Integration Testing over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Integration Testing
Rank - 45 34
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 0 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 0.405% 2.517%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.629% 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £475 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +137.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £380 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.56% +4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
184 318 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 65.71% 64.37% 57.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 177 111
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 £261 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 14
Average hourly rate £19.00 £24.25 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.64% +10.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.07 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Integration Testing
England

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Wealth Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Migration

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center