The first table below looks at the demand for System 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 System 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
System Testing
Rank 31 37 44
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +7
Contract jobs citing System Testing 3 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.071% 2.024% 0.229%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.630% 3.145% 0.395%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £375 £700 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.42% +250.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £326
% change year-on-year
- -0.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
- +10.09%
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%
System Testing
England

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing System Testing across the North East region.

North East System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 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 +13 3 £375 +50.00%
System Testing
England

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) RDF
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (40.00%) ISEB
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
4 2 (40.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (40.00%) Retail
5 1 (20.00%) Spring
5 1 (20.00%) Maven
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
5 1 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) J2EE
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) JUnit
5 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
5 1 (20.00%) JSP

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (20.00%) J2EE
1 1 (20.00%) JSP
1 1 (20.00%) Struts
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) RDF
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
There is also an emphasis on system testing, regression testing, unit testing specifically with Oracle PL SQL... Good knowledge of Oracle PL SQL. Unit and System Testing. Good...
Concept Personnel
Rate: From £20,000 to £45,000 per annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013