North East Test Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts within the North East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Avon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Devon Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Farnborough Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Jersey Lancashire London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Wales North West Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Ditton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	44	61
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	4	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.823 %	0.120 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£307	£302
% change on same period last year	+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.00	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£18.00	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-55.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.00	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.60	£29.35
% change on same period last year	+0.85 %
Job Titles North East
Matching contract IT job ads	486	835
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.781 %	0.897 %
Daily rates quoted	98	231
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£327
Average daily rate	£318	£338
% change on same period last year	-5.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	119
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.93	£24.76
Average hourly rate	£18.25	£26.65
% change on same period last year	-31.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.57	£28.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Engineer across the North East region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the North East region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Tyne and Wear	+17	4	-	-

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Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Test Engineer 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 Test Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00 %) LoadRunner 1 4 (100.00 %) Test Scripting

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Test Engineer 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 Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications 1 4 (100.00 %) LoadRunner

Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (100.00 %) Test Scripting