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The table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-61
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.228 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£245
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£341
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.51£34.92
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North East
Matching contract IT job ads217438
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.349 %0.470 %
Daily rates quoted54141
Average minimum daily rate£321£321
Average daily rate£355£333
% change on same period last year+6.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2037
Average minimum hourly rate£21.99£39.68
Average hourly rate£23.12£42.61
% change on same period last year-45.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.26£45.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Unit Testing EnglandUnit Testing
England

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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Unit Testing across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North East Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)JavaScript
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (100.00 %)CSS
13 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (100.00 %)CSS
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)C# Developer
12 (66.67 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)Web Developer
21 (33.33 %).NET Developer
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET Developer
21 (33.33 %).NET Web Developer
21 (33.33 %)C# Web Developer
21 (33.33 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)JavaScript