The first table below looks at the demand for FitNesse skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FitNesse over the 3 months to 23 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 Development Applications category for the North West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FitNesse
Rank 116 127 121
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Contract jobs citing FitNesse 2 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% 0.064% 0.193%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.794% 0.772% 2.655%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
Average daily rate £250 £313 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -16.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £314
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £19.00
All Development Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
252 259 226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.75% 8.296% 7.288%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 138 118
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.80 £16.30 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.00 £33.32 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
FitNesse
England

FitNesse
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FitNesse across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West FitNesse Jobs Demand Trend

FitNesse
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West FitNesse Daily Rate Trend

FitNesse
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West FitNesse Hourly Rate Trend

FitNesse
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FitNesse within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Lancashire - 2 £250 -
FitNesse
England

FitNesse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing FitNesse 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 FitNesse.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) soapUI
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) WATIR
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 2 (66.67%) HTTP
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) RAD
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development

FitNesse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing FitNesse 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 FitNesse. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) soapUI
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) WATIR
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Test Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) System Testing
1 2 (66.67%) RAD
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle