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Functional Testing Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Functional Testing 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 Functional Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Testing
Rank 114 132 122
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -10
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 3 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.126% 0.066% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.180% 0.104% 0.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £313
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -7.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1671 1924 1924
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.00% 63.33% 63.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 989 1018
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 85 88
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Functional Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester - 3 - - 1
Cheshire - - - -
Merseyside - - - -
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing.

1 2 (66.67%) WinRunner
1 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Stress Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 1 (33.33%) QA

Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) WinRunner
1 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Test Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Stress Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP
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