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

The first table below looks at the demand for Regression 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 Regression 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 114 115 112
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 4 17 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.172% 0.546% 0.459%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.242% 0.885% 0.709%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 6
Average daily rate £323 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.04% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £293 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £388 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+22.88% -
Search 6 Regression Testing jobs in the North West
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1655 1920 1976
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 71.00% 61.72% 64.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 983 1018
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 81 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.00 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.30 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.00 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Regression Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the North West 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
Cheshire 0 2 £360 +20.00%
Manchester -3 2 £287 -13.18%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 11 (64.71%) Oracle 11g
3 9 (52.94%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (47.06%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (47.06%) Oracle BI EE
5 6 (35.29%) Migration
6 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
7 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (23.53%) ISEB
7 4 (23.53%) SQL
8 3 (17.65%) SOAP
8 3 (17.65%) Web Services
8 3 (17.65%) XML
8 3 (17.65%) HP
8 3 (17.65%) SOA
9 2 (11.76%) JMS
9 2 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (11.76%) Finance
9 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
9 2 (11.76%) XSD
9 2 (11.76%) XSLT
9 2 (11.76%) UNIX
9 2 (11.76%) AIX
9 2 (11.76%) Solaris
9 2 (11.76%) OOA/OOD
9 2 (11.76%) OO
9 2 (11.76%) Java
9 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
9 2 (11.76%) JUnit
9 2 (11.76%) SAP

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) SOAP
1 3 (17.65%) Web Services
1 3 (17.65%) XML
2 2 (11.76%) JMS
2 2 (11.76%) XSD
2 2 (11.76%) XSLT
2 2 (11.76%) J2EE
3 1 (5.882%) WinForms
3 1 (5.882%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (64.71%) Oracle 11g
2 9 (52.94%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (47.06%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (47.06%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JUnit
2 1 (5.882%) Selenium
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Developer
2 9 (52.94%) Oracle Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Java Developer
4 2 (11.76%) J2EE Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Java Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) QA Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) UNIX
1 2 (11.76%) AIX
1 2 (11.76%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
3 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) SOA
5 2 (11.76%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (11.76%) OO
5 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
5 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Unit Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Web Development
6 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Web Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Performance Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Functional Testing
6 1 (5.882%) System Testing
6 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
6 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
2 2 (11.76%) Java
2 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.882%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) ISEB
2 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) HP
3 2 (11.76%) SAP
4 1 (5.882%) Sage
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