Tester Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 95 116 79
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 24 19 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.017% 0.602% 1.694%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.090% 0.658% 1.826%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 12
Average daily rate £275 £275 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £187 £244 £167
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £320 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £25.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.20% -2.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £27.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year
+4.50% +42.30%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2202 2887 2793
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.53% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1041 1432 1395
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.30% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 174 190
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.30 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
England

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Tester Hourly Rate Histogram

Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 +6 7 £240 -
Manchester +9 5 - -
Lancashire +12 3 £270 -1.81%
Merseyside - 2 £310 -
Cumbria - 1 - -
Tester
England

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

1 14 (42.42%) Test Scripting
2 10 (30.30%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (27.27%) ISEB
4 8 (24.24%) SAP
5 7 (21.21%) SQL
5 7 (21.21%) Test Strategy
6 6 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (15.15%) System Testing
7 5 (15.15%) Web Services
7 5 (15.15%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (15.15%) ISTQB
7 5 (15.15%) Degree
8 4 (12.12%) SOAP
8 4 (12.12%) Migration
8 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (12.12%) SAP BI
8 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
9 3 (9.091%) Performance Testing
9 3 (9.091%) SAP BW
9 3 (9.091%) HTTP
9 3 (9.091%) Windows
9 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
9 3 (9.091%) Scrum
9 3 (9.091%) Automated Testing
10 2 (6.061%) Software Testing
10 2 (6.061%) Content Management
10 2 (6.061%) Information Management
10 2 (6.061%) WCAG
10 2 (6.061%) JIRA
10 2 (6.061%) Regression Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Tester 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (15.15%) Web Services
2 4 (12.12%) SOAP
3 2 (6.061%) .NET
3 2 (6.061%) soapUI
4 1 (3.030%) iOS SDK
4 1 (3.030%) iPhone SDK
4 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) Confluence
1 1 (3.030%) Magento
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.091%) HTTP
2 1 (3.030%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.030%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) SAP BI
2 3 (9.091%) SAP BW
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.030%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) JIRA
1 2 (6.061%) Selenium
1 2 (6.061%) WebDriver
2 1 (3.030%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.030%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (3.030%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.030%) LoadRunner
2 1 (3.030%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (6.061%) Front Office
1 2 (6.061%) Back Office
1 2 (6.061%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.030%) iPhone
1 1 (3.030%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.030%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (3.030%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.030%) bada
2 1 (3.030%) Maemo
2 1 (3.030%) Android
2 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.030%) Mac OS X
2 1 (3.030%) Linux
2 1 (3.030%) UNIX
2 1 (3.030%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Test Scripting
2 10 (30.30%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (21.21%) Test Strategy
4 5 (15.15%) System Testing
4 5 (15.15%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
6 3 (9.091%) Performance Testing
6 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 3 (9.091%) Scrum
6 3 (9.091%) Automated Testing
7 2 (6.061%) Software Testing
7 2 (6.061%) Content Management
7 2 (6.061%) Information Management
7 2 (6.061%) Regression Testing
7 2 (6.061%) Workflow
7 2 (6.061%) Integration Testing
7 2 (6.061%) Manual Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) SQL
2 2 (6.061%) C#
2 2 (6.061%) Java
3 1 (3.030%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) ISEB
2 5 (15.15%) ISTQB
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) WCAG
1 2 (6.061%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) SAP
2 2 (6.061%) Oracle
2 2 (6.061%) Primavera
3 1 (3.030%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.030%) HP
3 1 (3.030%) Siemens
3 1 (3.030%) Sage
3 1 (3.030%) Symbian
3 1 (3.030%) VMware
Software Tester - Manchester - 3 month contract
Manchester, North West
Scrum, XP) and Test Driven Development. * Full Performance Testing Lifecycle exposure and understanding... * Solid understanding of test automation principles and test frameworks. Additional understanding of Java and practical...
Computer Futures
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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