The first table below looks at the demand for TestPartner 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 TestPartner over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware TestPartner
Rank 116 135 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs citing TestPartner 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% 0.031% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.205% 0.383% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £388 £325
% change year-on-year
-39.35% +19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
249 261 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.75% 8.220% 7.243%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 137 115
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 14 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.86 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.54% -27.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.96 £15.60 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £34.79 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
TestPartner
England

TestPartner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West TestPartner Jobs Demand Trend

TestPartner
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West TestPartner Daily Rate Trend

TestPartner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West TestPartner Hourly Rate Trend

TestPartner
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TestPartner within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester +12 3 - -
TestPartner
England

TestPartner
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing TestPartner 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 TestPartner.

1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Retail Banking

TestPartner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 6 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Waterfall