The first table below looks at the demand for the Web 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 Web 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
Web Tester
Rank - 133 -
Contract jobs requiring a Web Tester 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.063% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.069% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £231 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £310 £245
% change year-on-year
-19.35% +26.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 - £27.50
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%
Web Tester
England

Web Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Web Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Web Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Web Tester Daily Rate Trend

Web Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Web Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Web Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Symbian
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 1 (100.00%) bada
1 1 (100.00%) Maemo
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK

Web 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 Web 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 Web Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) bada
1 1 (100.00%) Maemo
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Symbian