The first table below looks at the demand for Compatibility Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Compatibility Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North Yorkshire 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
Compatibility Testing
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Compatibility Testing 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £265 £305
% change year-on-year
+41.50% -13.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.75 -
All Processes & Methodologies
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
90 123 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 59.21% 68.33% 70.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 65 46
Average daily rate £363 £300 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -21.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £230 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 8
Average hourly rate £175.00 £16.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+960.60% -41.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Compatibility Testing
Yorkshire

Compatibility Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire Compatibility Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Compatibility Testing
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing.

1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) FitNesse

Compatibility Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) FitNesse
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) QA Tester
2 1 (50.00%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA