The first table below looks at the demand for Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional 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 Nottingham 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
Functional Testing
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £425 £300
% change year-on-year
-35.29% +41.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
200 157 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 69.44% 70.09% 62.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 78 43
Average daily rate £351 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.85% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 8
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -32.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £8.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Functional Testing
Nottinghamshire

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Testing
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing.

1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) EFT
1 1 (100.00%) BASE24
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Wincor Nixdorf
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) VeriFone

Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) BASE24
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) EFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Wincor Nixdorf
1 1 (100.00%) VeriFone