The first table below looks at the demand for Integration 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 Integration 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
Integration Testing
Rank 34 27 26
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -1
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 1.389% 1.339% 0.858%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.000% 1.911% 1.370%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £385 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £388 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.74% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.04%
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%
Integration Testing
Nottinghamshire

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Integration Testing across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
1 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) ISEB
3 1 (14.29%) Process Management
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Billing
3 1 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) ZigBee
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Smart Meter
3 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
1 1 (14.29%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Test Leader
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Process Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Manual Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
1 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Process Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle