The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank - 28 -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham - 0.885% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.250% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +32.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
201 160 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 70.28% 70.80% 63.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 79 46
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -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 £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Strategy
Nottinghamshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nottingham Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Retail
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (33.33%) ABAP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Retail
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) HP