The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Tester
Rank 33 29 28
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 1.399% 0.442% 0.435%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.471% 0.474% 0.457%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £319 £388 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.74% +72.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £27.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+4.50% +38.75%
All Job Titles
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
272 211 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.10% 93.36% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 105 70
Average daily rate £350 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 13 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
Nottinghamshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nottingham Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottingham Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
1 3 (37.50%) soapUI
2 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (25.00%) Scrum
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (12.50%) ActionScript
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
3 1 (12.50%) ActionScript 2.0

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) soapUI
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Scrum
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ActionScript
1 1 (12.50%) ActionScript 2.0
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: 17 May 2013