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The table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts within the Nottinghamshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3141
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.151 %0.250 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£342-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£458-
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£282
% change on same period last year+8.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.83£32.05
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Nottinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads372400
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.520 %0.402 %
Daily rates quoted9980
Average minimum daily rate£339£309
Average daily rate£362£320
% change on same period last year+13.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted4676
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£17.86
Average hourly rate£16.13£19.70
% change on same period last year-18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.25£21.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Test Engineer East MidlandsTest Engineer
East Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Nottinghamshire Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Engineer across the Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Nottinghamshire Test Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Test Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamUp+17£400-
Test Engineer East MidlandsTest Engineer
East Midlands

Test Engineer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire region that cited Test Engineer 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 Test Engineer in their job title.

18 (100.00 %)Scrum
18 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
27 (87.50 %).NET
27 (87.50 %)Test Scripting
36 (75.00 %)WebServices
45 (62.50 %)C#
53 (37.50 %)Manual Testing
53 (37.50 %)Automated Testing
61 (12.50 %)Software Testing
61 (12.50 %)Microsoft

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire region that cited Test Engineer 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 Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %).NET
26 (75.00 %)WebServices
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (100.00 %)Scrum
18 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
27 (87.50 %)Test Scripting
33 (37.50 %)Manual Testing
33 (37.50 %)Automated Testing
41 (12.50 %)Software Testing
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C#
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft