The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 1.810% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.597% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - £23.75
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 197 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 69.68% 56.94% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 125 38
Average daily rate £350 £425 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +84.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £284 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 20 2
Average hourly rate £10.33 £20.06 £11.39
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.52% +76.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Manual Testing
Oxfordshire

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Manual Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Salesforce.com

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior QA Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce.com