The first table below looks at the demand for Regression 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 Regression Testing over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.463% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.676% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +22.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
148 212 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 68.52% 66.25% 45.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 131 45
Average daily rate £375 £425 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +54.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 22 5
Average hourly rate £10.32 £18.75 £17.55
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.96% +6.83%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Regression Testing
Oxfordshire

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Regression Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Content Management
2 1 (20.00%) Ajax
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (20.00%) Firebug
2 1 (20.00%) Fiddler
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) Bugzilla
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) XSL
1 1 (20.00%) Ajax
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (20.00%) Bugzilla
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (20.00%) Firebug
2 1 (20.00%) Fiddler
2 1 (20.00%) TestDirector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) DBA
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server DBA
1 2 (40.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) UML
1 1 (20.00%) RAD
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Scrum
1 1 (20.00%) Content Management
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Test Management
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (20.00%) Change Control
1 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB