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The table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£342
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
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£35.59£35.44
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads9691
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted4217
Average minimum daily rate£332£349
Average daily rate£343£363
% change on same period last year-5.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£371
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1719
Average minimum hourly rate£17.60£20.31
Average hourly rate£18.49£21.31
% change on same period last year-13.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.38£22.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.11£29.69
% change on same period last year-5.31 %
Unit Testing OxfordshireUnit Testing
Oxfordshire

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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Unit Testing across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Oxford Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

11 (50.00 %)Aerospace
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (50.00 %)WCF
11 (50.00 %)Multithreading
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)STL
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)UML

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)STL
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)WCF
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Aerospace
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (50.00 %)C# Developer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Multithreading
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)C++