The first table below looks at the demand for Compatibility Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Compatibility Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compatibility Testing
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Compatibility Testing 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £250 £305
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -18.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.75 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
314 367 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.86% 59.29% 55.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 189 136
Average daily rate £350 £400 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +26.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 10
Average hourly rate £11.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.88% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Compatibility Testing
South East

Compatibility Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Compatibility Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Compatibility Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing.

1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) XSL
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) RAD
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (50.00%) Ajax
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (50.00%) Firebug
1 2 (50.00%) Fiddler
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum

Compatibility Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) XSL
1 2 (50.00%) Ajax
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (50.00%) Firebug
1 2 (50.00%) Fiddler
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) RAD
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) Degree