The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software 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
Software Testing
Rank 50 56 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.219% 0.162% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.318% 0.272% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £316
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -42.18%
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%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (50.00%) ISEB
2 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
2 3 (37.50%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Open Source
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) Selenium
3 2 (25.00%) FitNesse
3 2 (25.00%) JSON
3 2 (25.00%) Firebug
3 2 (25.00%) Fiddler
3 2 (25.00%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) RAD
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (25.00%) Web Services
3 2 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) XSL
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Ajax
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) JSON
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
1 2 (25.00%) XML
1 2 (25.00%) XSL
1 2 (25.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (25.00%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) FitNesse
2 2 (25.00%) Firebug
2 2 (25.00%) Fiddler
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Open Source
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) UML
2 2 (25.00%) RAD
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) Scrum
2 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) ISEB
2 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) IBM
1 1 (12.50%) Compuware
1 1 (12.50%) HP