Test Strategy Contracts in Oxfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 40 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 9 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.083% 0.781% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.020% 1.323% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £390
% change year-on-year
-9.67% -0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +19.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 298 378 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.98% 59.06% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 202 134
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 36 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford +7 5 £325 -
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 12 (92.31%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (61.54%) QA
3 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) SQL
4 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 3 (23.08%) ISEB
6 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (15.38%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (15.38%) CRM
6 2 (15.38%) Cognos
6 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (15.38%) HTML
6 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 2 (15.38%) UML
6 2 (15.38%) RAD
6 2 (15.38%) CSS
6 2 (15.38%) Web Services
6 2 (15.38%) XML
6 2 (15.38%) XSL
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 2 (15.38%) JSON
6 2 (15.38%) Firebug
6 2 (15.38%) Fiddler
6 2 (15.38%) Selenium

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
1 2 (15.38%) CSS
1 2 (15.38%) Web Services
1 2 (15.38%) XML
1 2 (15.38%) XSL
1 2 (15.38%) Ajax
1 2 (15.38%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
1 2 (15.38%) FitNesse
1 2 (15.38%) Firebug
1 2 (15.38%) Fiddler
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Test Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Test Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Software Test Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Test Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) QA Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior QA Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Software Test Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) QA Leader
4 1 (7.692%) QA Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) QA Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 2 (15.38%) Regression Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) UML
5 2 (15.38%) RAD
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) Compatibility Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (7.692%) System Testing
6 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ISEB
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) MCSE
2 1 (7.692%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Cognos
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
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