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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Tester role in IT contracts within the Portsmouth region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Tester
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 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£306£267
% change on same period last year+14.47 %
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-£41.67
% change on same period last year-
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads238207
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.335 %0.209 %
Daily rates quoted2234
Average minimum daily rate£312£298
Average daily rate£326£317
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted114106
Average minimum hourly rate£24.78£23.04
Average hourly rate£26.63£25.08
% change on same period last year+6.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.48£27.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Technical Tester HampshireTechnical Tester
Hampshire

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.

Technical Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Tester across the Portsmouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Portsmouth Technical Tester Demand Trend

Technical Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Tester across the Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Technical Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Tester
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region that cited Technical Tester in their job title 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 with Technical Tester in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)AIX
12 (100.00 %)Shell Script
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server

Technical Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region that cited Technical Tester in their job title 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 with Technical Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)AIX
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Shell Script