The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Regression Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 72 80 76
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.117% 0.090% 0.291%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.174% 0.144% 0.441%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £288 £105 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+173.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £21.60 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+67.82% -26.77%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
574 693 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 67.06% 62.71% 66.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 267 304
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 16
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Regression Testing
Berkshire

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) TOAD
2 1 (50.00%) Informatica
2 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) QADirector

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (50.00%) QADirector
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) QA Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) QA Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Informatica