Test Strategy Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 60 78 77
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -1
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 10 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.205% 0.282% 0.284%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.786% 0.446% 0.425%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £325 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% -
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 560 672 706
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 67.47% 63.16% 66.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 261 313
Average daily rate £388 £369 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.01% +5.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £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 22 17
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 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £24.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Strategy
Berkshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading Test Strategy Daily Rate Histogram

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 Reading region.

Reading Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 6 (37.50%) C#
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Games
3 4 (25.00%) Load Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
4 3 (18.75%) Degree
4 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Digital Media
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Azure
5 2 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) V-Model
5 2 (12.50%) Open Source
5 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) Process Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) HTML5
5 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 2 (12.50%) Game Development
5 2 (12.50%) Kinect
5 2 (12.50%) REST

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (12.50%) HTML
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
1 2 (12.50%) J2EE
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
1 2 (12.50%) Web Services
1 2 (12.50%) WCF
1 2 (12.50%) HTML5
1 2 (12.50%) REST
1 2 (12.50%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) IIS
1 2 (12.50%) CMS
1 2 (12.50%) Joomla!
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Azure
2 1 (6.250%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
3 1 (6.250%) MS Project
3 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) ATM
1 1 (6.250%) VoIP
1 1 (6.250%) ISUP
1 1 (6.250%) INAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) Data Mining
3 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
1 4 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Development Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Test Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Support
4 1 (6.250%) Web Designer
4 1 (6.250%) PHP Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.250%) CMS Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
2 3 (18.75%) Digital Media
3 2 (12.50%) Open Source
3 2 (12.50%) Kinect
3 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
4 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.250%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
2 4 (25.00%) Load Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Code Coverage
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security
4 2 (12.50%) Data Management
4 2 (12.50%) Automated Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Release Management
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Process Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Game Development
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) V-Model
5 1 (6.250%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) C#
2 2 (12.50%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) C
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (6.250%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) CISA
2 2 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (6.250%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.250%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Siebel
2 1 (6.250%) IBM
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