The first table below looks at the demand for Web 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 Web Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Testing
Rank 72 80 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Web Testing 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.114% 0.087% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.170% 0.133% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £288 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £305 £225
% change year-on-year
+8.51% +35.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
589 754 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.93% 65.51% 67.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 288 313
Average daily rate £413 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 15
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.89% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £24.80 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Web Testing
Berkshire

Web Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Web Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Web Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Web Testing Daily Rate Trend

Web Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Web 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 Web Testing.

1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (50.00%) SOAP
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (50.00%) Handset
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (50.00%) Ajax
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) jQuery
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) System Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Groovy
1 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (50.00%) soapUI
1 2 (50.00%) REST

Web Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Web 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 Web Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) SOAP
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) Ajax
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (50.00%) jQuery
1 2 (50.00%) soapUI
1 2 (50.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (50.00%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) System Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (50.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (50.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft