The first table below looks at the demand for TestDirector skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 18 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 Development Applications category for the Scotland 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank 106 100 79
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -21
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 17 10 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.674% 0.376% 1.155%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.113% 5.208% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 22
Average daily rate £359 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.38% -18.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £32.50
All Development Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
239 192 271
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 9.473% 7.210% 9.489%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 83 160
Average daily rate £350 £341 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.71% -12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £259 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £427 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.75 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -32.03%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
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TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Scotland TestDirector Jobs Demand Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland TestDirector Daily Rate Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TestDirector across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Scotland TestDirector Daily Rate Histogram

TestDirector
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Renfrewshire - 10 £360 -
Glasgow -14 5 £330 +21.54%
Edinburgh -6 2 £365 -14.11%
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TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1 23 (88.46%) HP Quality Center
2 16 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 16 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (53.85%) Windows XP
3 14 (53.85%) Test Scripting
4 13 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (34.62%) SQL
6 8 (30.77%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (26.92%) PDA
8 6 (23.08%) Borland
8 6 (23.08%) StarTeam
8 6 (23.08%) Finance
8 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
9 5 (19.23%) McAfee ePO
9 5 (19.23%) Veritas
9 5 (19.23%) Citrix
9 5 (19.23%) WinRunner
9 5 (19.23%) QuickTest Pro
9 5 (19.23%) AIX
9 5 (19.23%) VMware
9 5 (19.23%) VMware ESX
9 5 (19.23%) Clustering
9 5 (19.23%) McAfee
9 5 (19.23%) Netcool
10 4 (15.38%) Oracle
10 4 (15.38%) HP
11 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
11 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (7.692%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) StarTeam
2 5 (19.23%) WinRunner
2 5 (19.23%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.846%) LoadRunner
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.846%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.846%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Tester
2 7 (26.92%) Test Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Software Tester
4 1 (3.846%) Systems Tester
4 1 (3.846%) Test Manager
4 1 (3.846%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Tester
4 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Business Test Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Test Leader
4 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse Test Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Lead Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) PDA
2 5 (19.23%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Windows
1 16 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
2 14 (53.85%) Windows XP
3 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (19.23%) AIX
5 2 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Test Scripting
2 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
3 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Test Strategy
4 2 (7.692%) Fund Accounting
4 2 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.692%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Fund Management
5 1 (3.846%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.846%) Project Governance
5 1 (3.846%) Regression Testing
5 1 (3.846%) Integration Testing
5 1 (3.846%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) Java
3 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 13 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 23 (88.46%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (30.77%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 5 (19.23%) Netcool
3 5 (19.23%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Borland
2 5 (19.23%) McAfee
2 5 (19.23%) VMware
2 5 (19.23%) Citrix
2 5 (19.23%) Veritas
3 4 (15.38%) Oracle
3 4 (15.38%) HP
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