The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Regression Testing 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Somerset 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
Regression Testing
Rank - 25 35
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 0 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - 3.371% 0.490%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 5.042% 0.847%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £420 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +22.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
113 119 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 59.16% 66.85% 57.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 62 53
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £230 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £433 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 13
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Regression Testing
South West

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Publishing
1 5 (100.00%) Data Management
1 5 (100.00%) MCTS
1 5 (100.00%) Animation
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience Design
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Data Management
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCTS