The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
- +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.13 £14.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+83.89% -26.25%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
171 161 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.94% 96.99% 96.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 85 94
Average daily rate £280 £350 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £230 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £421 £432 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.69 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.29% +51.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £9.85 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £27.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Tester
South West

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Somerset Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Software Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Software Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 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
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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
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Software Tester
South West

Software Tester
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Software Tester in their job title 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 with Software Tester in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Release Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) LAMP
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Military
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (75.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Software Tester in their job title 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 with Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) LAMP
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Release Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
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