The first table below looks at the demand for Functional Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Coast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional 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 South Coast 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
Functional Testing
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South Coast 16.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £313
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -7.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South Coast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
26 40 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South Coast 72.22% 76.92% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 27 7
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Coast Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Testing
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast region citing Functional 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 Functional Testing.

1 7 (100.00%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) QA
3 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) XML

Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) XML
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Use Case
1 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) ISEB
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) QA
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