Software Tester Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 24 May 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 South East 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 214 218 243
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 10 21 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.128% 0.207% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.139% 0.224% 0.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 3
Average daily rate £313 £313 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £385 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
-5.83% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £19.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+28.20% -2.50%
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South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Tester
England

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Tester across the South East region.

South East Software Tester Daily Rate Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Tester across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Software Tester Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Hampshire -6 5 £400 +33.33%
Buckinghamshire +9 3 £305 -
Berkshire +14 2 £245 -
Software Tester
England

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) C#
3 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 6 (35.29%) ISEB
3 6 (35.29%) Software Testing
4 4 (23.53%) C++
4 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
4 4 (23.53%) C
4 4 (23.53%) Automated Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Manual Testing
5 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (17.65%) Windows
5 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio
5 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
6 2 (11.76%) ERP
6 2 (11.76%) XML
6 2 (11.76%) VB
6 2 (11.76%) .NET
6 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
6 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
6 2 (11.76%) QA
6 2 (11.76%) Validation
6 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
6 2 (11.76%) Degree

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 2 (11.76%) XML
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.882%) WPF
2 1 (5.882%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.882%) QADirector
2 1 (5.882%) Selenium
2 1 (5.882%) JUnit
2 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.882%) Billing
3 1 (5.882%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.882%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Software Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Automated Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Manual Testing
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Validation
4 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Change Control
5 1 (5.882%) Automation Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.882%) Scrum
5 1 (5.882%) TDD
5 1 (5.882%) Test Management
5 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) C#
3 4 (23.53%) C++
3 4 (23.53%) C
4 2 (11.76%) VB
5 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
5 1 (5.882%) Java
5 1 (5.882%) Embedded C
5 1 (5.882%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) ISEB
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle
2 1 (5.882%) ESRI
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