Software Testing 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 Software Testing skills 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 Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 146 172 203
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +31
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 75 74 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.947% 0.728% 0.487%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.397% 1.124% 0.752%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 36 19
Average daily rate £340 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £250 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.83% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 4
Average hourly rate £30.00 £33.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.77% +2.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -42.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5367 6583 6648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.75% 64.80% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2775 3152 3028
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 357
Average hourly rate £27.00 £25.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.93% -27.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Software Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +15 22 £400 +36.75%
Surrey +13 17 £306 +5.60%
Hampshire -13 13 £350 -9.67%
Buckinghamshire +5 9 £255 -0.48%
Middlesex - 6 £356 -
West Sussex +10 4 £325 +8.33%
East Sussex +8 2 £225 -43.75%
Kent -2 2 £275 -15.38%
Oxfordshire +1 1 £475 -
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 48 (38.10%) ISEB
2 39 (30.95%) SQL
3 34 (26.98%) ISTQB
4 32 (25.40%) XML
5 31 (24.60%) Java
6 30 (23.81%) Automated Testing
7 26 (20.63%) QA
7 26 (20.63%) User Acceptance Testing
8 23 (18.25%) JavaScript
8 23 (18.25%) HTML
8 23 (18.25%) Oracle
9 22 (17.46%) UNIX
9 22 (17.46%) Test Scripting
10 21 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
11 19 (15.08%) JSP
12 18 (14.29%) C#
12 18 (14.29%) Windows
12 18 (14.29%) WebSphere
13 17 (13.49%) Ajax
13 17 (13.49%) Scrum
13 17 (13.49%) CSS
13 17 (13.49%) Finance
13 17 (13.49%) HP Quality Center
14 16 (12.70%) .NET
14 16 (12.70%) Linux
14 16 (12.70%) ETL
14 16 (12.70%) Degree
15 15 (11.90%) E-Commerce
15 15 (11.90%) SQL Server
15 15 (11.90%) JUnit

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (25.40%) XML
2 23 (18.25%) HTML
3 19 (15.08%) JSP
4 18 (14.29%) WebSphere
5 17 (13.49%) Ajax
5 17 (13.49%) CSS
6 16 (12.70%) .NET
7 14 (11.11%) EJB
7 14 (11.11%) SOAP
7 14 (11.11%) J2EE
7 14 (11.11%) JMS
7 14 (11.11%) JSTL
8 11 (8.730%) soapUI
8 11 (8.730%) Web Services
8 11 (8.730%) ASP.NET
9 9 (7.143%) OpenGL
10 8 (6.349%) WPF
11 6 (4.762%) REST
12 3 (2.381%) JSON
12 3 (2.381%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.175%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (1.587%) Commerce Server
2 2 (1.587%) IIS
2 2 (1.587%) Documentum
3 1 (0.794%) Windows Azure
3 1 (0.794%) ESB
3 1 (0.794%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.794%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.794%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.175%) Final Cut Pro
2 3 (2.381%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.381%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.794%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.587%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.794%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.175%) Internet
1 4 (3.175%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.381%) DNS
3 2 (1.587%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.587%) HTTP
3 2 (1.587%) 4G
4 1 (0.794%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.794%) CDMA
4 1 (0.794%) GSM
4 1 (0.794%) SMS
4 1 (0.794%) SSL
4 1 (0.794%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.524%) DB2
3 6 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.968%) MySQL
5 4 (3.175%) DbVisualizer
6 3 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (2.381%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.587%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.794%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.794%) BODI
8 1 (0.794%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.794%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.794%) TOAD
8 1 (0.794%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.794%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 15 (11.90%) JUnit
2 14 (11.11%) Selenium
3 13 (10.32%) QuickTest Pro
4 9 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (6.349%) Visual Studio
6 6 (4.762%) LoadRunner
6 6 (4.762%) JIRA
7 5 (3.968%) WatiN
7 5 (3.968%) MSTest
7 5 (3.968%) WATIR
7 5 (3.968%) NUnit
7 5 (3.968%) Subversion
8 3 (2.381%) TestComplete
9 2 (1.587%) JMeter
9 2 (1.587%) WinRunner
9 2 (1.587%) FitNesse
9 2 (1.587%) Firebug
9 2 (1.587%) Fiddler
9 2 (1.587%) WebDriver
9 2 (1.587%) Cucumber
General
1 17 (13.49%) Finance
2 10 (7.937%) Retail
3 8 (6.349%) Electronics
4 5 (3.968%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.175%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.175%) Games
6 3 (2.381%) Marketing
7 2 (1.587%) Law
8 1 (0.794%) Music
8 1 (0.794%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.794%) Banking
8 1 (0.794%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.794%) Legal
8 1 (0.794%) Publishing
8 1 (0.794%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 34 (26.98%) Analyst
2 32 (25.40%) Test Analyst
3 19 (15.08%) Developer
3 19 (15.08%) Tester
4 14 (11.11%) Test Manager
5 13 (10.32%) QA Engineer
6 12 (9.524%) Test Leader
7 11 (8.730%) Test Engineer
8 8 (6.349%) Software Engineer
9 7 (5.556%) Test Coordinator
9 7 (5.556%) Systems Developer
9 7 (5.556%) Coordinator
10 6 (4.762%) Software Tester
11 5 (3.968%) Senior Tester
11 5 (3.968%) WebSphere Developer
12 4 (3.175%) Consultant
13 3 (2.381%) Development Engineer
13 3 (2.381%) Agile Test Analyst
13 3 (2.381%) SAP Analyst
13 3 (2.381%) SAP Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.524%) Computer Science
2 9 (7.143%) Mathematics
2 9 (7.143%) 3D Graphics
3 7 (5.556%) Open Source
4 4 (3.175%) Handset
4 4 (3.175%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (2.381%) DTV
5 3 (2.381%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.587%) Replication
6 2 (1.587%) Online Games
6 2 (1.587%) Animation
6 2 (1.587%) Social Media
7 1 (0.794%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.794%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.794%) SaaS
7 1 (0.794%) Life Science
7 1 (0.794%) Statistics
7 1 (0.794%) PKI
7 1 (0.794%) STB
7 1 (0.794%) MediaHighway
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.46%) UNIX
2 18 (14.29%) Windows
3 16 (12.70%) Linux
4 6 (4.762%) Android
4 6 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (3.968%) Windows XP
5 5 (3.968%) Windows 2000
5 5 (3.968%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.381%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.81%) Automated Testing
2 26 (20.63%) User Acceptance Testing
3 22 (17.46%) Test Scripting
4 21 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (13.49%) Scrum
6 16 (12.70%) ETL
7 15 (11.90%) E-Commerce
8 13 (10.32%) Performance Testing
8 13 (10.32%) RAD
9 12 (9.524%) Test Strategy
10 11 (8.730%) Automation Testing
11 10 (7.937%) System Testing
11 10 (7.937%) BDD
12 9 (7.143%) Embedded Software Development
12 9 (7.143%) Integration Testing
12 9 (7.143%) Web Testing
12 9 (7.143%) Test Management
13 8 (6.349%) Regression Testing
13 8 (6.349%) Test Automation
14 6 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (30.95%) SQL
2 31 (24.60%) Java
3 23 (18.25%) JavaScript
4 18 (14.29%) C#
5 12 (9.524%) C++
6 9 (7.143%) C
7 5 (3.968%) GLSL
7 5 (3.968%) Perl
8 4 (3.175%) Groovy
9 3 (2.381%) Python
9 3 (2.381%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.587%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.587%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.794%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.794%) PHP
11 1 (0.794%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.794%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 48 (38.10%) ISEB
2 34 (26.98%) ISTQB
3 16 (12.70%) Degree
4 10 (7.937%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.556%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.175%) ISEB Practitioner
7 3 (2.381%) CCA
8 2 (1.587%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.794%) GIAC
9 1 (0.794%) CCNA
9 1 (0.794%) HNC
9 1 (0.794%) HND
9 1 (0.794%) CISSP
9 1 (0.794%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.794%) SSCP
9 1 (0.794%) CISA
9 1 (0.794%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (20.63%) QA
2 3 (2.381%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.794%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.794%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.587%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.794%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.794%) Nmap
2 1 (0.794%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (13.49%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.587%) SCOM
3 1 (0.794%) Nessus
Vendors
1 23 (18.25%) Oracle
2 11 (8.730%) HP
3 6 (4.762%) IBM
4 5 (3.968%) Ab Initio
4 5 (3.968%) Teradata
4 5 (3.968%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.968%) Adobe
5 4 (3.175%) Sony
5 4 (3.175%) Software AG
5 4 (3.175%) SAP
6 2 (1.587%) VMware
7 1 (0.794%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.794%) RedPrairie
7 1 (0.794%) Capita
7 1 (0.794%) OpenTV
7 1 (0.794%) Compuware
7 1 (0.794%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.794%) JDA
7 1 (0.794%) Siemens
7 1 (0.794%) ESRI
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