South East Tester Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Andover Atherstone Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Clapham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hove Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallington Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	64
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	304	408
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.401 %	0.406 %
As % of the category below	2.571 %	2.502 %
Daily rates quoted	115	130
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£300
Average daily rate	£339	£317
% change on same period last year	+6.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£318	£298
% change on same period last year	+6.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.86	£21.72
Average hourly rate	£27.60	£23.08
% change on same period last year	+19.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.33	£24.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.49	£28.34
% change on same period last year	+7.55 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	11826	16304
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.61 %	16.24 %
Daily rates quoted	3030	4107
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£338
Average daily rate	£357	£356
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	1429	2032
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.19	£25.82
Average hourly rate	£23.68	£27.21
% change on same period last year	-12.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.18	£28.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
Tester England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tester across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+13	97	£345	+16.95 %
Surrey	+44	78	£343	+6.13 %
Hampshire	+9	62	£322	-11.11 %
Buckinghamshire	-22	17	£399	+26.13 %
Middlesex	+4	14	£345	+25.07 %
Oxfordshire	+5	13	-	-
West Sussex	+6	7	£266	-19.56 %
Thames Valley	-12	6	£445	-
Kent	+10	4	£344	+129.16 %
East Sussex	-8	2	£320	+43.92 %
M4 Corridor	+5	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1 142 (25.13 %) Security Cleared 2 126 (22.30 %) Windows 3 106 (18.76 %) SQL 4 102 (18.05 %) Finance 5 101 (17.88 %) Test Scripting 6 100 (17.70 %) TestDirector 7 82 (14.51 %) ISEB 7 82 (14.51 %) Java 8 79 (13.98 %) Oracle 9 76 (13.45 %) UNIX 10 65 (11.50 %) SC Cleared 11 61 (10.80 %) Government 12 58 (10.27 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 53 (9.381 %) Linux 14 49 (8.673 %) Software Testing

15 46 (8.142 %) J2EE 16 45 (7.965 %) Windows Server 2003 17 43 (7.611 %) QA 18 39 (6.903 %) C 18 39 (6.903 %) C++ 19 38 (6.726 %) QuickTest Pro 20 37 (6.549 %) AIX 21 36 (6.372 %) DV Cleared 22 35 (6.195 %) Windows XP 23 32 (5.664 %) Microsoft 23 32 (5.664 %) LoadRunner 24 31 (5.487 %) .NET 25 29 (5.133 %) RUP 25 29 (5.133 %) Solaris 25 29 (5.133 %) Regression Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 46 (8.142 %) J2EE 2 31 (5.487 %) .NET 3 24 (4.248 %) WebSphere 4 18 (3.186 %) HTML 5 15 (2.655 %) XML 6 10 (1.770 %) WebServices 7 9 (1.593 %) ASP.NET 8 7 (1.239 %) Swing 9 3 (0.531 %) Middleware 9 3 (0.531 %) JMS 9 3 (0.531 %) ASP 9 3 (0.531 %) XHTML 9 3 (0.531 %) CSS 9 3 (0.531 %) WCF 9 3 (0.531 %) AJAX 10 2 (0.354 %) .NET Framework 10 2 (0.354 %) WPF 11 1 (0.177 %) SAP XI 11 1 (0.177 %) WSDL 11 1 (0.177 %) WAP	Application Platforms 1 11 (1.947 %) WebLogic 1 11 (1.947 %) IIS 2 10 (1.770 %) SharePoint 3 9 (1.593 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 4 (0.708 %) Tomcat 5 3 (0.531 %) MS Exchange 5 3 (0.531 %) Lotus Notes 5 3 (0.531 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 1 (0.177 %) Oracle Workflow 6 1 (0.177 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.177 %) Apache 6 1 (0.177 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 1 (0.177 %) ESB 6 1 (0.177 %) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications 1 25 (4.425 %) MS Office 2 21 (3.717 %) MS Excel 3 5 (0.885 %) MS Project 4 4 (0.708 %) Quicktime 5 3 (0.531 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.354 %) MS PowerPoint 6 2 (0.354 %) InfoPath 6 2 (0.354 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 8 (1.416 %) Oracle EBS 2 5 (0.885 %) SAP HR 3 4 (0.708 %) SAP FI 3 4 (0.708 %) BASE24 4 3 (0.531 %) SAP FI/CO 4 3 (0.531 %) SAP CO 4 3 (0.531 %) Microsoft CRM 4 3 (0.531 %) Sophis VALUE 4 3 (0.531 %) SAP Oil and Gas 5 2 (0.354 %) AWD 5 2 (0.354 %) SAP CRM 6 1 (0.177 %) Oracle Applications 6 1 (0.177 %) SAP R/3 6 1 (0.177 %) Line 500 6 1 (0.177 %) SAP FI-AR
Communications & Networking 1 24 (4.248 %) TCP/IP 2 11 (1.947 %) Internet 3 7 (1.239 %) Broadband 4 5 (0.885 %) 3G 4 5 (0.885 %) SAN 5 4 (0.708 %) ATM 6 3 (0.531 %) Wireless 6 3 (0.531 %) WAN 7 2 (0.354 %) iSCSI 7 2 (0.354 %) VPN 7 2 (0.354 %) GSM 7 2 (0.354 %) LAN 8 1 (0.177 %) Intranet 8 1 (0.177 %) DVB 8 1 (0.177 %) RSVP 8 1 (0.177 %) DSL 8 1 (0.177 %) DNS 8 1 (0.177 %) HTTPS 8 1 (0.177 %) SMS 8 1 (0.177 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (3.009 %) DB2 2 16 (2.832 %) SQL Server 3 13 (2.301 %) Oracle Reports 4 6 (1.062 %) Oracle 10g 5 5 (0.885 %) BusinessObjects 5 5 (0.885 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (0.708 %) BusinessObjects XI 6 4 (0.708 %) TOAD 6 4 (0.708 %) GIS 7 2 (0.354 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 2 (0.354 %) MySQL 7 2 (0.354 %) SAP BW 8 1 (0.177 %) SAP BI 8 1 (0.177 %) ETL 8 1 (0.177 %) Oracle 9i 8 1 (0.177 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 100 (17.70 %) TestDirector 2 38 (6.726 %) QuickTest Pro 3 32 (5.664 %) LoadRunner 4 27 (4.779 %) StarTeam 5 20 (3.540 %) Ant 6 19 (3.363 %) Eclipse 7 17 (3.009 %) ClearQuest 8 16 (2.832 %) ClearCase 9 14 (2.478 %) JMeter 10 13 (2.301 %) WinRunner 11 11 (1.947 %) TestPartner 12 10 (1.770 %) JUnit 13 9 (1.593 %) Subversion 14 7 (1.239 %) Visual Studio 14 7 (1.239 %) CruiseControl 15 5 (0.885 %) Bugzilla 15 5 (0.885 %) Selenium 16 3 (0.531 %) Rational Robot 16 3 (0.531 %) Oracle Forms 16 3 (0.531 %) QARun	General 1 102 (18.05 %) Finance 2 61 (10.80 %) Government 3 24 (4.248 %) Telecoms 4 18 (3.186 %) Banking 4 18 (3.186 %) Insurance 5 10 (1.770 %) Games 6 9 (1.593 %) Retail 7 7 (1.239 %) Pensions 8 6 (1.062 %) Billing 9 5 (0.885 %) Electronics 9 5 (0.885 %) Video Editing 9 5 (0.885 %) Multimedia 10 4 (0.708 %) Retail Banking 10 4 (0.708 %) Military 11 3 (0.531 %) Manufacturing 11 3 (0.531 %) Education 11 3 (0.531 %) Local Government 12 2 (0.354 %) General Ledger 12 2 (0.354 %) Financial Institution 12 2 (0.354 %) Health
Miscellaneous 1 17 (3.009 %) Mainframe 2 16 (2.832 %) Handset 3 8 (1.416 %) Client/Server 4 7 (1.239 %) Computer Science 5 6 (1.062 %) PDA 5 6 (1.062 %) Derivative 5 6 (1.062 %) Replication 6 4 (0.708 %) MPEG 6 4 (0.708 %) Fixed Income 6 4 (0.708 %) Management Information System 6 4 (0.708 %) AS400 7 3 (0.531 %) NHS 8 2 (0.354 %) CESG 8 2 (0.354 %) STB 8 2 (0.354 %) Mathematics 8 2 (0.354 %) NPfIT 8 2 (0.354 %) DTV 8 2 (0.354 %) EFT 8 2 (0.354 %) HACMP 9 1 (0.177 %) Foreign Exchange (FX)	Operating Systems 1 126 (22.30 %) Windows 2 76 (13.45 %) UNIX 3 53 (9.381 %) Linux 4 45 (7.965 %) Windows Server 2003 5 37 (6.549 %) AIX 6 35 (6.195 %) Windows XP 7 29 (5.133 %) Solaris 8 11 (1.947 %) MVS 9 8 (1.416 %) Mac OS X 10 6 (1.062 %) Windows Mobile 10 6 (1.062 %) VxWorks 11 5 (0.885 %) Windows Vista 12 3 (0.531 %) HPUX 12 3 (0.531 %) Windows 2000 13 2 (0.354 %) Red Hat Linux 13 2 (0.354 %) Windows 2000 Server 14 1 (0.177 %) Windows NT 14 1 (0.177 %) VME
Processes & Methodologies 1 142 (25.13 %) Security Cleared 2 101 (17.88 %) Test Scripting 3 65 (11.50 %) SC Cleared 4 58 (10.27 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 49 (8.673 %) Software Testing 6 36 (6.372 %) DV Cleared 7 29 (5.133 %) RUP 7 29 (5.133 %) Regression Testing 8 26 (4.602 %) UML 9 25 (4.425 %) V-Model 10 24 (4.248 %) Unit Testing 11 22 (3.894 %) Manual Testing 11 22 (3.894 %) System Testing 12 21 (3.717 %) Configuration Management 13 20 (3.540 %) Performance Testing 14 18 (3.186 %) Automated Testing 15 17 (3.009 %) Integration Testing 16 13 (2.301 %) CMMI 17 11 (1.947 %) OO 18 10 (1.770 %) E-Commerce	Programming Languages 1 106 (18.76 %) SQL 2 82 (14.51 %) Java 3 39 (6.903 %) C 3 39 (6.903 %) C++ 4 26 (4.602 %) C# 5 21 (3.717 %) Perl 6 13 (2.301 %) Shell Script 6 13 (2.301 %) PL/SQL 7 12 (2.124 %) Python 8 11 (1.947 %) VB 9 10 (1.770 %) Ada 10 9 (1.593 %) REXX 10 9 (1.593 %) JCL 11 7 (1.239 %) JavaScript 12 5 (0.885 %) VBScript 13 4 (0.708 %) VB.NET 14 3 (0.531 %) VBA 14 3 (0.531 %) Ruby 15 2 (0.354 %) Korn 15 2 (0.354 %) COBOL
Qualifications 1 82 (14.51 %) ISEB 2 17 (3.009 %) Degree 3 3 (0.531 %) CISA 4 2 (0.354 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 2 (0.354 %) HND 4 2 (0.354 %) CCAB 4 2 (0.354 %) QiCA 5 1 (0.177 %) CISSP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 43 (7.611 %) QA 2 7 (1.239 %) ISO8583 2 7 (1.239 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 4 (0.708 %) COBIT 4 3 (0.531 %) Basel II 5 1 (0.177 %) GMP 5 1 (0.177 %) ISO9000 5 1 (0.177 %) GxP
System Software 1 11 (1.947 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.354 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.177 %) AquaLogic	Systems Management 1 22 (3.894 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 9 (1.593 %) CONTROL-M 3 4 (0.708 %) Tivoli 4 3 (0.531 %) CA SiteMinder 5 1 (0.177 %) MOM 5 1 (0.177 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 1 (0.177 %) SCCM
Vendors 1 79 (13.98 %) Oracle 2 32 (5.664 %) Microsoft 3 24 (4.248 %) SAP 3 24 (4.248 %) Borland 3 24 (4.248 %) HP 4 11 (1.947 %) Compuware 5 7 (1.239 %) IBM 6 6 (1.062 %) BEA 7 5 (0.885 %) Sophis 7 5 (0.885 %) NetApp 7 5 (0.885 %) Business Objects 8 3 (0.531 %) VMware 8 3 (0.531 %) Epiphany 8 3 (0.531 %) Informatica 8 3 (0.531 %) Citrix 8 3 (0.531 %) Lotus 9 2 (0.354 %) Sun 9 2 (0.354 %) MicroStrategy 9 2 (0.354 %) Cisco 9 2 (0.354 %) Red Hat