Unit Testing Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Unit 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 Unit Testing over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 140 126 117
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -9
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 84 128 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.075% 1.260% 1.378%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.580% 1.949% 2.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 74 46
Average daily rate £375 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £233 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 5
Average hourly rate £47.50 £31.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.22% +6.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.75 £29.40 £27.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.80 £40.00 £34.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5315 6567 6781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.02% 64.65% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2757 3151 3072
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £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 212 329 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Unit Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Unit Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 +5 26 £330 -27.07%
Berkshire +8 18 £390 +39.28%
West Sussex +17 12 £425 +41.66%
Surrey -26 8 £328 +9.16%
Buckinghamshire +13 6 £425 +38.77%
Kent - 6 - -
East Sussex - 3 £375 -
Sussex 0 1 £500 +66.66%
Middlesex - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £400 -
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

1 69 (36.70%) .NET
2 67 (35.64%) JavaScript
3 65 (34.57%) C#
4 57 (30.32%) HTML
5 54 (28.72%) SQL Server
6 46 (24.47%) SQL
7 42 (22.34%) OO
8 40 (21.28%) CSS
9 39 (20.74%) Agile Software Development
10 38 (20.21%) jQuery
11 35 (18.62%) Windows
12 33 (17.55%) Oracle
12 33 (17.55%) Java
13 32 (17.02%) ASP.NET
13 32 (17.02%) Security Cleared
14 30 (15.96%) Scrum
14 30 (15.96%) MVC
15 29 (15.43%) Web Services
15 29 (15.43%) XML
16 26 (13.83%) WCF
17 25 (13.30%) UML
17 25 (13.30%) Ajax
18 24 (12.77%) TDD
18 24 (12.77%) NUnit
18 24 (12.77%) IBM
19 22 (11.70%) SQL Server 2005
19 22 (11.70%) Continuous Integration
20 21 (11.17%) SC Cleared
20 21 (11.17%) REST
21 20 (10.64%) Visual Studio

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 69 (36.70%) .NET
2 57 (30.32%) HTML
3 40 (21.28%) CSS
4 38 (20.21%) jQuery
5 32 (17.02%) ASP.NET
6 29 (15.43%) Web Services
6 29 (15.43%) XML
7 26 (13.83%) WCF
8 25 (13.30%) Ajax
9 21 (11.17%) REST
10 15 (7.979%) .NET Framework
11 14 (7.447%) Dojo
11 14 (7.447%) EJB
12 12 (6.383%) WebSphere
13 10 (5.319%) Highcharts JS
13 10 (5.319%) J2EE
14 9 (4.787%) SOAP
14 9 (4.787%) WSDL
14 9 (4.787%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 9 (4.787%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 15 (7.979%) FileNet
2 11 (5.851%) IIS
3 10 (5.319%) SharePoint
4 9 (4.787%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (4.255%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (3.723%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (3.191%) WebSphere Process Server
7 6 (3.191%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (2.660%) Oracle Service Bus
8 5 (2.660%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (2.128%) Windows Azure
9 4 (2.128%) Apache
9 4 (2.128%) ESB
9 4 (2.128%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 3 (1.596%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (1.064%) Magento
11 2 (1.064%) Drupal
11 2 (1.064%) WebLogic
11 2 (1.064%) CMS
12 1 (0.532%) TeamSite
Applications
1 17 (9.043%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.191%) MS Office
3 1 (0.532%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 8 (4.255%) CSG Singleview
2 7 (3.723%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.596%) Agresso
4 1 (0.532%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.532%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.723%) GSM
2 6 (3.191%) 3G
2 6 (3.191%) Wireless
3 5 (2.660%) Internet
4 3 (1.596%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.532%) DNS
5 1 (0.532%) Intranet
5 1 (0.532%) SMS
5 1 (0.532%) HTTP
5 1 (0.532%) RTCP
5 1 (0.532%) RTP
5 1 (0.532%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (28.72%) SQL Server
2 22 (11.70%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (9.043%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (6.915%) Oracle 11g
4 13 (6.915%) MySQL
5 11 (5.851%) MS Access
6 9 (4.787%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (4.255%) Oracle 8/8i
8 6 (3.191%) Ingres
9 4 (2.128%) GIS
10 3 (1.596%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (1.596%) SQL Server 2000
10 3 (1.596%) SQLPlus
10 3 (1.596%) TOAD
11 2 (1.064%) RDBMS
11 2 (1.064%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.064%) PowerCenter
11 2 (1.064%) SQLite
12 1 (0.532%) Oracle BI EE
12 1 (0.532%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 24 (12.77%) NUnit
2 20 (10.64%) Visual Studio
3 17 (9.043%) Subversion
4 13 (6.915%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 13 (6.915%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (5.851%) Eclipse
6 10 (5.319%) Ant
6 10 (5.319%) JSUnit
7 9 (4.787%) Moq
8 8 (4.255%) Git (software)
9 7 (3.723%) Mercurial
9 7 (3.723%) FogBugz
10 6 (3.191%) Jenkins
10 6 (3.191%) PHPUnit
10 6 (3.191%) StarTeam
11 5 (2.660%) JDeveloper
12 4 (2.128%) JUnit
12 4 (2.128%) Hudson
12 4 (2.128%) Rational Application Developer
13 3 (1.596%) FindBugs
General
1 17 (9.043%) Telecoms
2 10 (5.319%) Finance
3 9 (4.787%) Billing
4 8 (4.255%) Retail
5 2 (1.064%) Publishing
5 2 (1.064%) Military
5 2 (1.064%) Banking
5 2 (1.064%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.532%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.532%) Automotive
6 1 (0.532%) German Language
6 1 (0.532%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 126 (67.02%) Developer
2 31 (16.49%) .NET Developer
3 24 (12.77%) C# Developer
4 14 (7.447%) C# .NET Developer
5 12 (6.383%) Analyst
5 12 (6.383%) Oracle Developer
6 11 (5.851%) Java Developer
7 9 (4.787%) Architect
8 8 (4.255%) Web Developer
8 8 (4.255%) PHP Developer
9 7 (3.723%) Programmer
9 7 (3.723%) Lead Developer
9 7 (3.723%) Agile .NET Developer
9 7 (3.723%) Silverlight Developer
10 6 (3.191%) C++ Developer
10 6 (3.191%) Consultant
10 6 (3.191%) Test Manager
10 6 (3.191%) WebSphere Developer
10 6 (3.191%) C# Web Developer
11 5 (2.660%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.511%) N-Tier
2 12 (6.383%) Client/Server
3 5 (2.660%) Web 2.0
4 4 (2.128%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (2.128%) Open Source
5 2 (1.064%) Wiki
5 2 (1.064%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.064%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.064%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.532%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.532%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.532%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.532%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (0.532%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 35 (18.62%) Windows
2 18 (9.574%) Linux
3 11 (5.851%) UNIX
4 6 (3.191%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (2.128%) Debian
6 3 (1.596%) Android
6 3 (1.596%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.064%) AIX
8 1 (0.532%) Windows CE
8 1 (0.532%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.532%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.532%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.34%) OO
2 39 (20.74%) Agile Software Development
3 30 (15.96%) MVC
3 30 (15.96%) Scrum
4 25 (13.30%) UML
5 24 (12.77%) TDD
6 22 (11.70%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (9.574%) CRM
8 17 (9.043%) OOD
9 15 (7.979%) Web Development
9 15 (7.979%) Use Case
10 14 (7.447%) SOA
11 13 (6.915%) Migration
12 12 (6.383%) System Testing
12 12 (6.383%) BDD
13 11 (5.851%) Test Scripting
13 11 (5.851%) Workflow
14 9 (4.787%) Configuration Management
14 9 (4.787%) Integration Testing
14 9 (4.787%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 67 (35.64%) JavaScript
2 65 (34.57%) C#
3 46 (24.47%) SQL
4 33 (17.55%) Java
5 17 (9.043%) VB
5 17 (9.043%) VB.NET
6 13 (6.915%) PHP
7 12 (6.383%) Perl
7 12 (6.383%) T-SQL
8 8 (4.255%) PL/SQL
9 7 (3.723%) C++
9 7 (3.723%) XQuery
9 7 (3.723%) VBA
9 7 (3.723%) XPath
10 4 (2.128%) Bash shell
10 4 (2.128%) Python
11 3 (1.596%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.596%) C
12 2 (1.064%) Ada
13 1 (0.532%) VB6
Qualifications
1 32 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 21 (11.17%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.319%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.128%) Degree
5 3 (1.596%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.064%) OCP
6 2 (1.064%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.064%) MCSE
6 2 (1.064%) ISEB
7 1 (0.532%) MCP
7 1 (0.532%) MCAD
7 1 (0.532%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.787%) QA
2 3 (1.596%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.596%) TickIT
3 1 (0.532%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (0.532%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.532%) VMware ESX
1 1 (0.532%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.532%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.532%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (3.191%) Tivoli
2 4 (2.128%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (0.532%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (0.532%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 33 (17.55%) Oracle
2 24 (12.77%) IBM
3 17 (9.043%) Microsoft
4 10 (5.319%) Telerik
4 10 (5.319%) Aquila
5 6 (3.191%) VMware
6 5 (2.660%) hybris
7 4 (2.128%) HP
8 3 (1.596%) Cognizant
8 3 (1.596%) CA
8 3 (1.596%) Zend
8 3 (1.596%) Cramer
9 2 (1.064%) Facebook
9 2 (1.064%) Informatica
9 2 (1.064%) Compaq
9 2 (1.064%) SAP
9 2 (1.064%) Cisco
10 1 (0.532%) Serena
10 1 (0.532%) Omniture
10 1 (0.532%) Fujitsu
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