Regression Testing Contracts in South Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Regression Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South Wales 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
Regression Testing
Rank 38 42 42
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 3 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.915% 0.248% 1.202%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.322% 0.370% 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £240 - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+22.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 227 270 255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 69.21% 66.83% 61.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 149 132
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.83 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.87% -60.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Regression Testing
Wales

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the South Wales 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
Newport - 2 £240 -
Regression Testing
Wales

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 8 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Linux
4 2 (16.67%) RUP
4 2 (16.67%) .NET
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) MS Project
4 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) UNIX
4 2 (16.67%) Java
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) ISEB
4 2 (16.67%) NHS
4 2 (16.67%) Rational Functional Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (8.333%) C
5 1 (8.333%) MS Excel

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Project
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (16.67%) Rational Functional Tester
1 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Analyst
1 10 (83.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Functional Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Functional Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Test Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Functional Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 1 (8.333%) Test Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Quality Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Manual Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 4 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) RUP
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 1 (8.333%) System Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
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