The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 38 38 44
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.327% 0.517% 0.496%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.490% 0.775% 0.826%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £238 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.83% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -36.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
204 258 242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 66.67% 66.67% 60.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 142 122
Average daily rate £375 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Software Testing
Wales

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales 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
Cardiff +7 1 £238 -
Software Testing
Wales

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) RUP
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) MS Project
2 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Perforce
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) CruiseControl
4 1 (20.00%) Subversion
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Ruby
4 1 (20.00%) JSON
4 1 (20.00%) WATIR

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Project
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) Hudson
2 1 (20.00%) Capybara
2 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) CruiseControl
2 1 (20.00%) Subversion
2 1 (20.00%) WATIR
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) Firebug
2 1 (20.00%) TeamCity
2 1 (20.00%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) UAT Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Testing Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) RUP
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) BDD
3 1 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Ruby
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Perforce