The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management 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 Test Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 35 - 47
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Test Management 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.557% - 0.471%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.803% - 0.709%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £388 - £258
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -0.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
249 262 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 69.36% 65.83% 66.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 151 144
Average daily rate £364 £375 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.00% +14.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £260 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.35 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.35% -68.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Management
Wales

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Test Management Jobs Demand Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Management across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales Test Management Daily Rate Histogram

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Management across the South Wales region.

South Wales Test Management Hourly Rate Trend

Test Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Test Management
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Test Management 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 Test Management.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) PVCS
1 1 (50.00%) TOAD
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) TestDirector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Test Management 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 Test Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) PVCS
1 1 (50.00%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) QA Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
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