Test Strategy Contracts in South Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Strategy over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 37 41 43
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +2
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 4 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.201% 0.249% 0.957%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.754% 0.377% 1.563%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £238 - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +32.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 228 265 256
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 68.47% 66.08% 61.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 146 133
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £260 £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 £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Test Strategy
Wales

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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 4 £238 -
Test Strategy
Wales

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Test Strategy 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 Strategy.

1 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 3 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
2 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) RUP
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) MS Project
2 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) ISEB
2 2 (22.22%) JDA
2 2 (22.22%) NHS
2 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Test Management
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) SAP BPC

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Test Strategy 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 Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Basis
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Project
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Manager
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) UAT Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) NHS
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) RUP
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Test Management
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Business Transformation
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) JDA
3 1 (11.11%) i2
3 1 (11.11%) HP
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