The first table below looks at the demand for TestDirector 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 TestDirector over the 3 months to 18 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 Development Applications 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank 33 38 48
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +10
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 3 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.833% 0.980% 0.459%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.333% 11.11% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £400 £400 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £32.50
All Development Applications
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
36 36 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 10.00% 8.824% 8.716%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 17 23
Average daily rate £325 £345 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £250 £319
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
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TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South Wales TestDirector Jobs Demand Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales TestDirector Daily Rate Trend

TestDirector
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (88.89%) AS400
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
1 8 (88.89%) MS Project
1 8 (88.89%) UML
1 8 (88.89%) OO
2 7 (77.78%) MS Office
2 7 (77.78%) Project Management
3 6 (66.67%) Degree
4 5 (55.56%) WebSphere
4 5 (55.56%) iSeries
4 5 (55.56%) Shell Script
4 5 (55.56%) IBM
4 5 (55.56%) COBOL
4 5 (55.56%) RPG
4 5 (55.56%) OS/400
4 5 (55.56%) DB2
4 5 (55.56%) IIS
4 5 (55.56%) UNIX
5 3 (33.33%) Content Management
5 3 (33.33%) .NET
5 3 (33.33%) J2EE
6 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
6 2 (22.22%) AIX
6 2 (22.22%) Banking
6 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (11.11%) Rackspace
7 1 (11.11%) QA
7 1 (11.11%) Test Management

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (55.56%) WebSphere
2 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) MS Project
2 7 (77.78%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) DB2
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) PVCS
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Applications Support
2 4 (44.44%) Applications Support Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) AS400 Support
4 1 (11.11%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) AS400
2 5 (55.56%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) UNIX
1 5 (55.56%) OS/400
2 2 (22.22%) AIX
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) UML
1 8 (88.89%) OO
2 7 (77.78%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Content Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Test Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) COBOL
1 5 (55.56%) RPG
1 5 (55.56%) Shell Script
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Rackspace
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