Software Testing Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 97 85 90
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +5
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 18 54 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.879% 1.629% 0.964%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.329% 2.394% 1.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 13
Average daily rate £301 £294 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.55% -21.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £193 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £393 £400
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 West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Software Testing Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Bristol +16 7 £333 +75.00%
Dorset +5 6 £275 -
Somerset +3 3 £275 +19.56%
Devon +1 1 £143 -18.57%
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 35 (66.04%) Test Scripting
2 29 (54.72%) ISEB
3 24 (45.28%) SQL
4 22 (41.51%) ISTQB
5 19 (35.85%) Oracle
6 16 (30.19%) ITIL
6 16 (30.19%) Microsoft
6 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
7 15 (28.30%) SC Cleared
8 14 (26.42%) Time Management
8 14 (26.42%) Degree
8 14 (26.42%) Retail
9 13 (24.53%) Test Management
9 13 (24.53%) Test Strategy
10 11 (20.75%) QA
11 10 (18.87%) E-Commerce
11 10 (18.87%) Finance
12 9 (16.98%) Incident Management
12 9 (16.98%) SAP
12 9 (16.98%) HP
13 8 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (15.09%) HP Quality Center
13 8 (15.09%) JIRA
13 8 (15.09%) ISEB Practitioner
13 8 (15.09%) JMeter
14 7 (13.21%) Kronos
14 7 (13.21%) Automated Testing
14 7 (13.21%) QuickTest Pro
14 7 (13.21%) Lawson
14 7 (13.21%) EPoS

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (11.32%) .NET
1 6 (11.32%) Web Services
2 4 (7.547%) ASP.NET
3 3 (5.660%) LAMP
4 2 (3.774%) JDBC
4 2 (3.774%) ODBC
4 2 (3.774%) Middleware
5 1 (1.887%) XML
5 1 (1.887%) Struts
5 1 (1.887%) CSS
5 1 (1.887%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.887%) Spring
5 1 (1.887%) jQuery
5 1 (1.887%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.774%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.887%) MS Office
1 1 (1.887%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Lawson
2 5 (9.434%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (7.547%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.887%) assyst
4 1 (1.887%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.660%) FTP
1 3 (5.660%) Internet
2 2 (3.774%) HTTP
2 2 (3.774%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.547%) SAP BW
2 2 (3.774%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 8 (15.09%) JMeter
1 8 (15.09%) JIRA
2 7 (13.21%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (7.547%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.774%) Introscope
4 2 (3.774%) LoadRunner
4 2 (3.774%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.887%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.887%) JProfiler
5 1 (1.887%) Selenium
5 1 (1.887%) JProbe
General
1 14 (26.42%) Retail
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 3 (5.660%) Military
4 2 (3.774%) Banking
5 1 (1.887%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (47.17%) Analyst
2 16 (30.19%) Test Analyst
3 12 (22.64%) Senior Analyst
4 11 (20.75%) Tester
5 9 (16.98%) Applications Support
5 9 (16.98%) Software Tester
5 9 (16.98%) Senior Test Analyst
6 6 (11.32%) Support Analyst
6 6 (11.32%) Help Desk Analyst
6 6 (11.32%) SAP Test Analyst
6 6 (11.32%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 6 (11.32%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (9.434%) Test Manager
8 4 (7.547%) Consultant
8 4 (7.547%) Test Leader
8 4 (7.547%) Oracle Consultant
9 3 (5.660%) E-Business Consultant
9 3 (5.660%) Business Consultant
9 3 (5.660%) Systems Support
10 2 (3.774%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) EPoS
2 6 (11.32%) Mobile App
3 5 (9.434%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.774%) SWIFT
4 2 (3.774%) NHS
5 1 (1.887%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.887%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.887%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.887%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.21%) Windows
2 2 (3.774%) Solaris
2 2 (3.774%) Linux
2 2 (3.774%) Windows 7
2 2 (3.774%) UNIX
3 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (66.04%) Test Scripting
2 16 (30.19%) ITIL
3 14 (26.42%) Time Management
4 13 (24.53%) Test Management
4 13 (24.53%) Test Strategy
5 10 (18.87%) E-Commerce
6 9 (16.98%) Incident Management
7 8 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (13.21%) Automated Testing
9 6 (11.32%) PRINCE2
9 6 (11.32%) Mobile Commerce
9 6 (11.32%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (11.32%) Analytics
10 5 (9.434%) Scrum
10 5 (9.434%) System Testing
11 4 (7.547%) Project Planning
11 4 (7.547%) Release Management
11 4 (7.547%) Business Intelligence
12 3 (5.660%) E-business
13 2 (3.774%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) SQL
2 4 (7.547%) ABAP
2 4 (7.547%) C
3 3 (5.660%) Java
4 2 (3.774%) VBScript
5 1 (1.887%) VB
5 1 (1.887%) Python
5 1 (1.887%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.887%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.887%) PHP
5 1 (1.887%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.887%) C#
5 1 (1.887%) C++
5 1 (1.887%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 29 (54.72%) ISEB
2 22 (41.51%) ISTQB
3 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
4 15 (28.30%) SC Cleared
5 14 (26.42%) Degree
6 8 (15.09%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.75%) QA
2 2 (3.774%) GAMP
2 2 (3.774%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (1.887%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (13.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (3.774%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) Oracle
2 16 (30.19%) Microsoft
3 9 (16.98%) HP
3 9 (16.98%) SAP
4 7 (13.21%) Kronos
4 7 (13.21%) Fiserv
5 6 (11.32%) ATG
6 2 (3.774%) Citrix
7 1 (1.887%) LANDesk
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