System 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 System 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 90 102 87
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -15
Contract jobs citing System Testing 21 37 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.019% 1.120% 1.195%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.538% 1.645% 1.832%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 15
Average daily rate £350 £288 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -23.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £278 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £344 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £326
% change year-on-year
- -0.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 1
Average hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.57% +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
- +10.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1365 2249 1801
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.23% 68.09% 65.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 1391 925
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 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 113 125
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -22.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
System Testing
England

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing System Testing across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West System Testing Daily Rate Histogram

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Dorset - 6 £350 -
Bristol +12 5 £313 -12.58%
Gloucestershire +8 5 £325 +15.55%
Somerset - 3 £301 -
Wiltshire +9 1 £425 -
System Testing
England

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 18 (60.00%) SQL
2 15 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (33.33%) QA
3 10 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 9 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (30.00%) Java
4 9 (30.00%) Oracle
5 8 (26.67%) Hibernate
5 8 (26.67%) Spring
6 7 (23.33%) Web Development
6 7 (23.33%) Test Management
6 7 (23.33%) Scrum
6 7 (23.33%) CSS
7 6 (20.00%) Finance
7 6 (20.00%) ISEB
8 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 5 (16.67%) PL/SQL
8 5 (16.67%) XML
8 5 (16.67%) XSL
8 5 (16.67%) Kanban
8 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
8 5 (16.67%) Degree
9 4 (13.33%) ISEB Practitioner
9 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
9 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
9 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
10 3 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (10.00%) HP
10 3 (10.00%) MS Access
10 3 (10.00%) Data Warehouse

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (26.67%) Hibernate
1 8 (26.67%) Spring
2 7 (23.33%) CSS
3 5 (16.67%) XML
3 5 (16.67%) XSL
4 3 (10.00%) JSP
4 3 (10.00%) Java EE
5 2 (6.667%) jQuery
5 2 (6.667%) .NET
5 2 (6.667%) J2EE
5 2 (6.667%) HTML
6 1 (3.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Apache
1 3 (10.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (3.333%) SAP SRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (10.00%) MS Access
1 3 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (10.00%) RDBMS
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (6.667%) Essbase
2 2 (6.667%) DB2
2 2 (6.667%) OLAP
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (10.00%) Ant
2 2 (6.667%) WinRunner
2 2 (6.667%) TestDirector
2 2 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.333%) JIRA
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Investment Banking
2 2 (6.667%) Banking
3 1 (3.333%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Developer
2 8 (26.67%) Analyst
3 7 (23.33%) Java Developer
3 7 (23.33%) Tester
4 6 (20.00%) Test Analyst
5 5 (16.67%) Software Tester
6 3 (10.00%) Test Manager
7 2 (6.667%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Data Warehouse Developer
7 2 (6.667%) J2EE Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Software Test Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Agile Test Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) Web Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Consultant
8 1 (3.333%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) Functional Consultant
8 1 (3.333%) Procurement Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (6.667%) NHS
3 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) OS/390
2 1 (3.333%) UNIX
2 1 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 9 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (23.33%) Web Development
4 7 (23.33%) Test Management
4 7 (23.33%) Scrum
5 5 (16.67%) Kanban
5 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
7 3 (10.00%) Web Application Development
7 3 (10.00%) Integration Testing
8 2 (6.667%) Performance Testing
8 2 (6.667%) Unit Testing
8 2 (6.667%) V-Model
8 2 (6.667%) Test Automation
8 2 (6.667%) UML
8 2 (6.667%) RUP
8 2 (6.667%) Quality Management
8 2 (6.667%) Risk Management
8 2 (6.667%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (60.00%) SQL
2 9 (30.00%) Java
3 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 5 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 3 (10.00%) VBA
5 2 (6.667%) JCL
6 1 (3.333%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.333%) C
6 1 (3.333%) Bash shell
6 1 (3.333%) Korn
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) ISEB
2 5 (16.67%) Degree
3 4 (13.33%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) QA
2 3 (10.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.333%) GAMP
3 1 (3.333%) GMP
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Oracle
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) HP
4 2 (6.667%) Teradata
4 2 (6.667%) IBM
4 2 (6.667%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.333%) Ab Initio
5 1 (3.333%) SAP
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
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