Systems Tester Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Tester role 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 Systems Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
System Tester
Rank 112 134 105
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Tester 3 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 0.151% 0.428%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.155% 0.162% 0.454%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £305 - £220
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £201 £281
% change year-on-year
+57.10% -28.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.56 £13.70 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+115.72% -51.50%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1930 3082 2645
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 93.00% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1158 1838 1307
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £228 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 193 247
Average hourly rate £15.40 £23.88 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.49% +13.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Tester across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Systems Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Systems Tester Daily Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Systems Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Tester 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
Gloucestershire +25 2 - -
Bristol - 1 £305 -
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Systems Tester in their job title 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 with Systems Tester in their job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 9 (64.29%) Finance
3 8 (57.14%) Validation
3 8 (57.14%) ISEB
4 6 (42.86%) EMV
5 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
6 4 (28.57%) APACS
7 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
8 2 (14.29%) EPoS
8 2 (14.29%) Service Management
8 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
8 2 (14.29%) Chip and PIN
8 2 (14.29%) DSL
8 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 2 (14.29%) Citrix
8 2 (14.29%) TestDirector
8 2 (14.29%) C
8 2 (14.29%) ITIL
8 2 (14.29%) Windows
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (14.29%) Altiris
8 2 (14.29%) Avionics
8 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
8 2 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (14.29%) VeriFone
8 2 (14.29%) Software Deployment
8 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 2 (14.29%) CMDB
9 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Systems Tester in their job title 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 with Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DSL
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) TestDirector
2 1 (7.143%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) EMV
2 4 (28.57%) APACS
3 2 (14.29%) CMDB
3 2 (14.29%) Chip and PIN
3 2 (14.29%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 8 (57.14%) Validation
3 2 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Service Management
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) ISEB
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.143%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) Citrix
1 2 (14.29%) Altiris
1 2 (14.29%) VeriFone
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