The first table below looks at the demand for TestDirector 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 TestDirector over the 3 months to 24 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 Development Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank 104 133 113
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -20
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 4 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.198% 0.093% 0.318%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.990% 0.888% 2.795%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
Average daily rate £350 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+2.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -16.92%
All Development Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
201 338 322
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 9.965% 10.45% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 209 147
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 £265 £288 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 48
Average hourly rate £41.25 £35.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.85% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £23.88 £33.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.75 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
TestDirector
England

TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region.

South West TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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 +3 3 £350 +27.27%
Gloucestershire +29 1 - -
TestDirector
England

TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) CMDB
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) Altiris
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) RUP
3 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) WinRunner
3 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) DSL

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DSL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) WinRunner
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) QA Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) RUP
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) V-Model
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Altiris
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix