The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 19 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the South Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank - 37 -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire - 0.355% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.621% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £306
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -14.06%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
173 161 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 67.58% 57.09% 54.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 79 101
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 16
Average hourly rate £44.60 £26.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.53% -38.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.25 £17.25 £22.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £27.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Software Testing
Yorkshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Vacancies
Sheffield - - - - 3
Software Testing
Yorkshire
Sheffield, Yorkshire
You will be the type of person that is inclined to take ownership of your work and run your own projects in keeping with the prevailing agile methodologies.....
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013