South Yorkshire Software Testing Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrow Havant Hertfordshire High Wycombe Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontypool Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Torfaen UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	6	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	2.765 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£301	£318
% change on same period last year	-5.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.76	£29.87
% change on same period last year	+2.97 %
Processes & Methodologies South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	217	231
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.286 %	0.230 %
Daily rates quoted	56	43
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£304
Average daily rate	£347	£331
% change on same period last year	+4.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.69	£26.05
Average hourly rate	£28.65	£26.97
% change on same period last year	+6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.60	£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.34	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Software Testing Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Testing across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Testing across the South Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Sheffield	-	4	-	-

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Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 3 (42.86 %) QA 1 3 (42.86 %) User Acceptance Testing 1 3 (42.86 %) Test Scripting 2 2 (28.57 %) Logistics 2 2 (28.57 %) Business Analysis 2 2 (28.57 %) EPoS 3 1 (14.29 %) SQL 3 1 (14.29 %) VBScript 3 1 (14.29 %) ISEB 3 1 (14.29 %) TestDirector 3 1 (14.29 %) Test Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Development Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) TestDirector	Job Titles 1 6 (85.71 %) Test Manager 2 3 (42.86 %) Contracts Manager 3 2 (28.57 %) Tester 4 1 (14.29 %) Analyst 4 1 (14.29 %) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 2 (28.57 %) EPoS	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (42.86 %) User Acceptance Testing 1 3 (42.86 %) Test Scripting 2 2 (28.57 %) Logistics 2 2 (28.57 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (14.29 %) Test Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (14.29 %) SQL 1 1 (14.29 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 1 (14.29 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (42.86 %) QA