The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 33 31 35
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 1 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.373% 0.784% 1.404%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.402% 0.823% 1.465%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £290 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £19.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+48.71% +2.63%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
249 243 273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 92.91% 95.29% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 130 157
Average daily rate £303 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.39% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 34
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -16.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP