Software Testing Contracts in Staffordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Testing 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Staffordshire 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
Software Testing
Rank 14 25 27
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 5 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 5.952% 4.167% 5.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.937% 6.250% 8.148%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 2
Average daily rate £220 £255 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.72% +13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £316
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -42.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 63 144 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 75.00% 66.67% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 57 50
Average daily rate £325 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £231 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £370 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
Average hourly rate £21.29 £20.26 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -18.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Staffordshire Software Testing Daily Rate Histogram

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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent +3 1 £175 -31.37%
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 - -
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 5 (83.33%) E-Commerce
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) CMS
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) QA
3 3 (50.00%) hybris
4 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Content Management
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Handset
5 1 (16.67%) Games
5 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (16.67%) Symbian
5 1 (16.67%) ISEB
5 1 (16.67%) Internet
5 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) System Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Android
5 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Phone
5 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Software Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Handset
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) E-Commerce
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Content Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) hybris
2 1 (16.67%) Symbian
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