Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts within the Stevenage region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.429 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£315-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£330-
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£294
% change on same period last year+6.95 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.38£28.52
% change on same period last year-21.52 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads7077
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.110 %0.083 %
Daily rates quoted817
Average minimum daily rate£292£294
Average daily rate£314£333
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted4045
Average minimum hourly rate£30.51£29.30
Average hourly rate£31.74£30.18
% change on same period last year+5.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.98£31.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Tester HertfordshireTester
Hertfordshire

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.

Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Stevenage Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stevenage Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stevenage Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

12 (100.00 %)LoadRunner
21 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (50.00 %)JMeter
21 (50.00 %)Scrum
21 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
21 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
21 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)QA
21 (50.00 %)Selenium
21 (50.00 %)FitNesse
21 (50.00 %)Performance Testing
21 (50.00 %)Web Testing
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)SOAP
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
21 (50.00 %)WinRunner
21 (50.00 %)TestDirector
21 (50.00 %)QuickTest Pro

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)SOAP
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XHTML
11 (50.00 %)AJAX
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)LoadRunner
21 (50.00 %)JMeter
21 (50.00 %)Selenium
21 (50.00 %)FitNesse
21 (50.00 %)WinRunner
21 (50.00 %)TestDirector
21 (50.00 %)QuickTest Pro
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (50.00 %)Retail
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Scrum
11 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
11 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (50.00 %)Performance Testing
11 (50.00 %)Web Testing
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA