The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling 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 Stirling 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 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 0.893% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.124% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £316
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+62.16% -42.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
89 24 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 79.46% 61.54% 66.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 7 35
Average daily rate £350 £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £350 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Testing
Scotland

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle