Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts within the Stoke-on-Trent 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
Rank18-
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 below1.786 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
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 %
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Stoke-on-Trent
Matching contract IT job ads5614
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted212
Average minimum daily rate£326£221
Average daily rate£329£226
% change on same period last year+45.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£231
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted70
Average minimum hourly rate£28.75-
Average hourly rate£29.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.75-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Tester StaffordshireTester
Staffordshire

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 Stoke-on-Trent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Stoke-on-Trent Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

112 (100.00 %)SQL
112 (100.00 %)HTTP
112 (100.00 %)Information Security
112 (100.00 %)Paros
112 (100.00 %)Auditing
112 (100.00 %)Fiddler
211 (91.67 %)Transact-SQL
211 (91.67 %)VB
32 (16.67 %)Ethical Hacking

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (100.00 %)HTTP
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (100.00 %)Paros
112 (100.00 %)Fiddler
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (100.00 %)Auditing
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (100.00 %)Information Security
22 (16.67 %)Ethical Hacking
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)SQL
211 (91.67 %)Transact-SQL
211 (91.67 %)VB