Tester Contracts in Surrey
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Surrey 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
Tester
Rank 69 72 82
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 11 23 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.954% 1.428% 1.143%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.017% 1.536% 1.217%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 13
Average daily rate £333 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.83% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £215 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £350 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +12.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £17.80 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -60.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £19.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+48.71% -4.87%
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Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1082 1497 1725
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 93.84% 92.92% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 803 858
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £538 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 130 78
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -23.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Tester
South East

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Surrey Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Surrey 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
Guildford -10 1 £430 +230.76%
Whyteleafe - 1 - -
Tester
South East

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 11 (40.74%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (37.04%) TDD
3 9 (33.33%) ISEB
3 9 (33.33%) Web Testing
4 8 (29.63%) Automated Testing
5 7 (25.93%) E-Commerce
6 6 (22.22%) Selenium
7 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
7 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
8 4 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
8 4 (14.81%) Agile Testing
8 4 (14.81%) XML
8 4 (14.81%) Web Development
8 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
8 4 (14.81%) ColdFusion
8 4 (14.81%) HP
9 3 (11.11%) SOAP
9 3 (11.11%) C#
9 3 (11.11%) Linux
9 3 (11.11%) soapUI
9 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
9 3 (11.11%) WPF
10 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
10 2 (7.407%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (7.407%) WebDriver
10 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
10 2 (7.407%) BDD
10 2 (7.407%) Test Strategy
10 2 (7.407%) HTTP

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (14.81%) XML
2 3 (11.11%) SOAP
2 3 (11.11%) soapUI
2 3 (11.11%) WPF
3 2 (7.407%) .NET
3 2 (7.407%) Web Services
3 2 (7.407%) XSLT
3 2 (7.407%) WCF
4 1 (3.704%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.704%) JSON
4 1 (3.704%) WebSphere
4 1 (3.704%) WAP
4 1 (3.704%) REST
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) ColdFusion
2 2 (7.407%) IIS
3 1 (3.704%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) HTTP
1 2 (7.407%) HTTPS
2 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.704%) CDMA
2 1 (3.704%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 11 (40.74%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (22.22%) Selenium
3 2 (7.407%) WebDriver
4 1 (3.704%) JMeter
4 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.704%) JUnit
4 1 (3.704%) ClearCase
4 1 (3.704%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.704%) Hudson
4 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.407%) Finance
1 2 (7.407%) Retail
2 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Smartcard
1 1 (3.704%) iPad
1 1 (3.704%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (3.704%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) TDD
2 9 (33.33%) Web Testing
3 8 (29.63%) Automated Testing
4 7 (25.93%) E-Commerce
5 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
6 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
6 4 (14.81%) Agile Testing
6 4 (14.81%) Web Development
6 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
7 2 (7.407%) BDD
7 2 (7.407%) Test Strategy
8 1 (3.704%) Software Engineering
8 1 (3.704%) Scrum
8 1 (3.704%) PLM
8 1 (3.704%) Regression Testing
8 1 (3.704%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (3.704%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) C#
2 2 (7.407%) C++
3 1 (3.704%) C
3 1 (3.704%) Java
3 1 (3.704%) PHP
3 1 (3.704%) SQL
3 1 (3.704%) Embedded C
3 1 (3.704%) Embedded C++
3 1 (3.704%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) ISEB
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.407%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) HP
2 2 (7.407%) Siemens
2 2 (7.407%) SAP
3 1 (3.704%) Telerik
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle
3 1 (3.704%) IBM
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