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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Tester role in IT contracts within the Telford 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 Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Tester
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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£316£300
% change on same period last year+5.48 %
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£37.50£34.88
% change on same period last year+7.52 %
Telford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Telford
Matching contract IT job ads20373
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.284 %0.073 %
Daily rates quoted8917
Average minimum daily rate£364£279
Average daily rate£380£286
% change on same period last year+32.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£293
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted86
Average minimum hourly rate£23.60£12.85
Average hourly rate£24.20£13.60
% change on same period last year+77.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.80£14.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Systems Tester ShropshireSystems Tester
Shropshire

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.

Systems Tester
Demand Trend

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

Telford Systems Tester Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Telford region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)TestDirector
12 (100.00 %)Migration
12 (100.00 %)Pensions
12 (100.00 %)Manual Testing
12 (100.00 %)Data Migration

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Telford region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Telford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)TestDirector
Telford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Pensions
Telford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Migration
12 (100.00 %)Manual Testing
12 (100.00 %)Data Migration
Telford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB
Telford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle