Tyne and Wear TestDirector Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for HP TestDirector for Quality Center skills within the Tyne and Wear region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Location Abingdon Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Leeds London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Stevenage Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	34
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	3	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	6.667 %	34.04 %
Daily rates quoted	3	10
Average minimum daily rate	£233	£235
Average daily rate	£258	£240
% change on same period last year	+7.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£283	£245
UK excluding London average daily rate	£306	£314
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.28	£24.56
% change on same period last year	+43.67 %
Development Applications Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads	45	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.047 %
Daily rates quoted	5	19
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£263
Average daily rate	£287	£276
% change on same period last year	+4.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£308	£288
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£329
% change on same period last year	-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£27.86
Average hourly rate	£22.08	£29.29
% change on same period last year	-24.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.17	£30.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.97	£32.21
% change on same period last year	+2.35 %
TestDirector North East

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TestDirector across the Tyne and Wear region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TestDirector across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the Tyne and Wear region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newcastle	0	2	£225	+7.14 %
Newcastle Upon Tyne	+4	1	£325	+15.55 %

TestDirector North East

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1 3 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (66.67 %) Project Planning 2 2 (66.67 %) Risk Analysis 2 2 (66.67 %) Test Management 2 2 (66.67 %) VoIP 2 2 (66.67 %) Cisco 2 2 (66.67 %) Configuration Management 2 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 3 1 (33.33 %) CCVP 3 1 (33.33 %) Firewall 3 1 (33.33 %) Compuware 3 1 (33.33 %) HP 3 1 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (33.33 %) LoadRunner 3 1 (33.33 %) CheckPoint

3 1 (33.33 %) Manual Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 2 (66.67 %) VoIP 2 1 (33.33 %) Firewall	Development Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) LoadRunner
General 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Tester
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (66.67 %) Configuration Management 2 2 (66.67 %) Project Planning 2 2 (66.67 %) Risk Analysis 2 2 (66.67 %) Test Management 3 1 (33.33 %) Manual Testing	Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (33.33 %) CCVP
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Cisco 2 1 (33.33 %) Compuware 2 1 (33.33 %) HP 2 1 (33.33 %) CheckPoint