Applications Tester Contracts
 
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 Applications Tester role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications 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 currently tracked.

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
Application Tester
Rank 508 563 568
Rank change year-on-year
+55 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 21 21 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.045% 0.036% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.039% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 5
Average daily rate £325 £405 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.75% +62.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £137 £250 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £253
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £425 £250
% change year-on-year
-29.41% +70.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £17.80 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+124.71% +1.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £17.80 £62.50
% change year-on-year
+124.71% -71.52%
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UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Applications Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Applications Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Tester within the UK.

Applications Tester Daily Rate Trend

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Applications Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Tester within the UK.

Applications Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Tester
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Tester within the UK 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
England +43 18 £300 -25.92%
London +39 10 £325 +30.00%
South East +12 3 £325 -15.58%
Hertfordshire - 2 £275 -
Watford - 2 £275 -
North West - 2 - -
East of England - 2 £275 -
Scotland - 2 £375 -
South West +25 1 - -
City of London +10 1 £325 +30.00%
Merseyside - 1 - -
Milton Keynes - 1 £225 -
Hampshire - 1 £350 -
Cumbria - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £225 -
Liverpool - 1 - -
Gosport - 1 £350 -
Edinburgh - 1 - -

Applications Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title.

1 10 (35.71%) Mobile App
2 9 (32.14%) Android
3 8 (28.57%) iPhone
3 8 (28.57%) Windows
3 8 (28.57%) Blackberry
4 7 (25.00%) Selenium
5 6 (21.43%) Apple iOS
5 6 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (21.43%) QA
6 5 (17.86%) TDD
6 5 (17.86%) iPad
7 4 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (14.29%) SQL
7 4 (14.29%) .NET
7 4 (14.29%) HP
8 3 (10.71%) QuickTest Pro
8 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
8 3 (10.71%) Oracle
8 3 (10.71%) Java
8 3 (10.71%) Automated Testing
8 3 (10.71%) Multimedia
8 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
8 3 (10.71%) UNIX
8 3 (10.71%) Finance
8 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting
9 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (7.143%) Security Testing
9 2 (7.143%) Integration Testing
9 2 (7.143%) OWASP

Applications Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (14.29%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) Spring
2 2 (7.143%) J2EE
2 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET
2 2 (7.143%) Web Services
3 1 (3.571%) XML
3 1 (3.571%) JSP
3 1 (3.571%) SOAP
3 1 (3.571%) HTML
3 1 (3.571%) JSON
3 1 (3.571%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.571%) ESB
1 1 (3.571%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (3.571%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) Firewall
1 2 (7.143%) Wireless
2 1 (3.571%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Selenium
2 3 (10.71%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.571%) MSTest
3 1 (3.571%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.571%) Robotium
General
1 3 (10.71%) Multimedia
1 3 (10.71%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Retail
2 2 (7.143%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Mobile App
2 8 (28.57%) iPhone
2 8 (28.57%) Blackberry
3 5 (17.86%) iPad
4 2 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.143%) Open Source
4 2 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (7.143%) PKI
4 2 (7.143%) Statistics
4 2 (7.143%) Mathematics
4 2 (7.143%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.571%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Android
2 8 (28.57%) Windows
3 6 (21.43%) Apple iOS
4 3 (10.71%) UNIX
5 2 (7.143%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.571%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.571%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (17.86%) TDD
3 4 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
4 3 (10.71%) Automated Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting
5 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Security Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Integration Testing
5 2 (7.143%) OWASP
5 2 (7.143%) Manual Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Test Strategy
5 2 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.143%) Validation
5 2 (7.143%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (7.143%) Information Security
5 2 (7.143%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.571%) UML
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) SQL
2 3 (10.71%) Java
3 2 (7.143%) C#
4 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
1 2 (7.143%) GPEN
1 2 (7.143%) GIAC
1 2 (7.143%) CEH
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
1 2 (7.143%) CISSP
2 1 (3.571%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.571%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.571%) SCCM
2 1 (3.571%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) HP
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 1 (3.571%) BMC
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.571%) Compuware
3 1 (3.571%) OPNET
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