The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Tester
Rank 516 574 569
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 18 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.038% 0.020% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.022% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 9
Average daily rate £296 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £210 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £351
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £372 £213
% change year-on-year
-19.35% +75.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £41.50 - £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.50
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2155 2623 2895
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 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Functional Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Functional Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Functional Tester Daily Rate Trend

Functional Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Functional Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Functional Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Functional Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Functional Tester
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +59 15 £296 -21.00%
London +28 7 £296 -21.00%
South East +20 5 £155 -58.33%
City of London +10 4 - -
Hampshire +2 4 £173 -54.00%
West Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
South Wales - 1 £325 -
Wales - 1 £325 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £155 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £155 -
Glasgow - 1 £275 -
Leeds - 1 £325 -
Scotland - 1 £275 -

Functional Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title.

1 20 (45.45%) Test Scripting
2 18 (40.91%) Test Automation
3 15 (34.09%) Rational Functional Tester
4 12 (27.27%) IBM
5 11 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
6 9 (20.45%) HP Quality Center
7 8 (18.18%) Visual Studio
8 7 (15.91%) ISEB
8 7 (15.91%) QA
8 7 (15.91%) Selenium
8 7 (15.91%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (13.64%) Regression Testing
9 6 (13.64%) SQL
10 5 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (11.36%) Automated Testing
10 5 (11.36%) Manual Testing
11 4 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
11 4 (9.091%) Integration Testing
11 4 (9.091%) Test Management
11 4 (9.091%) Software Testing
11 4 (9.091%) JIRA
11 4 (9.091%) Java
11 4 (9.091%) Microsoft
11 4 (9.091%) Siebel
12 3 (6.818%) Adobe
12 3 (6.818%) Windows
12 3 (6.818%) RUP
12 3 (6.818%) Oracle
12 3 (6.818%) Use Case

Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.545%) .NET
2 1 (2.273%) XML
2 1 (2.273%) XSLT
2 1 (2.273%) WCF
2 1 (2.273%) WPF
2 1 (2.273%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.818%) Adobe CQ
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle iRecruitment
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.545%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 15 (34.09%) Rational Functional Tester
2 8 (18.18%) Visual Studio
3 7 (15.91%) Selenium
3 7 (15.91%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (9.091%) JIRA
5 2 (4.545%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (4.545%) Retail
1 2 (4.545%) Finance
2 1 (2.273%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.273%) Electronics
2 1 (2.273%) Banking
2 1 (2.273%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) FMCG
2 1 (2.273%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.818%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) Test Scripting
2 18 (40.91%) Test Automation
3 11 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (13.64%) Regression Testing
5 5 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (11.36%) Automated Testing
5 5 (11.36%) Manual Testing
6 4 (9.091%) Integration Testing
6 4 (9.091%) Test Management
6 4 (9.091%) Software Testing
7 3 (6.818%) RUP
7 3 (6.818%) Use Case
7 3 (6.818%) Validation
7 3 (6.818%) Migration
7 3 (6.818%) Data Migration
8 2 (4.545%) System Testing
8 2 (4.545%) Agile Testing
8 2 (4.545%) Automation Testing
8 2 (4.545%) CRM
8 2 (4.545%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) SQL
2 4 (9.091%) Java
3 1 (2.273%) C#
3 1 (2.273%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.91%) ISEB
3 3 (6.818%) Degree
3 3 (6.818%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.545%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (20.45%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (27.27%) IBM
2 4 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.091%) Siebel
3 3 (6.818%) Adobe
3 3 (6.818%) Oracle
4 2 (4.545%) HP
5 1 (2.273%) Remedy
5 1 (2.273%) hybris