The first table below looks at the demand for the Integration 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 Integration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 June 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Integration Tester
Rank 551 567 596
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +29
Contract jobs requiring an Integration Tester 2 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.019% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.020% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
Average daily rate £375 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £270 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £358 £377
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £275 £281
% change year-on-year
+63.63% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44896 53769 56680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.53% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 25886 29628 30997
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 2148 2597 2927
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 £11.20 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Integration Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Integration Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Integration Tester Daily Rate Trend

Integration Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Integration Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Integration Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Integration Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Integration Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Tester
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +28 1 £300 -14.28% 1
London +23 1 £300 -14.28%
South West - - - -
Bristol - - - -

Integration Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Integration 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 Integration Tester in their job title.

1 5 (55.56%) SQL
1 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Games
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) LoadRunner
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) iDTV
3 2 (22.22%) BDD
3 2 (22.22%) ATDD
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) JSON
3 2 (22.22%) Load Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008

Integration Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Integration 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 Integration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (22.22%) JSON
3 1 (11.11%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
1 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) LoadRunner
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2 (22.22%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) iDTV
2 1 (11.11%) Smart Meter
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 2 (22.22%) BDD
3 2 (22.22%) ATDD
3 2 (22.22%) Load Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Informatica
3 1 (11.11%) Business Objects
3 1 (11.11%) Siebel
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The ideal System Integration Tester will have solid experience of System Integration Testing Informatica / Oracle / BO / Apex solutions. Key skills required for the System Integration Tester are Several...
Stott & May
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013