Integration Testing Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Integration Testing skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Integration Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Integration Testing
Rank 263 223 193
Rank change year-on-year
-40 -30
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 315 463 566
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.667% 0.792% 0.941%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.941% 1.169% 1.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 268 284
Average daily rate £400 £425 £437
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -2.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £280 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £388 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.74% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 28
Average hourly rate £37.00 £35.00 £37.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.20 £30.10 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.20 £45.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.04%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Integration Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Integration Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Integration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Integration Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Integration Testing
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 -35 283 £425 -
London -52 126 £463 +2.77%
South East +24 61 £365 +4.28%
City of London -21 22 £450 -18.18%
West Midlands +1 21 £550 +61.76%
East of England +7 18 £315 -16.00%
Berkshire +12 16 £375 +10.29%
North West +14 15 £375 -18.91%
Hampshire -10 15 £335 +19.64%
Coventry +3 14 £550 +69.23%
South West -2 14 £438 +2.94%
Surrey +13 13 £311 -11.07%
East Midlands +4 9 £350 -9.67%
Hertfordshire +6 7 - -
Manchester +18 6 £300 -29.41%
Wiltshire +8 6 £510 -
Buckinghamshire +3 6 £300 -17.80%
Bracknell -11 6 - -
Scotland -15 6 £328 -12.66%
Yorkshire -23 6 £200 -33.38%
West Sussex +17 5 £425 -
Midlands +9 5 £475 -
Canary Wharf -2 5 £650 -7.14%
Leeds -20 5 £200 -33.93%
West Yorkshire -22 5 £200 -33.33%
Weybridge - 5 £285 -
Crawley +12 4 £350 -
Cheshire +3 4 £375 -34.78%
Swindon +1 4 £520 -
Southampton -1 4 £425 +36.00%

Integration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Integration Testing 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 Integration Testing.

1 190 (31.20%) User Acceptance Testing
2 173 (28.41%) SQL
3 149 (24.47%) Finance
4 114 (18.72%) SAP
5 105 (17.24%) Test Scripting
6 92 (15.11%) HP Quality Center
7 87 (14.29%) ISEB
8 84 (13.79%) Unit Testing
9 75 (12.32%) Java
10 74 (12.15%) XML
11 73 (11.99%) Oracle
12 71 (11.66%) Web Services
12 71 (11.66%) Migration
13 65 (10.67%) Security Cleared
14 63 (10.34%) Microsoft
15 62 (10.18%) Windows
16 61 (10.02%) QA
17 56 (9.195%) System Testing
17 56 (9.195%) Agile Software Development
17 56 (9.195%) Banking
18 55 (9.031%) Project Management
19 48 (7.882%) SQL Server
19 48 (7.882%) .NET
20 45 (7.389%) MS Excel
20 45 (7.389%) HP
21 44 (7.225%) UNIX
21 44 (7.225%) SC Cleared
22 43 (7.061%) UML
23 42 (6.897%) Linux
23 42 (6.897%) Regression Testing

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Integration Testing 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 74 (12.15%) XML
2 71 (11.66%) Web Services
3 48 (7.882%) .NET
4 29 (4.762%) HTML
5 23 (3.777%) SOAP
6 21 (3.448%) WCF
6 21 (3.448%) J2EE
7 20 (3.284%) WebSphere
8 17 (2.791%) ASP.NET
9 16 (2.627%) CSS
10 14 (2.299%) Spring
10 14 (2.299%) Motif
10 14 (2.299%) XSLT
10 14 (2.299%) wxWidgets
11 10 (1.642%) EJB
11 10 (1.642%) soapUI
12 9 (1.478%) REST
12 9 (1.478%) XML Schema
12 9 (1.478%) Hibernate
13 8 (1.314%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 17 (2.791%) IIS
1 17 (2.791%) Documentum
2 15 (2.463%) BizTalk Server
3 10 (1.642%) Apache
4 9 (1.478%) ESB
4 9 (1.478%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.478%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.149%) Confluence
5 7 (1.149%) FileNet
6 6 (0.985%) MS Exchange
6 6 (0.985%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 5 (0.821%) Magento
7 5 (0.821%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (0.657%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.657%) MSMQ
8 4 (0.657%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.657%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.493%) Drupal
9 3 (0.493%) SAP Portal
10 2 (0.328%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 45 (7.389%) MS Excel
2 20 (3.284%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.135%) MS Office
3 13 (2.135%) MS PowerPoint
4 10 (1.642%) MS Project
5 2 (0.328%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.612%) Oracle EBS R12
2 19 (3.120%) Oracle EBS
3 15 (2.463%) SAP FI
4 14 (2.299%) SAP CRM
5 13 (2.135%) SAP MM
6 12 (1.970%) SAP PM
6 12 (1.970%) Oracle 11i
7 8 (1.314%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 8 (1.314%) SAP CO
7 8 (1.314%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (1.149%) SAP SD
9 6 (0.985%) SAP HR
9 6 (0.985%) Agresso
9 6 (0.985%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.821%) Temenos T24
11 4 (0.657%) Oracle Payroll
11 4 (0.657%) SAP IS-U
12 3 (0.493%) SAP HCM
12 3 (0.493%) SAP PLM
12 3 (0.493%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.612%) Firewall
2 14 (2.299%) HTTP
3 11 (1.806%) Internet
4 10 (1.642%) WAN
5 9 (1.478%) GPRS
5 9 (1.478%) GSM
5 9 (1.478%) LAN
5 9 (1.478%) UMTS
6 8 (1.314%) CTI
6 8 (1.314%) DNS
7 7 (1.149%) SIGTRAN
7 7 (1.149%) SS7
7 7 (1.149%) BSS
8 5 (0.821%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.821%) SAN
8 5 (0.821%) Wireless
9 4 (0.657%) DHCP
9 4 (0.657%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.493%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.493%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.882%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.120%) Oracle BI EE
3 16 (2.627%) Ingres
4 14 (2.299%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.970%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.642%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.478%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (1.314%) SQL Server 2005
8 8 (1.314%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.314%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.149%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.493%) Redis
10 3 (0.493%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.328%) dBASE
11 2 (0.328%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.328%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.328%) SAP BI
11 2 (0.328%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.328%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.328%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (4.926%) Selenium
2 22 (3.612%) Subversion
2 22 (3.612%) QuickTest Pro
3 21 (3.448%) JIRA
4 20 (3.284%) Team Foundation Server
5 19 (3.120%) Ant
6 17 (2.791%) NUnit
7 16 (2.627%) Eclipse
7 16 (2.627%) ClearQuest
8 15 (2.463%) GoogleTest
9 14 (2.299%) CruiseControl
9 14 (2.299%) LoadRunner
9 14 (2.299%) ClearCase
9 14 (2.299%) CppUnit
10 11 (1.806%) WebDriver
11 10 (1.642%) Visual Studio
12 9 (1.478%) JUnit
13 7 (1.149%) FitNesse
13 7 (1.149%) TeamCity
13 7 (1.149%) Git (software)
General
1 149 (24.47%) Finance
2 56 (9.195%) Banking
3 32 (5.255%) Telecoms
4 27 (4.433%) Manufacturing
5 22 (3.612%) Marketing
6 18 (2.956%) Investment Banking
7 14 (2.299%) Automotive
8 10 (1.642%) Retail
9 9 (1.478%) Back Office
9 9 (1.478%) Billing
10 8 (1.314%) Front Office
11 7 (1.149%) Publishing
12 6 (0.985%) Military
13 5 (0.821%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.821%) Wholesale Banking
14 4 (0.657%) Dutch Language
15 3 (0.493%) Spanish Language
15 3 (0.493%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.493%) Legal
15 3 (0.493%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 188 (30.87%) Analyst
2 125 (20.53%) Test Analyst
3 111 (18.23%) Developer
4 76 (12.48%) Consultant
5 49 (8.046%) Test Manager
6 45 (7.389%) Tester
7 44 (7.225%) Business Analyst
8 41 (6.732%) SAP Consultant
9 30 (4.926%) Test Leader
10 29 (4.762%) Java Developer
11 27 (4.433%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (3.777%) Project Manager
13 20 (3.284%) Test Engineer
14 19 (3.120%) Senior Test Analyst
15 18 (2.956%) Software Engineer
16 16 (2.627%) Functional Consultant
17 15 (2.463%) Siebel Analyst
18 14 (2.299%) Systems Analyst
19 13 (2.135%) SAP Analyst
19 13 (2.135%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.090%) Derivative
2 13 (2.135%) Management Information System
3 12 (1.970%) Market Risk
4 11 (1.806%) FMCG
4 11 (1.806%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (1.314%) Open Source
5 8 (1.314%) Computer Science
6 6 (0.985%) NHS
7 5 (0.821%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.821%) Client/Server
7 5 (0.821%) Blackberry
8 4 (0.657%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (0.657%) Fixed Income
8 4 (0.657%) Clustering
8 4 (0.657%) Equities
8 4 (0.657%) Mobile Payment
9 3 (0.493%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.493%) Data Extraction
9 3 (0.493%) RIA
9 3 (0.493%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 62 (10.18%) Windows
2 44 (7.225%) UNIX
3 42 (6.897%) Linux
4 14 (2.299%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.135%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (1.970%) Windows 7
7 11 (1.806%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (0.985%) Windows XP
9 4 (0.657%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.328%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.328%) Android
11 1 (0.164%) VMS
11 1 (0.164%) Solaris
11 1 (0.164%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (31.20%) User Acceptance Testing
2 105 (17.24%) Test Scripting
3 84 (13.79%) Unit Testing
4 71 (11.66%) Migration
5 56 (9.195%) System Testing
5 56 (9.195%) Agile Software Development
6 55 (9.031%) Project Management
7 43 (7.061%) UML
8 42 (6.897%) Regression Testing
8 42 (6.897%) Continuous Integration
9 41 (6.732%) Data Migration
9 41 (6.732%) Test Strategy
9 41 (6.732%) ERP
9 41 (6.732%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (6.076%) Configuration Management
11 36 (5.911%) Use Case
12 35 (5.747%) Scrum
12 35 (5.747%) Software Testing
13 33 (5.419%) CRM
14 31 (5.090%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 173 (28.41%) SQL
2 75 (12.32%) Java
3 40 (6.568%) JavaScript
4 39 (6.404%) C#
5 34 (5.583%) C
6 32 (5.255%) C++
7 26 (4.269%) Python
8 14 (2.299%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.806%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.314%) ABAP
11 7 (1.149%) PHP
11 7 (1.149%) VBA
12 6 (0.985%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.985%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.821%) XPath
13 5 (0.821%) ActionScript 3.0
13 5 (0.821%) ActionScript
13 5 (0.821%) VBScript
13 5 (0.821%) VB
14 4 (0.657%) Perl
Qualifications
1 87 (14.29%) ISEB
2 65 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 44 (7.225%) SC Cleared
4 35 (5.747%) Degree
5 23 (3.777%) ISTQB
6 17 (2.791%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.806%) ACCA
8 6 (0.985%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.657%) MBA
10 3 (0.493%) HND
10 3 (0.493%) CCNP
10 3 (0.493%) CCNA
10 3 (0.493%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.493%) ISEB Practitioner
11 2 (0.328%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.328%) CCA
11 2 (0.328%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.164%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.164%) MCSE
12 1 (0.164%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.02%) QA
2 7 (1.149%) Basel III
3 5 (0.821%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.493%) JSP 440
4 3 (0.493%) HL7
4 3 (0.493%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.328%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.328%) SLA
5 2 (0.328%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.328%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.328%) DICOM
6 1 (0.164%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.164%) FATCA
6 1 (0.164%) GxP
6 1 (0.164%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (2.627%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.970%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.821%) VMware ESX
3 5 (0.821%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (0.493%) Xen
5 2 (0.328%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.164%) XenApp
6 1 (0.164%) XenServer
6 1 (0.164%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 92 (15.11%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.164%) SCCM
2 1 (0.164%) Oracle Identity Management
2 1 (0.164%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 114 (18.72%) SAP
2 73 (11.99%) Oracle
3 63 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 45 (7.389%) HP
5 25 (4.105%) Siebel
6 19 (3.120%) VMware
7 18 (2.956%) IBM
8 14 (2.299%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.970%) Informatica
10 10 (1.642%) Capita
11 9 (1.478%) Sybase
11 9 (1.478%) Siemens
12 7 (1.149%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.985%) JDA
13 6 (0.985%) Charles River
14 5 (0.821%) Cisco
14 5 (0.821%) CA
14 5 (0.821%) Serena
15 4 (0.657%) Citrix
15 4 (0.657%) EMC
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