The first table below looks at the demand for Non-Functional 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 Non-Functional Testing 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Non-Functional Testing
Rank 500 541 555
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +14
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 29 43 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.063% 0.074% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.109% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 10
Average daily rate £400 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £360 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £290
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +46.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32941 39581 41270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.01% 67.87% 67.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19678 22705 23413
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
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 £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1282 1475
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -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 £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%

Non-Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Non-Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Non-Functional Testing Daily Rate Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Non-Functional Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Non-Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Non-Functional Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Non-Functional Testing
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 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 +32 29 £400 -5.88%
London +31 11 £400 +6.66%
South East +18 11 £320 -1.53%
Berkshire +19 10 - -
Bracknell -6 10 - -
North West +15 3 - -
City of London +6 3 £405 +8.00%
East of England - 3 £450 -
Peterborough - 3 £450 -
Cambridgeshire - 3 £450 -
Cheshire - 2 - -
Yorkshire -2 1 £400 -11.11%
Hampshire -9 1 £320 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £400 -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Skelmersdale - 1 - -
Havant - 1 £320 -

Non-Functional Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Non-Functional 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 Non-Functional Testing.

1 21 (56.76%) HP Quality Center
2 17 (45.95%) Test Scripting
2 17 (45.95%) HP
3 14 (37.84%) Windows
4 13 (35.14%) Oracle
4 13 (35.14%) Migration
4 13 (35.14%) LoadRunner
5 12 (32.43%) SQL Server
6 11 (29.73%) SQL
6 11 (29.73%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (29.73%) Active Directory
6 11 (29.73%) Security Cleared
6 11 (29.73%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (29.73%) VMware
7 10 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (27.03%) SC Cleared
7 10 (27.03%) Regression Testing
8 9 (24.32%) Finance
8 9 (24.32%) Integration Testing
9 8 (21.62%) Windows 7
9 8 (21.62%) VMware ESX
9 8 (21.62%) Validation
9 8 (21.62%) IIS
9 8 (21.62%) Tomcat
9 8 (21.62%) Windows XP
9 8 (21.62%) LAN
9 8 (21.62%) WAN
10 7 (18.92%) Oracle 8/8i
11 6 (16.22%) ISEB
11 6 (16.22%) Business Continuity

Non-Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Non-Functional 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 Non-Functional Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (13.51%) Middleware
2 4 (10.81%) Web Services
3 2 (5.405%) SOAP
3 2 (5.405%) .NET
3 2 (5.405%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.405%) Ajax
4 1 (2.703%) WebSphere
4 1 (2.703%) soapUI
4 1 (2.703%) JMS
4 1 (2.703%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (21.62%) IIS
1 8 (21.62%) Tomcat
2 3 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (8.108%) MS Exchange
3 2 (5.405%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (2.703%) Liferay
4 1 (2.703%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 2 (5.405%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) LAN
1 8 (21.62%) WAN
2 4 (10.81%) HTTP
2 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.108%) NAS
3 3 (8.108%) SSL
3 3 (8.108%) SAN
3 3 (8.108%) POP3
3 3 (8.108%) SMTP
3 3 (8.108%) LDAP
4 2 (5.405%) HTTPS
5 1 (2.703%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (18.92%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.703%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.703%) DB2
Development Applications
1 13 (35.14%) LoadRunner
2 5 (13.51%) Visual Studio
3 3 (8.108%) JIRA
3 3 (8.108%) JMeter
4 2 (5.405%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (5.405%) Selenium
5 1 (2.703%) Hudson
5 1 (2.703%) OpenSTA
5 1 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (24.32%) Finance
2 5 (13.51%) Banking
3 4 (10.81%) Investment Banking
4 3 (8.108%) Back Office
5 2 (5.405%) Retail
5 2 (5.405%) Billing
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Analyst
1 17 (45.95%) Test Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Test Manager
2 7 (18.92%) Tester
3 4 (10.81%) Consultant
4 3 (8.108%) LoadRunner Consultant
4 3 (8.108%) Test Programme Manager
4 3 (8.108%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (8.108%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.405%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Lead Test Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) QA Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Systems Test Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) Senior Test Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Test Consultant
6 1 (2.703%) Performance Tester
6 1 (2.703%) Integration Tester
6 1 (2.703%) Non-Functional Tester
6 1 (2.703%) Performance Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.703%) Statistics
1 1 (2.703%) Market Risk
1 1 (2.703%) Open Source
1 1 (2.703%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (2.703%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (37.84%) Windows
2 11 (29.73%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (29.73%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (21.62%) Windows 7
3 8 (21.62%) Windows XP
4 4 (10.81%) UNIX
5 1 (2.703%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Test Scripting
2 13 (35.14%) Migration
3 10 (27.03%) Regression Testing
4 9 (24.32%) Integration Testing
5 8 (21.62%) Validation
6 6 (16.22%) Business Continuity
6 6 (16.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (16.22%) Test Automation
7 5 (13.51%) Functional Testing
7 5 (13.51%) Test Strategy
7 5 (13.51%) Software Testing
8 4 (10.81%) ITIL
8 4 (10.81%) Document Management
8 4 (10.81%) Automated Testing
9 3 (8.108%) Test Management
9 3 (8.108%) System Testing
9 3 (8.108%) Time Management
9 3 (8.108%) Data Migration
9 3 (8.108%) Project Management
10 2 (5.405%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) SQL
2 2 (5.405%) C#
2 2 (5.405%) Java
3 1 (2.703%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
2 1 (2.703%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (29.73%) Active Directory
2 10 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (21.62%) VMware ESX
4 5 (13.51%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (56.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) HP
2 13 (35.14%) Oracle
3 11 (29.73%) VMware
4 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
5 3 (8.108%) NetApp
5 3 (8.108%) SAP
6 2 (5.405%) Lotus
6 2 (5.405%) Citrix
7 1 (2.703%) Capita
7 1 (2.703%) Twitter
7 1 (2.703%) Siebel
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Posted: 24 May 2013