The first table below looks at the demand for Regression 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 Regression Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 298 319 365
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +46
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 270 297 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.552% 0.520% 0.381%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.777% 0.761% 0.566%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 150 127
Average daily rate £425 £381 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.47% +17.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £251 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £550 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £40.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.40 £13.60 £24.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £38.95 £93.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +22.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34756 39006 41867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.08% 68.24% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20821 22293 23938
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1005 1238 1439
Average hourly rate £29.92 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.68% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.98 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £45.00 £46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Regression Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Regression Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Regression Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Regression 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 Regression Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +16 252 £450 +16.12% 57
London +26 169 £475 +18.75% 32
South East +20 43 £325 -13.33% 7
City of London -12 34 £425 - 16
East of England +20 17 £360 +30.90% 8
Berkshire +15 16 £288 -25.80% 1
Hampshire -4 12 £383 +5.51%
Bracknell - 11 - -
Yorkshire +5 10 £238 -10.37%
Scotland -14 10 £260 +4.00% 2
Cambridgeshire +10 7 £370 - 5
Southampton -1 6 £450 +20.00%
Glasgow - 6 £280 - 1
Wales +9 5 £295 -1.66% 1
West Yorkshire +4 5 £225 -15.09%
Leeds +3 5 £225 -52.63%
Kent - 5 £275 -
Surrey +15 4 £370 +34.54% 2
Cambridge +15 4 £375 - 3
South West +12 4 £350 -17.64% 3
Suffolk +14 3 - - 1
North East +13 3 £375 +17.18% 4
Tyne and Wear +11 3 £375 +17.18% 4
Newcastle upon Tyne +10 3 £375 +17.18% 4
Edinburgh 0 3 £260 -35.00% 1
North West -5 3 £360 +15.75% 4
Essex -6 3 £350 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 3 £243 -
Slough - 3 £300 -
Hounslow - 3 £100 - 1

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 146 (30.10%) Test Scripting
2 142 (29.28%) SQL
3 120 (24.74%) User Acceptance Testing
4 116 (23.92%) Finance
5 108 (22.27%) QA
6 105 (21.65%) HP Quality Center
7 102 (21.03%) Oracle
8 91 (18.76%) UNIX
9 70 (14.43%) Derivative
10 69 (14.23%) Windows
11 68 (14.02%) ISEB
11 68 (14.02%) Degree
12 67 (13.81%) SQL Server
13 65 (13.40%) Java
14 64 (13.20%) .NET
14 64 (13.20%) Unit Testing
14 64 (13.20%) Test Strategy
15 62 (12.78%) Performance Testing
15 62 (12.78%) Microsoft
16 60 (12.37%) C#
17 59 (12.16%) Banking
18 57 (11.75%) Test Automation
18 57 (11.75%) C++
19 56 (11.55%) Front Office
20 54 (11.13%) HP
20 54 (11.13%) Integration Testing
21 53 (10.93%) Software Testing
22 50 (10.31%) Perl
23 47 (9.691%) QuickTest Pro
23 47 (9.691%) Selenium

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 64 (13.20%) .NET
2 34 (7.010%) XML
3 26 (5.361%) STL
4 23 (4.742%) HTML
5 19 (3.918%) .NET Framework
5 19 (3.918%) Web Services
6 13 (2.680%) ASP.NET
7 10 (2.062%) CSS
7 10 (2.062%) SOAP
8 9 (1.856%) WPF
9 7 (1.443%) XSLT
9 7 (1.443%) WCF
9 7 (1.443%) soapUI
9 7 (1.443%) REST
10 6 (1.237%) Cocoa Touch
10 6 (1.237%) J2EE
10 6 (1.237%) Cocoa
11 5 (1.031%) Flash
11 5 (1.031%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (1.031%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 20 (4.124%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.093%) Confluence
3 13 (2.680%) Tomcat
4 11 (2.268%) IIS
5 6 (1.237%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (0.825%) CMS
6 4 (0.825%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.619%) Documentum
7 3 (0.619%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.412%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.412%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.412%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.206%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.206%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.206%) Apache
9 1 (0.206%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 44 (9.072%) MS Excel
2 28 (5.773%) MS Project
3 21 (4.330%) MS Visio
4 14 (2.887%) MS Office
5 10 (2.062%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.412%) Mingle
7 1 (0.206%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.443%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.443%) SAP MM
2 4 (0.825%) LatentZero
2 4 (0.825%) SAP PM
2 4 (0.825%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.825%) SAP SD
2 4 (0.825%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.619%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.619%) Cerner Millennium
3 3 (0.619%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.619%) Sentinel
3 3 (0.619%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.412%) Capstone
4 2 (0.412%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.412%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.412%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.412%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.412%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.206%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.206%) Decalog
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.062%) LAN
1 10 (2.062%) WAN
2 8 (1.649%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.031%) Internet
3 5 (1.031%) HTTP
4 4 (0.825%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.619%) BSS
6 2 (0.412%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.412%) NAS
6 2 (0.412%) Network Security
6 2 (0.412%) DHCP
6 2 (0.412%) DNS
6 2 (0.412%) VPN
6 2 (0.412%) Wireless
7 1 (0.206%) Firewall
7 1 (0.206%) CTI
7 1 (0.206%) TELNET
7 1 (0.206%) FTP
7 1 (0.206%) CDMA
7 1 (0.206%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (13.81%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.330%) OLTP
2 21 (4.330%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.268%) Oracle 8/8i
3 11 (2.268%) Oracle BI EE
4 10 (2.062%) Oracle 11g
4 10 (2.062%) Oracle 10g
5 8 (1.649%) Data Mining
5 8 (1.649%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.237%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.237%) SQLPlus
6 6 (1.237%) SAP BW
7 5 (1.031%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.031%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.825%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (0.825%) MS Access
8 4 (0.825%) DB2
8 4 (0.825%) MySQL
8 4 (0.825%) Oracle 9i
9 3 (0.619%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 47 (9.691%) QuickTest Pro
1 47 (9.691%) Selenium
2 44 (9.072%) JIRA
3 29 (5.979%) LoadRunner
4 26 (5.361%) Visual Studio
4 26 (5.361%) Cucumber
5 18 (3.711%) Subversion
6 14 (2.887%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (2.062%) Rational Rose
8 9 (1.856%) WebDriver
8 9 (1.856%) Talend Open Studio
9 7 (1.443%) JMeter
9 7 (1.443%) Maven
10 6 (1.237%) FitNesse
10 6 (1.237%) TestDirector
11 5 (1.031%) Bugzilla
11 5 (1.031%) JUnit
11 5 (1.031%) WinRunner
11 5 (1.031%) NUnit
11 5 (1.031%) Hudson
General
1 116 (23.92%) Finance
2 59 (12.16%) Banking
3 56 (11.55%) Front Office
4 36 (7.423%) Investment Banking
5 23 (4.742%) Retail
6 14 (2.887%) Telecoms
6 14 (2.887%) Games
7 9 (1.856%) Back Office
8 7 (1.443%) Publishing
9 5 (1.031%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.825%) Retail Banking
10 4 (0.825%) Legal
11 3 (0.619%) Law
12 2 (0.412%) Billing
12 2 (0.412%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.412%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.412%) Electronics
12 2 (0.412%) Automotive
13 1 (0.206%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.206%) German Language
Job Titles
1 166 (34.23%) Analyst
2 133 (27.42%) Test Analyst
3 82 (16.91%) Tester
3 82 (16.91%) Developer
4 42 (8.660%) Test Manager
5 30 (6.186%) C++ Developer
6 26 (5.361%) QA Analyst
7 22 (4.536%) Senior Analyst
8 16 (3.299%) Project Manager
9 15 (3.093%) Test Engineer
10 13 (2.680%) Consultant
10 13 (2.680%) Senior Test Analyst
10 13 (2.680%) QA Engineer
10 13 (2.680%) QA Test Analyst
10 13 (2.680%) Test Leader
11 12 (2.474%) Java Developer
11 12 (2.474%) SAP Analyst
12 11 (2.268%) QA Manager
13 10 (2.062%) Oracle Developer
13 10 (2.062%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 70 (14.43%) Derivative
2 30 (6.186%) Equities
3 28 (5.773%) Fixed Income
4 22 (4.536%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (3.505%) Computer Science
6 15 (3.093%) PMI
7 12 (2.474%) NHS
8 9 (1.856%) Credit Derivative
9 8 (1.649%) Market Risk
10 7 (1.443%) Video on Demand
10 7 (1.443%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.237%) STB
11 6 (1.237%) Equity Derivative
11 6 (1.237%) IPTV
11 6 (1.237%) Credit Risk
12 5 (1.031%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.031%) Animation
12 5 (1.031%) Open Source
13 4 (0.825%) Kinect
13 4 (0.825%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 91 (18.76%) UNIX
2 69 (14.23%) Windows
3 46 (9.485%) Linux
4 18 (3.711%) Windows 7
4 18 (3.711%) Android
5 17 (3.505%) Windows XP
5 17 (3.505%) Apple iOS
6 14 (2.887%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (2.474%) Solaris
8 11 (2.268%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (1.237%) Windows Mobile
9 6 (1.237%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.031%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.412%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.412%) VMS
12 1 (0.206%) SUSE
12 1 (0.206%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.206%) AIX
12 1 (0.206%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.206%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (30.10%) Test Scripting
2 120 (24.74%) User Acceptance Testing
3 64 (13.20%) Unit Testing
3 64 (13.20%) Test Strategy
4 62 (12.78%) Performance Testing
5 57 (11.75%) Test Automation
6 54 (11.13%) Integration Testing
7 53 (10.93%) Software Testing
8 46 (9.485%) Project Management
9 45 (9.278%) Manual Testing
9 45 (9.278%) Automated Testing
9 45 (9.278%) Agile Software Development
10 44 (9.072%) Test Management
11 40 (8.247%) Migration
12 37 (7.629%) Continuous Integration
13 36 (7.423%) System Testing
14 34 (7.010%) Scrum
15 31 (6.392%) ITIL
15 31 (6.392%) UML
16 30 (6.186%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 142 (29.28%) SQL
2 65 (13.40%) Java
3 60 (12.37%) C#
4 57 (11.75%) C++
5 50 (10.31%) Perl
6 43 (8.866%) Python
7 37 (7.629%) Ruby
7 37 (7.629%) JavaScript
8 24 (4.948%) C
9 13 (2.680%) VB
10 12 (2.474%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.474%) VBA
10 12 (2.474%) Objective-C
11 11 (2.268%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.649%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.649%) PHP
13 6 (1.237%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.825%) VC++
14 4 (0.825%) ABAP
15 3 (0.619%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 68 (14.02%) ISEB
1 68 (14.02%) Degree
2 38 (7.835%) ISTQB
3 37 (7.629%) Security Cleared
4 33 (6.804%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.299%) PMI Certification
6 15 (3.093%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 6 (1.237%) MCTS
7 6 (1.237%) BC Cleared
8 3 (0.619%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.412%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.206%) ACCA
10 1 (0.206%) MCAD
10 1 (0.206%) MCSD
10 1 (0.206%) HNC
10 1 (0.206%) HND
10 1 (0.206%) PMP
10 1 (0.206%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.206%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.206%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (22.27%) QA
2 15 (3.093%) COBIT
3 3 (0.619%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.206%) SLA
4 1 (0.206%) HL7
4 1 (0.206%) FATCA
System Software
1 20 (4.124%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.062%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.062%) VMware ESX
3 5 (1.031%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (0.825%) NFS
5 3 (0.619%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.412%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.412%) XenApp
6 2 (0.412%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 2 (0.412%) Veritas File System
Systems Management
1 105 (21.65%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (1.031%) Control-M
3 4 (0.825%) BladeLogic
4 1 (0.206%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 102 (21.03%) Oracle
2 62 (12.78%) Microsoft
3 54 (11.13%) HP
4 35 (7.216%) SAP
5 20 (4.124%) VMware
6 10 (2.062%) Niku
7 9 (1.856%) Talend
8 6 (1.237%) Sybase
9 5 (1.031%) IBM
9 5 (1.031%) Sun
9 5 (1.031%) Fidessa
9 5 (1.031%) Cerner
9 5 (1.031%) Citrix
9 5 (1.031%) RedPrairie
10 4 (0.825%) Tradeweb
10 4 (0.825%) Siebel
10 4 (0.825%) EMC
10 4 (0.825%) Symantec
10 4 (0.825%) Hummingbird
11 3 (0.619%) JD Edwards
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
The Purpose of the role: To provide testing skills to confirm the 'as is' functionality (via Regression testing) and the 'to be' functionality (UAT)... Assist with test scripting...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £330.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
The role will involve design,develop and test software products to a set test processes, bug fixing and regression testing. You will be in charge of leading the...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The client is at the latter end of the project, this is a web base application devised within ASP.net and back end SQL server, the ideal candidate...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will be responsible for the establishment of a structured testing process, and communicate strategies, methodologies and tools to other members of the team... Applications for Automated Tester -...
Computer People
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
West London
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as a Test Analyst and full project life cycle experience including testing methodologies, automated testing experience, full understanding of...
MBA Ltd
Posted: 14 June 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Concept Personnel
Rate: From £20,000 to £45,000 per annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
RDF Resources
Rate: Attractive Daily Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
RDF Resources
Rate: Attractive Daily Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Hudson IT London
Rate: £300 - £370 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Hydrogen Group
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 19 June 2013
City, London
Code IT Recruitment
Rate: From £400 to £510 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Richmond, Surrey
Touchpoint Resource
Rate: From £400 to £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Suffolk
Roc Search
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 31 May 2013
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