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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Tester
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank509502
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads55135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.140 %
As % of the category below0.088 %0.153 %
Daily rates quoted2144
Average minimum daily rate£269£256
Average daily rate£289£273
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£291
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£279
% change on same period last year+2.81 %
Hourly rates quoted1219
Average minimum hourly rate£22.88£21.68
Average hourly rate£24.60£23.37
% change on same period last year+5.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.33£25.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.57£23.37
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6217088312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.60 %91.33 %
Daily rates quoted2007426422
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-4.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted57327812
Average minimum hourly rate£22.72£23.70
Average hourly rate£24.20£25.26
% change on same period last year-4.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.69£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Software Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Tester Demand Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Software Tester Daily Rate Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Software Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Software Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Software Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Software Tester
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Software Tester Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Tester
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 Software Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1350£289+4.47 %
South EastUp+1425£301+10.16 %
HampshireUp+2612£276-
LondonUp+6311£291+19.56 %
SurreyUp+199£337+68.50 %
City of LondonNew entry-7£330-
East of EnglandUp+247--
BasingstokeNew entry-6£285-
FarnhamNew entry-5£337-
CambridgeUp+143--
CambridgeshireUp+143--
ScotlandUp+183--
EssexNew entry-2--
OxfordshireDown-92--
HertfordshireUp+162--
East MidlandsDown-12--
MerseysideNew entry-2£198-
North WestUp+182£198-29.46 %
LiverpoolNew entry-2£198-
SouthamptonNew entry-2£279-
WatfordNew entry-2--
WinchesterNew entry-1£290-
BerkshireUp+271--
BuckinghamshireUp+131--
AbingdonDown-21--
BournemouthNew entry-1£300-
BrentwoodNew entry-1--
CardiffNew entry-1--
CrawleyNew entry-1£275-
DerbyDown-81--

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

137 (28.03 %)ISEB
236 (27.27 %)Software Testing
328 (21.21 %)Test Scripting
426 (19.70 %)Windows
522 (16.67 %)QA
618 (13.64 %)User Acceptance Testing
716 (12.12 %)Automated Testing
814 (10.61 %)UNIX
913 (9.848 %)Security Cleared
1012 (9.091 %)Java
1012 (9.091 %)CRM
1111 (8.333 %).NET
1111 (8.333 %)Oracle
1111 (8.333 %)Manual Testing
1210 (7.576 %)Finance
139 (6.818 %)Regression Testing
139 (6.818 %)SQL
139 (6.818 %)MS Excel
139 (6.818 %)Microsoft
139 (6.818 %)QuickTest Pro
148 (6.061 %)E-Commerce
148 (6.061 %)Linux
148 (6.061 %)WinRunner
148 (6.061 %)TestDirector
148 (6.061 %)Project Management
148 (6.061 %)Data Management
148 (6.061 %)Unit Testing
148 (6.061 %)Degree
157 (5.303 %)Web Development
157 (5.303 %)Performance Testing

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (8.333 %).NET
24 (3.030 %)J2EE
24 (3.030 %)ASP.NET
32 (1.515 %)XML
41 (0.758 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (0.758 %)WebSphere
41 (0.758 %).NET Framework
41 (0.758 %)CSS
41 (0.758 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (2.273 %)SharePoint
13 (2.273 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (6.818 %)MS Excel
22 (1.515 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.273 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (1.515 %)Oracle Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (2.273 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.515 %)Ethernet
22 (1.515 %)Wireless
31 (0.758 %)FTP
31 (0.758 %)SNMP
31 (0.758 %)LDAP
31 (0.758 %)SMTP
31 (0.758 %)DNS
31 (0.758 %)Intranet
31 (0.758 %)Internet
31 (0.758 %)RTP
31 (0.758 %)SS7
31 (0.758 %)INAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (5.303 %)SQL Server
17 (5.303 %)Data Cleansing
23 (2.273 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (2.273 %)RDBMS
32 (1.515 %)Datawarehouse
32 (1.515 %)OLAP
32 (1.515 %)Oracle OLAP
32 (1.515 %)GIS
41 (0.758 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.758 %)DB2
41 (0.758 %)MySQL
41 (0.758 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (6.818 %)QuickTest Pro
28 (6.061 %)WinRunner
28 (6.061 %)TestDirector
36 (4.545 %)LoadRunner
36 (4.545 %)TestPartner
45 (3.788 %)FitNesse
54 (3.030 %)Selenium
54 (3.030 %)ClearQuest
63 (2.273 %)Visual Studio
72 (1.515 %)NUnit
81 (0.758 %)JUnit
81 (0.758 %)QARun
81 (0.758 %)WATIR
81 (0.758 %)ClearCase
81 (0.758 %)Bugzilla
81 (0.758 %)RequisitePro
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (7.576 %)Finance
26 (4.545 %)Government
35 (3.788 %)Legal
35 (3.788 %)Telecoms
44 (3.030 %)Games
53 (2.273 %)Health
53 (2.273 %)Law
62 (1.515 %)Automotive
62 (1.515 %)Retail
62 (1.515 %)Insurance
71 (0.758 %)Pensions
71 (0.758 %)Marketing
71 (0.758 %)Investment Banking
71 (0.758 %)Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (1.515 %)Client/Server
12 (1.515 %)NHS
12 (1.515 %)STB
12 (1.515 %)Computer Science
21 (0.758 %)Statistics
21 (0.758 %)Smartcard
21 (0.758 %)Management Information System
21 (0.758 %)APACS
21 (0.758 %)MPEG
21 (0.758 %)EPoS
21 (0.758 %)EMV
21 (0.758 %)Chip and PIN
21 (0.758 %)EFT
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (19.70 %)Windows
214 (10.61 %)UNIX
38 (6.061 %)Linux
47 (5.303 %)Solaris
55 (3.788 %)Windows 2000
63 (2.273 %)Windows Mobile
72 (1.515 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.758 %)FreeBSD
81 (0.758 %)Windows XP
81 (0.758 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.758 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.758 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (27.27 %)Software Testing
228 (21.21 %)Test Scripting
318 (13.64 %)User Acceptance Testing
416 (12.12 %)Automated Testing
513 (9.848 %)Security Cleared
612 (9.091 %)CRM
711 (8.333 %)Manual Testing
89 (6.818 %)Regression Testing
98 (6.061 %)Project Management
98 (6.061 %)E-Commerce
98 (6.061 %)Data Management
98 (6.061 %)Unit Testing
107 (5.303 %)Agile Software Development
107 (5.303 %)Web Development
107 (5.303 %)Performance Testing
116 (4.545 %)OO
116 (4.545 %)System Testing
125 (3.788 %)Integration Testing
125 (3.788 %)SC Cleared
125 (3.788 %)V-Model
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (9.091 %)Java
29 (6.818 %)SQL
37 (5.303 %)C
46 (4.545 %)C#
46 (4.545 %)Ada
53 (2.273 %)Python
53 (2.273 %)C++
53 (2.273 %)JavaScript
53 (2.273 %)Perl
62 (1.515 %)PL/SQL
62 (1.515 %)Shell Script
62 (1.515 %)VB
62 (1.515 %)VB.NET
71 (0.758 %)DHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (28.03 %)ISEB
28 (6.061 %)Degree
34 (3.030 %)ISTQB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (16.67 %)QA
21 (0.758 %)ISO8583
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.758 %)Active Directory
11 (0.758 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.515 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (8.333 %)Oracle
29 (6.818 %)Microsoft
36 (4.545 %)Compuware
36 (4.545 %)HP
36 (4.545 %)Citrix
41 (0.758 %)NetApp
41 (0.758 %)Red Hat
41 (0.758 %)Mapinfo
41 (0.758 %)ESRI
41 (0.758 %)VMware
41 (0.758 %)SAP
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