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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software Testing over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank242293325
Rank change year-on-year
Up+51Up+32
Matching contract IT job ads281161325
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.578 %0.406 %0.396 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.982 %0.766 %0.796 %
Daily rates quoted9358112
Average daily rate£315£313£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.800 %-3.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£192£185£241
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£537£460£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£285£325
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %-12.30 %
Hourly rates quoted211634
Average hourly rate£30.00£27.00£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %+3.840 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.30£17.15
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£37.30£36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£25.00£27.25
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %-8.250 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
286022103040843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.85 %52.99 %49.80 %
Daily rates quoted13778745914073
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357£375
% change year-on-year
-1.960 %-4.800 %
Hourly rates quoted115712202458
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.73£30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.63 %-7.580 %

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.

Software Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Software Testing Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Software Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Software Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Software 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 Software Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+49270£325+4.00 %
LondonDown-13115£403+15.00 %
South EastUp+2259£265-7.42 %
South WestUp+928£325-7.14 %
HampshireUp+1922£250-4.76 %
North WestUp+322£275+7.73 %
City of LondonDown-7019£375+20.00 %
YorkshireUp+917£387-15.81 %
SurreyDown-716£300-14.28 %
West YorkshireDown-515£375-18.47 %
East of EnglandUp+3014£313-
DevonDown-712£325-
LeedsUp+711£338+18.42 %
CambridgeshireNew entry-11£313-
BerkshireUp+910£127-71.88 %
CheshireDown-310£325-
ExeterDown-610£350-
CambridgeNew entry-10£325-
GloucestershireUp+149£313-
ManchesterDown-69£265+2.81 %
WarringtonUp+58£324-
West MidlandsUp+17£425+63.46 %
EpsomNew entry-7--
ScotlandDown-96£273-
BirminghamUp+35£425-
GlasgowDown-15£273-
RomseyNew entry-5£250-
BasingstokeNew entry-5£265-
Canary WharfNew entry-5£500-
CheltenhamUp+163£380-

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1169 (33.53 %)ISEB
2109 (21.63 %)SQL
3108 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
492 (18.25 %)QA
586 (17.06 %)Finance
586 (17.06 %)Security Cleared
673 (14.48 %)Banking
770 (13.89 %)Oracle
865 (12.90 %)User Acceptance Testing
962 (12.30 %)Agile Software Development
1059 (11.71 %)Investment Banking
1155 (10.91 %)C
1155 (10.91 %)Java
1155 (10.91 %)SC Cleared
1254 (10.71 %)Test Management
1352 (10.32 %)QuickTest Pro
1449 (9.722 %)TestDirector
1449 (9.722 %)UNIX
1548 (9.524 %)Windows
1644 (8.730 %)SQL Server
1644 (8.730 %)Integration Testing
1741 (8.135 %)Linux
1840 (7.937 %)Perl
1840 (7.937 %)Government
1938 (7.540 %)Retail
1938 (7.540 %)XML
2036 (7.143 %)Datawarehouse
2036 (7.143 %)Telecoms
2135 (6.944 %)Insurance
2135 (6.944 %)Degree

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
138 (7.540 %)XML
227 (5.357 %).NET
323 (4.563 %)Web Services
413 (2.579 %)Application Packaging
413 (2.579 %)SOAP
512 (2.381 %)J2EE
611 (2.183 %)HTML
611 (2.183 %)CSS
710 (1.984 %)ASP
88 (1.587 %)AJAX
97 (1.389 %)JSP
97 (1.389 %)Flash
106 (1.190 %)Silverlight
115 (0.992 %)JSON
115 (0.992 %)ASP.NET
124 (0.794 %)ebXML
124 (0.794 %)Swing
124 (0.794 %)Middleware
133 (0.595 %)SWT
133 (0.595 %)DOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (2.976 %)Apache
213 (2.579 %)IIS
37 (1.389 %)MS Exchange
46 (1.190 %)Rendezvous
55 (0.992 %)SharePoint
64 (0.794 %)Tomcat
64 (0.794 %)WebLogic
72 (0.397 %)Documentum
81 (0.198 %)Morello
81 (0.198 %)ESB
81 (0.198 %)LiveLink
81 (0.198 %)CMS
81 (0.198 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
122 (4.365 %)MS Excel
221 (4.167 %)MS Office
38 (1.587 %)MS PowerPoint
44 (0.794 %)MS Project
51 (0.198 %)MS Visio
51 (0.198 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (1.587 %)SoftGrid
26 (1.190 %)RMDS
26 (1.190 %)SAP IS-U
35 (0.992 %)Siebel Analytics
35 (0.992 %)Cerner Millennium
44 (0.794 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
53 (0.595 %)SAP CO
53 (0.595 %)SAP FI/CO
53 (0.595 %)Maximo
53 (0.595 %)SAP FI
62 (0.397 %)JDE OneWorld
62 (0.397 %)Oracle EBS
71 (0.198 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
71 (0.198 %)Oracle ERP
71 (0.198 %)SAP CRM
71 (0.198 %)Global One
71 (0.198 %)SAP SD
71 (0.198 %)Endur
71 (0.198 %)Oracle 11i
71 (0.198 %)Algo Collateral
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (3.175 %)Internet
210 (1.984 %)DNS
38 (1.587 %)DHCP
47 (1.389 %)LDAP
54 (0.794 %)HTTP
54 (0.794 %)Broadband
54 (0.794 %)GSM
54 (0.794 %)Wi-Fi
63 (0.595 %)SIGTRAN
63 (0.595 %)ASN.1
63 (0.595 %)SS7
63 (0.595 %)Firewall
63 (0.595 %)TCAP
63 (0.595 %)SCCP
63 (0.595 %)INAP
63 (0.595 %)ATM
63 (0.595 %)WAN
63 (0.595 %)TCP/IP
63 (0.595 %)PSTN
72 (0.397 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
144 (8.730 %)SQL Server
236 (7.143 %)Datawarehouse
316 (3.175 %)SQL Server Integration Services
412 (2.381 %)SQL Server 2005
510 (1.984 %)SQL Server 2008
69 (1.786 %)TOAD
77 (1.389 %)Star Schema
77 (1.389 %)Oracle 10g
86 (1.190 %)Oracle BI EE
86 (1.190 %)Oracle Reports
86 (1.190 %)MySQL
95 (0.992 %)MS Access
95 (0.992 %)Oracle 9i
95 (0.992 %)OLTP
104 (0.794 %)OLAP
104 (0.794 %)Oracle OLAP
113 (0.595 %)Oracle 8/8i
113 (0.595 %)ETL
122 (0.397 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
122 (0.397 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
152 (10.32 %)QuickTest Pro
249 (9.722 %)TestDirector
331 (6.151 %)WinRunner
426 (5.159 %)Selenium
525 (4.960 %)LoadRunner
623 (4.563 %)ClearQuest
717 (3.373 %)JIRA
813 (2.579 %)Subversion
813 (2.579 %)JUnit
912 (2.381 %)FitNesse
1011 (2.183 %)Visual Studio
1110 (1.984 %)XDE
128 (1.587 %)Visual Studio Team System
136 (1.190 %)ClearCase
145 (0.992 %)WebDriver
154 (0.794 %)PVCS
154 (0.794 %)VSS/SourceSafe
154 (0.794 %)JMeter
163 (0.595 %)TestComplete
163 (0.595 %)OpenSTA
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
186 (17.06 %)Finance
273 (14.48 %)Banking
359 (11.71 %)Investment Banking
440 (7.937 %)Government
538 (7.540 %)Retail
636 (7.143 %)Telecoms
735 (6.944 %)Insurance
826 (5.159 %)Retail Banking
923 (4.563 %)Health
1013 (2.579 %)Games
1112 (2.381 %)Education
1210 (1.984 %)Front Office
138 (1.587 %)Back Office
138 (1.587 %)Military
147 (1.389 %)Electronics
155 (0.992 %)Pensions
155 (0.992 %)Electric
164 (0.794 %)Financial Institution
173 (0.595 %)Online Games
173 (0.595 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1196 (38.89 %)Analyst
2148 (29.37 %)Test Analyst
3111 (22.02 %)Tester
452 (10.32 %)Test Manager
545 (8.929 %)Developer
630 (5.952 %)Software Tester
727 (5.357 %)Business Analyst
819 (3.770 %)Test Engineer
917 (3.373 %)Software Engineer
1016 (3.175 %)Consultant
1115 (2.976 %)Siebel Analyst
1115 (2.976 %)Data Migration Analyst
1115 (2.976 %)Data Analyst
1214 (2.778 %)QA Analyst
1312 (2.381 %)Senior Analyst
1312 (2.381 %)Technical Analyst
1411 (2.183 %)QA Tester
1411 (2.183 %)QA Test Analyst
1411 (2.183 %)Project Manager
1411 (2.183 %)CRM Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (6.548 %)NHS
217 (3.373 %)Derivative
39 (1.786 %)Computer Science
48 (1.587 %)Handset
48 (1.587 %)STB
57 (1.389 %)PKI
57 (1.389 %)Equity Derivative
57 (1.389 %)Equities
57 (1.389 %)NPfIT
66 (1.190 %)Client/Server
75 (0.992 %)Swaptions
75 (0.992 %)Wiki
75 (0.992 %)Interest Rate Derivative
75 (0.992 %)Management Information System
75 (0.992 %)N-Tier
84 (0.794 %)Replication
93 (0.595 %)French Language
93 (0.595 %)Data Protection Act
93 (0.595 %)Statistics
102 (0.397 %)SaaS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
149 (9.722 %)UNIX
248 (9.524 %)Windows
341 (8.135 %)Linux
47 (1.389 %)Solaris
47 (1.389 %)Red Hat Linux
56 (1.190 %)Windows XP
56 (1.190 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (0.794 %)Windows 7
73 (0.595 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.397 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
82 (0.397 %)AIX
82 (0.397 %)HPUX
91 (0.198 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.198 %)ThreadX
91 (0.198 %)MVS
91 (0.198 %)zOS
91 (0.198 %)Windows CE
91 (0.198 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.198 %)NetWare
91 (0.198 %)VME
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1108 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
265 (12.90 %)User Acceptance Testing
362 (12.30 %)Agile Software Development
454 (10.71 %)Test Management
544 (8.730 %)Integration Testing
634 (6.746 %)Migration
634 (6.746 %)Scrum
634 (6.746 %)Test Automation
733 (6.548 %)CRM
827 (5.357 %)Manual Testing
924 (4.762 %)RUP
924 (4.762 %)Automated Testing
1023 (4.563 %)Validation
1122 (4.365 %)Project Management
1122 (4.365 %)PRINCE2
1122 (4.365 %)UML
1221 (4.167 %)Configuration Management
1320 (3.968 %)Risk Management
1320 (3.968 %)ITIL
1419 (3.770 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1109 (21.63 %)SQL
255 (10.91 %)C
255 (10.91 %)Java
340 (7.937 %)Perl
424 (4.762 %)C++
523 (4.563 %)C#
523 (4.563 %)Python
619 (3.770 %)JavaScript
619 (3.770 %)PL/SQL
713 (2.579 %)VB
810 (1.984 %)VBScript
96 (1.190 %)Shell Script
104 (0.794 %)T-SQL
104 (0.794 %)PHP
104 (0.794 %)Ruby
113 (0.595 %)Korn
122 (0.397 %)Groovy
131 (0.198 %)Tcl
131 (0.198 %)VB.NET
131 (0.198 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1169 (33.53 %)ISEB
286 (17.06 %)Security Cleared
355 (10.91 %)SC Cleared
435 (6.944 %)Degree
533 (6.548 %)ISTQB
623 (4.563 %)DV Cleared
718 (3.571 %)ISEB Practitioner
88 (1.587 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
93 (0.595 %)Cisco Certification
93 (0.595 %)Microsoft Certification
93 (0.595 %)PRINCE2 Certification
102 (0.397 %)CTC Cleared
102 (0.397 %)MCP
102 (0.397 %)CCNP
102 (0.397 %)CCNA
102 (0.397 %)SAP Certification
111 (0.198 %)Sun Certification
111 (0.198 %)OCP
111 (0.198 %)Oracle Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
192 (18.25 %)QA
24 (0.794 %)WAI
24 (0.794 %)HL7
32 (0.397 %)ISO9001
32 (0.397 %)TickIT
41 (0.198 %)ISO9000
41 (0.198 %)SLA
41 (0.198 %)JTAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (2.381 %)Active Directory
23 (0.595 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (3.373 %)HP Quality Center
27 (1.389 %)NetBackup
31 (0.198 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.198 %)SCCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
170 (13.89 %)Oracle
228 (5.556 %)HP
326 (5.159 %)Microsoft
425 (4.960 %)SAP
520 (3.968 %)Siebel
613 (2.579 %)JBoss
711 (2.183 %)Citrix
810 (1.984 %)TIBCO
98 (1.587 %)Cognos
98 (1.587 %)Teradata
107 (1.389 %)Red Hat
107 (1.389 %)Sybase
115 (0.992 %)Cerner
124 (0.794 %)Symbian
124 (0.794 %)Calypso
133 (0.595 %)MKS
133 (0.595 %)IBM
142 (0.397 %)Cisco
142 (0.397 %)Business Objects
142 (0.397 %)Fidessa