System 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 System 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 System 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
System Testing
Rank 284 288 249
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -39
Contract jobs citing System Testing 280 347 434
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.604% 0.595% 0.711%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.850% 0.877% 1.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 176 244
Average daily rate £335 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £262 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £326
% change year-on-year
- -0.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 34 19
Average hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.29% +14.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.23 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £39.85 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
- +10.09%
Search 90 System Testing jobs
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%

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

System Testing Daily Rate Histogram

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

System Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

System 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 System 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 +15 261 £338 -3.57%
London +20 107 £400 -11.11%
South East -2 51 £350 +7.69%
City of London +16 40 £390 +11.42%
South West +13 21 £350 +21.73%
North West +22 20 £288 -11.53%
East of England +15 19 £450 +16.12%
Berkshire +18 16 £400 +23.07%
West Midlands -4 15 £325 +25.00%
Hampshire -11 11 £338 -12.90%
Yorkshire +4 10 £225 -10.00%
Scotland -15 10 £265 -29.33%
East Midlands -3 9 £550 +17.33%
Cambridgeshire +15 8 £450 +696.46%
Surrey +4 8 £325 +4.83%
Reading +16 7 £338 -3.57%
Buckinghamshire +11 7 £350 -
Milton Keynes +10 6 £300 -
Peterborough - 6 £450 -
Dorset - 6 £350 -
Suffolk +15 5 £470 +17.50%
Bristol +14 5 £313 -12.58%
Cheltenham +10 5 £325 +18.18%
Edinburgh +8 5 £320 +5.34%
Gloucestershire +6 5 £325 +15.55%
Midlands +5 5 - -
West Yorkshire +3 5 £225 -10.00%
Coventry - 5 £250 -
Derbyshire - 5 £550 -
West Sussex +19 4 £525 +16.53%

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 206 (37.73%) User Acceptance Testing
2 173 (31.68%) SQL
3 166 (30.40%) Finance
4 91 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 89 (16.30%) Oracle
6 72 (13.19%) ISEB
7 71 (13.00%) Microsoft
8 69 (12.64%) SQL Server
8 69 (12.64%) .NET
8 69 (12.64%) Windows
9 68 (12.45%) Banking
9 68 (12.45%) QA
10 67 (12.27%) Agile Software Development
11 63 (11.54%) C#
12 58 (10.62%) Java
13 57 (10.44%) Integration Testing
14 56 (10.26%) HP Quality Center
15 53 (9.707%) Migration
16 50 (9.158%) MS Excel
17 45 (8.242%) UNIX
18 44 (8.059%) Unit Testing
19 43 (7.875%) Investment Banking
19 43 (7.875%) Degree
20 42 (7.692%) XML
20 42 (7.692%) Project Management
21 41 (7.509%) Data Warehouse
21 41 (7.509%) Software Testing
22 39 (7.143%) Test Strategy
23 38 (6.960%) JavaScript
23 38 (6.960%) MS Office

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 69 (12.64%) .NET
2 42 (7.692%) XML
3 29 (5.311%) HTML
4 25 (4.579%) ASP.NET
4 25 (4.579%) CSS
4 25 (4.579%) Spring
5 24 (4.396%) jQuery
6 21 (3.846%) Web Services
7 19 (3.480%) Hibernate
8 16 (2.930%) WebSphere
9 15 (2.747%) Ajax
10 14 (2.564%) J2EE
11 11 (2.015%) Struts
11 11 (2.015%) JSP
12 10 (1.832%) Middleware
12 10 (1.832%) Apache CXF
13 9 (1.648%) SOAP
13 9 (1.648%) Application Packaging
14 8 (1.465%) Struts2
14 8 (1.465%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 24 (4.396%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.297%) Apache
3 14 (2.564%) Tomcat
4 11 (2.015%) SharePoint 2010
5 9 (1.648%) CMS
6 6 (1.099%) WebLogic
6 6 (1.099%) IIS
7 5 (0.916%) Oracle Coherence
8 4 (0.733%) ESB
8 4 (0.733%) Oracle Application Server
8 4 (0.733%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.733%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.733%) MS Exchange
8 4 (0.733%) MQSeries
8 4 (0.733%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.733%) ArcIMS
8 4 (0.733%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.549%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.549%) Drupal
9 3 (0.549%) Mule
Applications
1 50 (9.158%) MS Excel
2 38 (6.960%) MS Office
3 17 (3.114%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.099%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.733%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.733%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 13 (2.381%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.465%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.465%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (1.099%) Tridion
4 4 (0.733%) Front Arena
4 4 (0.733%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.733%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (0.733%) CSG Singleview
4 4 (0.733%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.549%) Prophet
5 3 (0.549%) CODA-Financials
5 3 (0.549%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.366%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (0.366%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.366%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.366%) Agresso
6 2 (0.366%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.183%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.183%) Servitor
7 1 (0.183%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.381%) Internet
2 8 (1.465%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.282%) HTTP
4 4 (0.733%) VLAN
4 4 (0.733%) SNMP
4 4 (0.733%) DNS
4 4 (0.733%) ATM
5 3 (0.549%) NAS
5 3 (0.549%) Extranet
5 3 (0.549%) VPN
6 2 (0.366%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.366%) Intranet
6 2 (0.366%) SAN
7 1 (0.183%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.183%) GPRS
7 1 (0.183%) GSM
7 1 (0.183%) SMS
7 1 (0.183%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.183%) IPv6
7 1 (0.183%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (12.64%) SQL Server
2 41 (7.509%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.212%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (2.930%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.747%) SQL Server 2008
6 14 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
6 14 (2.564%) Oracle 11g
7 13 (2.381%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (2.198%) DB2
8 12 (2.198%) RDBMS
8 12 (2.198%) Oracle 10g
9 11 (2.015%) MS Access
10 10 (1.832%) TOAD
11 8 (1.465%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.282%) Oracle BI EE
12 7 (1.282%) MySQL
13 6 (1.099%) GIS
13 6 (1.099%) DbVisualizer
14 5 (0.916%) Oracle Discoverer
14 5 (0.916%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 23 (4.212%) Subversion
2 18 (3.297%) Visual Studio
3 17 (3.114%) JIRA
4 16 (2.930%) Maven
4 16 (2.930%) QuickTest Pro
4 16 (2.930%) Eclipse
4 16 (2.930%) JUnit
4 16 (2.930%) Selenium
5 13 (2.381%) Team Foundation Server
6 9 (1.648%) MSI
7 7 (1.282%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.282%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.916%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (0.916%) TestDirector
8 5 (0.916%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.916%) Ant
9 3 (0.549%) FitNesse
9 3 (0.549%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.549%) WinRunner
9 3 (0.549%) Rational Rose
General
1 166 (30.40%) Finance
2 68 (12.45%) Banking
3 43 (7.875%) Investment Banking
4 21 (3.846%) Retail
5 13 (2.381%) Front Office
6 10 (1.832%) Financial Institution
7 9 (1.648%) Back Office
8 8 (1.465%) Electronics
9 7 (1.282%) Military
10 5 (0.916%) Publishing
10 5 (0.916%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.733%) Automotive
12 3 (0.549%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.549%) Advertising
12 3 (0.549%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.549%) Local Government
13 2 (0.366%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.366%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.366%) Law
13 2 (0.366%) Legal
Job Titles
1 204 (37.36%) Analyst
2 116 (21.25%) Developer
3 80 (14.65%) Test Analyst
4 75 (13.74%) Business Analyst
5 56 (10.26%) Tester
6 38 (6.960%) Test Manager
7 32 (5.861%) Consultant
8 19 (3.480%) Systems Analyst
9 17 (3.114%) Systems Tester
10 16 (2.930%) Test Engineer
10 16 (2.930%) Java Developer
10 16 (2.930%) .NET Developer
10 16 (2.930%) Administrator
11 14 (2.564%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (2.564%) Team Leader
12 13 (2.381%) Support Analyst
13 12 (2.198%) Technical Analyst
13 12 (2.198%) Project Manager
14 11 (2.015%) SharePoint Developer
15 10 (1.832%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.846%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 20 (3.663%) Derivative
3 18 (3.297%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.930%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.564%) Computer Science
6 13 (2.381%) Credit Risk
7 11 (2.015%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.282%) iPhone
9 6 (1.099%) Cryptography
9 6 (1.099%) Grid Computing
9 6 (1.099%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.099%) NHS
9 6 (1.099%) Mathematics
9 6 (1.099%) Market Risk
10 5 (0.916%) Reference Data
10 5 (0.916%) Blackberry
10 5 (0.916%) Equities
11 4 (0.733%) Handset
11 4 (0.733%) IBM Mainframe
11 4 (0.733%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 69 (12.64%) Windows
2 45 (8.242%) UNIX
3 20 (3.663%) Linux
4 17 (3.114%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (1.832%) Windows 7
5 10 (1.832%) Android
6 9 (1.648%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (1.465%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.282%) Windows XP
9 5 (0.916%) Windows Phone
10 4 (0.733%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.549%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.549%) OS/390
11 3 (0.549%) Solaris
12 2 (0.366%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.183%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.183%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.183%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.183%) AIX
13 1 (0.183%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (37.73%) User Acceptance Testing
2 91 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 67 (12.27%) Agile Software Development
4 57 (10.44%) Integration Testing
5 53 (9.707%) Migration
6 44 (8.059%) Unit Testing
7 42 (7.692%) Project Management
8 41 (7.509%) Software Testing
9 39 (7.143%) Test Strategy
10 37 (6.777%) Regression Testing
11 35 (6.410%) Test Management
12 34 (6.227%) UML
13 33 (6.044%) Business Analysis
14 32 (5.861%) Performance Testing
15 30 (5.495%) Data Migration
16 26 (4.762%) Manual Testing
17 23 (4.212%) ETL
18 22 (4.029%) Risk Management
18 22 (4.029%) Workflow
18 22 (4.029%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 173 (31.68%) SQL
2 63 (11.54%) C#
3 58 (10.62%) Java
4 38 (6.960%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.396%) T-SQL
6 21 (3.846%) PL/SQL
6 21 (3.846%) Shell Script
7 19 (3.480%) Python
8 15 (2.747%) VB
9 13 (2.381%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.198%) VB.NET
11 11 (2.015%) C++
12 10 (1.832%) Perl
13 7 (1.282%) C
14 6 (1.099%) VBA
14 6 (1.099%) COBOL
15 4 (0.733%) PHP
15 4 (0.733%) JCL
15 4 (0.733%) Bash shell
16 3 (0.549%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 72 (13.19%) ISEB
2 43 (7.875%) Degree
3 36 (6.593%) Security Cleared
4 33 (6.044%) ISTQB
5 25 (4.579%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.465%) ISEB Practitioner
7 5 (0.916%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (0.916%) HNC
7 5 (0.916%) HND
8 4 (0.733%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.549%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.549%) PMP
9 3 (0.549%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.366%) MCSE
10 2 (0.366%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.366%) OCP
10 2 (0.366%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.366%) CBAP
11 1 (0.183%) HP AIS
11 1 (0.183%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (12.45%) QA
2 10 (1.832%) SLA
3 7 (1.282%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.099%) Basel III
5 4 (0.733%) TickIT
6 1 (0.183%) DICOM
6 1 (0.183%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.183%) Basel II
6 1 (0.183%) GAMP
6 1 (0.183%) GMP
System Software
1 19 (3.480%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.648%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (0.916%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.733%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.549%) ISA Server
5 3 (0.549%) NFS
5 3 (0.549%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.366%) vSphere
7 1 (0.183%) XenApp
7 1 (0.183%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.183%) Nmap
7 1 (0.183%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 56 (10.26%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (1.465%) Control-M
3 5 (0.916%) SCCM
3 5 (0.916%) SCOM
4 3 (0.549%) Legato
4 3 (0.549%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.183%) Sysprep
5 1 (0.183%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.183%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.183%) Nessus
Vendors
1 89 (16.30%) Oracle
2 71 (13.00%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.044%) HP
4 27 (4.945%) SAP
5 18 (3.297%) IBM
6 15 (2.747%) VMware
7 12 (2.198%) Citrix
8 9 (1.648%) AppSense
9 8 (1.465%) Informatica
10 7 (1.282%) Serena
11 5 (0.916%) MicroStrategy
11 5 (0.916%) TIBCO
11 5 (0.916%) Siebel
11 5 (0.916%) Teradata
12 4 (0.733%) Capita
12 4 (0.733%) Cisco
12 4 (0.733%) ESRI
12 4 (0.733%) CODA
12 4 (0.733%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.733%) Pega
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