The first table below looks at the demand for TMap skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TMap over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management Approach (TMap)
Rank 532 581 585
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +4
Contract jobs citing TMap 2 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.008% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.012% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £463 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33412 40209 40724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.90% 67.83% 67.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19968 23081 23144
Average daily rate £413 £401 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 1304 1455
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.78 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

TMap
Jobs Demand Trend

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

TMap Jobs Demand Trend

TMap
Daily Rate Trend

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

TMap Daily Rate Trend

TMap
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TMap 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 TMap.

1 4 (50.00%) QA
1 4 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (37.50%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) 3G
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (12.50%) Music
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) RANAP
4 1 (12.50%) Dutch Language
4 1 (12.50%) French Language
4 1 (12.50%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (12.50%) MGW
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management

TMap
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TMap 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 TMap. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (12.50%) RANAP
2 1 (12.50%) MGW
2 1 (12.50%) SIGTRAN
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (12.50%) PowerCenter
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (12.50%) Music
1 1 (12.50%) Dutch Language
1 1 (12.50%) French Language
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Tester
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Audio Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Tester
2 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Switch Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Use Case
2 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
2 1 (12.50%) Validation
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (12.50%) Huawei
2 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
2 1 (12.50%) Informatica
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft