Video Game Tester Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Video Game Tester role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Video Game Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Video Games Tester
Location UK	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	-	436	599
Matching contract IT job ads	0	5	1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	-	0.013 %	0.001 %
As % of the Job Titles category	-	0.014 %	0.001 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0	0
Average daily rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	5	1
Average hourly rate	-	£7.50	£7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£7.50	£7.50
All Job Titles UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Job Titles category	44197	36117	76460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	91.49 %	91.56 %	93.02 %
Daily rates quoted	20143	11567	23643
Average daily rate	£400	£375	£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.660 % -6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£213	£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£550	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£338	£350
% change year-on-year	-3.700 % -3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted	2528	3028	6720
Average hourly rate	£20.00	£20.00	£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	- -9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.00	£10.67	£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£38.00	£37.50	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.00	£20.00	£22.00
% change year-on-year	-10.00 % -9.090 %

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.

Video Game Tester
Demand Trend

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

Video Game Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Video Game Tester
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Video Game 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 Video Game Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Games

Video Game Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Video Game 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 Video Game Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Games

Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft