The first table below looks at the demand for Integration Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Integration 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 for the Wales region.

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
Integration Testing
Rank 41 46 52
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 3 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.704% 1.404% 1.364%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.007% 2.156% 2.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £380 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.56% +4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 371 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.95% 65.09% 62.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 181 184
Average daily rate £373 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Integration Testing
UK

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Integration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Integration Testing across the Wales region.

Wales Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Integration Testing across the Wales region.

Wales Integration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the Wales region 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
South Wales -5 1 - -
Integration Testing
UK

Integration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing.

1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Payroll
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) C
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 2 (20.00%) ETL
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) ISEB
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (20.00%) MS Project
4 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX
4 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (20.00%) RUP
4 2 (20.00%) Software Testing

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Integration 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 Integration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Project
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (10.00%) SAP MM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Functional Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Data Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Migration Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SAP MM Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (20.00%) ETL
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) RUP
3 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) i2
3 1 (10.00%) JDA