The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Strategy 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 Warwickshire 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
Test Strategy
Rank 28 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.449% 0.410% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.098% 0.694% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £395
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +19.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
143 144 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 69.08% 59.02% 61.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 65 48
Average daily rate £325 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 20
Average hourly rate £29.00 £16.85 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.10% -32.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.65 £10.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £22.90 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Strategy across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Warwickshire 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
Leamington Spa - 1 - -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 - -
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 5 (71.43%) Information Management
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) TestDirector
4 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
4 1 (14.29%) SAP CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) TestDirector
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Business Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Financial Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Report Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Testing Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Management
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) HP
Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Owning programme test strategy (including scope of coverage and resource requirements) Definition of test environment strategy... Stakeholder management at senior level. Comprehensive experience of QA and Testing processes.....
Jumar
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stratford-Upon-Avon, West Midlands
Responsibilities: - Definition, communication and management of all programme test activities - Represent testing at programme steering group and other programme governance meetings - Owning programme test strategy (including scope of...
Jumar Solutions
Posted: 22 May 2013