The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Regression Testing 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 for the Watford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 13 - 19
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 2.703% - 1.351%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.167% - 2.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+22.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
48 88 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 64.86% 83.81% 60.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 21
Average daily rate £450 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Regression Testing
Hertfordshire

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Watford Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Flash
1 3 (100.00%) MQSeries
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) DbVisualizer
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Flash
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
1 3 (100.00%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) HP