The first table below looks at the demand for Integration Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Integration Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 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 West Midlands 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Integration Testing
Rank 77 58 94
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +36
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 16 48 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.935% 2.148% 0.259%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.461% 3.274% 0.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 1
Average daily rate £550 £391 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.57% +20.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £361
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.50 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1095 1466 1227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.00% 65.59% 63.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 703 520
Average daily rate £350 £341 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.79% +0.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 63 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -22.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Integration Testing
England

Integration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Integration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Integration Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands Integration Testing Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Coventry +2 12 £550 +69.23%
Birmingham 0 1 £350 +2.86% 2
Solihull - - - -
Walsall - - - -
Shropshire - - - - 2
Staffordshire - - - -
Warwickshire - - - -
Integration Testing
England

Integration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 17 (53.13%) SAP
2 16 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (37.50%) Unit Testing
3 12 (37.50%) Automotive
4 10 (31.25%) Logistics
5 9 (28.13%) Finance
5 9 (28.13%) Test Scripting
6 8 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 8 (25.00%) SQL
7 7 (21.88%) Software Testing
7 7 (21.88%) Migration
7 7 (21.88%) System Testing
8 5 (15.63%) SAP Implementation
8 5 (15.63%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (15.63%) Validation
8 5 (15.63%) SAP CO
8 5 (15.63%) Oracle
8 5 (15.63%) SAP FI
8 5 (15.63%) Project Management
8 5 (15.63%) MS Visio
8 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (15.63%) ISEB
9 4 (12.50%) SAP MM
9 4 (12.50%) UNIX
9 4 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (12.50%) J2EE
9 4 (12.50%) ERP
9 4 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
9 4 (12.50%) Automated Testing
9 4 (12.50%) MBA

Integration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 4 (12.50%) J2EE
2 1 (3.125%) XML Schema
2 1 (3.125%) .NET
2 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.125%) Web Services
2 1 (3.125%) XML
2 1 (3.125%) Silverlight
2 1 (3.125%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (3.125%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) MS Visio
2 4 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (15.63%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (15.63%) SAP CO
1 5 (15.63%) SAP FI
2 4 (12.50%) SAP MM
3 2 (6.250%) SAP PM
4 1 (3.125%) SAP HR
4 1 (3.125%) SAP QM
4 1 (3.125%) Summit
4 1 (3.125%) SAP CS
4 1 (3.125%) SAP PLM
4 1 (3.125%) Servitor
4 1 (3.125%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) SAP BI
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (37.50%) Automotive
2 9 (28.13%) Finance
3 8 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (12.50%) Marketing
5 2 (6.250%) Billing
6 1 (3.125%) German Language
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Analyst
2 9 (28.13%) Test Analyst
2 9 (28.13%) Consultant
3 8 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (15.63%) SAP Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) SAP Test Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Test Manager
4 5 (15.63%) Tester
5 4 (12.50%) Systems Tester
6 3 (9.375%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (9.375%) QA Analyst
7 2 (6.250%) SAP PM Consultant
7 2 (6.250%) Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Management Consultant
8 1 (3.125%) Oracle Developer
8 1 (3.125%) SAP QM Consultant
8 1 (3.125%) Test Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 1 (3.125%) WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (3.125%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 12 (37.50%) Unit Testing
3 10 (31.25%) Logistics
4 9 (28.13%) Test Scripting
5 7 (21.88%) Software Testing
5 7 (21.88%) Migration
5 7 (21.88%) System Testing
6 5 (15.63%) SAP Implementation
6 5 (15.63%) Validation
6 5 (15.63%) Project Management
6 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.50%) ERP
7 4 (12.50%) Automated Testing
8 2 (6.250%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (3.125%) ETL
9 1 (3.125%) Quality Management
9 1 (3.125%) PLM
9 1 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (3.125%) Data Migration
9 1 (3.125%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (12.50%) Shell Script
3 2 (6.250%) C
3 2 (6.250%) C++
4 1 (3.125%) COBOL
4 1 (3.125%) Java
4 1 (3.125%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.125%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.125%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) ISEB
2 4 (12.50%) MBA
3 1 (3.125%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) SAP
2 5 (15.63%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) IBM
3 1 (3.125%) HP
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