Manual Testing Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Manual 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 Manual 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 83 96 97
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +1
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 12 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.735% 0.312% 0.264%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.106% 0.489% 0.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
Average daily rate £325 £300 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +12.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £256
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - £23.75
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West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1085 1431 1197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.44% 63.83% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 675 550
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 73 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Manual Testing Daily Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Manual Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Manual Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire -3 3 £325 -
Birmingham - 3 £383 -
Staffordshire +16 2 £303 +10.00%
Coventry -2 2 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £325 -
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 8 (44.44%) SQL
2 7 (38.89%) Test Scripting
2 7 (38.89%) System Testing
3 6 (33.33%) Oracle
3 6 (33.33%) QA
3 6 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (27.78%) Mobile App
4 5 (27.78%) Selenium
4 5 (27.78%) ISEB
4 5 (27.78%) Automated Testing
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
5 4 (22.22%) Android
5 4 (22.22%) Internet
5 4 (22.22%) Client/Server
6 3 (16.67%) VB
6 3 (16.67%) .NET
6 3 (16.67%) C#
6 3 (16.67%) UNIX
6 3 (16.67%) iPhone
6 3 (16.67%) Telematics
6 3 (16.67%) Smart Meter
6 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
6 3 (16.67%) Degree
6 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
7 2 (11.11%) Use Case
7 2 (11.11%) Games
7 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.11%) CMS

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.556%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Selenium
2 2 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Games
2 2 (11.11%) Automotive
2 2 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Test Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Test Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Tester
3 2 (11.11%) Test Leader
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Test Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Integration Tester
4 1 (5.556%) Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Test Coordinator
4 1 (5.556%) Software Tester
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Tester
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Mobile App
2 4 (22.22%) Client/Server
3 3 (16.67%) iPhone
3 3 (16.67%) Telematics
3 3 (16.67%) Smart Meter
4 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
4 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.556%) Handset
4 1 (5.556%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Android
2 3 (16.67%) UNIX
3 2 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Test Scripting
1 7 (38.89%) System Testing
2 6 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Automated Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Use Case
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Content Management
5 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 2 (11.11%) Regression Testing
5 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 1 (5.556%) Workflow
6 1 (5.556%) Document Management
6 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.556%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) VB
2 3 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (11.11%) COBOL
3 2 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (5.556%) C++
4 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) ISEB
2 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) JD Edwards
3 1 (5.556%) Symbian
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.556%) SAP
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