Regression 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 Regression 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 Regression Testing over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 92 91 87
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -4
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 3 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.182% 0.538% 0.369%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.270% 0.865% 0.584%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 4
Average daily rate £550 £265 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+107.54% +76.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £381 £320
% change year-on-year
-13.18% +19.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £29.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -1.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1111 1388 1199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.29% 62.21% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 653 558
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 69
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 £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Regression Testing Daily Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Regression Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Regression Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 2 £550 -
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) System Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Use Case
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) Data Conversion
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) iPhone
3 1 (16.67%) Telematics
3 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) COM
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
2 1 (16.67%) Data Conversion
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) System Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Use Case
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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