The first table below looks at the demand for System 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 84 72 88
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +16
Contract jobs citing System Testing 13 31 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.775% 1.365% 0.518%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.207% 2.086% 0.816%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 1
Average daily rate £325 £265 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.64% -15.20%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £328
% change year-on-year
- -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +44.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £27.82
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +16.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1077 1486 1226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.18% 65.43% 63.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 713 517
Average daily rate £350 £341 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.79% -2.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 76
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 £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
System Testing
England

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing System Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands System Testing Daily Rate Histogram

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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 - 5 £260 - 3
Warwickshire -3 3 £325 +26.21%
Worcestershire - 3 £325 -
Birmingham +8 2 £250 - 1
Dudley - - - -
Solihull - - - - 2
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
System Testing
England

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 14 (60.87%) SQL
2 9 (39.13%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (34.78%) Finance
3 8 (34.78%) Software Testing
3 8 (34.78%) Oracle
4 7 (30.43%) Integration Testing
4 7 (30.43%) Test Scripting
4 7 (30.43%) QA
5 6 (26.09%) Manual Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Migration
6 5 (21.74%) UNIX
6 5 (21.74%) Shell Script
6 5 (21.74%) Selenium
6 5 (21.74%) Automated Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Android
7 4 (17.39%) Mobile App
7 4 (17.39%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (17.39%) J2EE
7 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
7 4 (17.39%) Internet
8 3 (13.04%) VB
8 3 (13.04%) .NET
8 3 (13.04%) C
8 3 (13.04%) COBOL
8 3 (13.04%) HTML
8 3 (13.04%) Client/Server
8 3 (13.04%) ISEB
8 3 (13.04%) QuickTest Pro
8 3 (13.04%) iPhone
8 3 (13.04%) Telematics

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (17.39%) J2EE
2 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) HTML
3 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) SAP CRM
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.348%) Servitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Internet
2 1 (4.348%) VPN
2 1 (4.348%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Selenium
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (13.04%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Electronics
2 2 (8.696%) Automotive
3 1 (4.348%) Games
3 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Analyst
2 9 (39.13%) Tester
3 7 (30.43%) Test Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) Systems Tester
5 3 (13.04%) Systems Test Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) QA Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Architect
7 1 (4.348%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.348%) Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.348%) Applications Support
7 1 (4.348%) CRM Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) SAP CRM Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) SAP Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (4.348%) Integration Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) SAP Architect
7 1 (4.348%) CRM Architect
7 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Mobile App
2 3 (13.04%) Client/Server
2 3 (13.04%) iPhone
2 3 (13.04%) Telematics
3 1 (4.348%) Handset
3 1 (4.348%) AS400
3 1 (4.348%) Smartphone
3 1 (4.348%) NHS
3 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.348%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.348%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) UNIX
2 4 (17.39%) Android
3 2 (8.696%) Windows
4 1 (4.348%) AIX
4 1 (4.348%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.348%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (34.78%) Software Testing
3 7 (30.43%) Integration Testing
3 7 (30.43%) Test Scripting
4 6 (26.09%) Manual Testing
5 5 (21.74%) Migration
5 5 (21.74%) Automated Testing
6 2 (8.696%) Use Case
6 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.696%) CRM
6 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.348%) Change Management
7 1 (4.348%) Regression Testing
7 1 (4.348%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (4.348%) Content Management
7 1 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
7 1 (4.348%) BPR
7 1 (4.348%) Project Management
7 1 (4.348%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) SQL
2 5 (21.74%) Shell Script
3 3 (13.04%) VB
3 3 (13.04%) C
3 3 (13.04%) COBOL
4 2 (8.696%) C++
5 1 (4.348%) Java
5 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) ISEB
2 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) QA
2 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) SAP
3 1 (4.348%) Symbian
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) HP
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Posted: 23 May 2013
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