Test Strategy Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 83 84 66
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -18
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 13 25 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.773% 1.113% 1.505%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.150% 1.772% 2.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 13
Average daily rate £350 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £272 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £452 £420 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £389 £390
% change year-on-year
-9.96% -0.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +19.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1130 1411 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.22% 62.79% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 665 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £240 £201
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 67
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -15.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Test Strategy Daily Rate Histogram

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend

Test Strategy
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham +4 5 £413 +17.85%
Warwickshire -1 4 £300 -
Shropshire 0 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £175 -
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 9 (34.62%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (26.92%) ISEB
2 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Information Management
2 7 (26.92%) Test Management
3 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Test Scripting
4 4 (15.38%) Matrix Management
4 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
4 4 (15.38%) ISTQB
5 3 (11.54%) Automotive
5 3 (11.54%) webMethods
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
5 3 (11.54%) Java
5 3 (11.54%) SQL
5 3 (11.54%) Oracle
5 3 (11.54%) CRM
5 3 (11.54%) QA
6 2 (7.692%) Change Management
6 2 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (7.692%) Telematics
6 2 (7.692%) WebLogic
6 2 (7.692%) SAP
6 2 (7.692%) XML
6 2 (7.692%) UNIX
6 2 (7.692%) Windows
6 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.692%) Internet
6 2 (7.692%) Retail

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) XML
2 1 (3.846%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.846%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.846%) SAP CRM
1 1 (3.846%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.846%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.846%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.846%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) Internet
2 1 (3.846%) HTTPS
2 1 (3.846%) IPv4
2 1 (3.846%) IPv6
2 1 (3.846%) GPRS
2 1 (3.846%) GSM
2 1 (3.846%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle OWB
1 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.846%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Automotive
3 2 (7.692%) Retail
4 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.846%) Marketing
4 1 (3.846%) Banking
4 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.846%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 11 (42.31%) Analyst
3 8 (30.77%) Business Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Programme Manager
4 5 (19.23%) Programme Test Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) SAP Manager
6 2 (7.692%) SAP Test Manager
7 1 (3.846%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) CRM Business Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Report Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Java Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.846%) CRM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.692%) Telematics
3 1 (3.846%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.846%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.846%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) UNIX
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (26.92%) Information Management
2 7 (26.92%) Test Management
3 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Test Scripting
4 4 (15.38%) Matrix Management
4 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) CRM
6 2 (7.692%) Change Management
6 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.692%) Automated Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.846%) Risk Management
7 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.846%) ETL
7 1 (3.846%) Cash Management
7 1 (3.846%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.846%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Java
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) ISEB
2 4 (15.38%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.846%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (3.846%) BC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) webMethods
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle
2 2 (7.692%) SAP
3 1 (3.846%) IBM
3 1 (3.846%) HP
3 1 (3.846%) Informatica
3 1 (3.846%) JD Edwards
3 1 (3.846%) CheckPoint
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