The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role 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 Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Tester
Rank 85 79 67
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 12 24 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.715% 1.057% 1.606%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.781% 1.146% 1.739%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 15
Average daily rate £275 £253 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% +8.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £292 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £5.93
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +169.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £13.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+138.46% -45.83%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1536 2095 1783
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 91.54% 92.25% 92.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 993 756
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 157 148
Average hourly rate £18.25 £16.48 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.77% -8.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Tester
England

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Tester across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester 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 - 4 £180 -
Worcestershire - 3 £288 - 2
Staffordshire +5 2 £288 +12.74% 1
Birmingham +1 1 - - 4
Warwickshire - - - -
Solihull - - - - 4
Wolverhampton - - - -
Herefordshire - - - -
Tester
England

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title.

1 14 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 10 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (25.71%) System Testing
3 9 (25.71%) LoadRunner
4 8 (22.86%) Software Testing
4 8 (22.86%) QA
5 7 (20.00%) Oracle
6 6 (17.14%) C
6 6 (17.14%) UNIX
6 6 (17.14%) Performance Testing
7 5 (14.29%) Manual Testing
7 5 (14.29%) Integration Testing
7 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 5 (14.29%) Finance
7 5 (14.29%) Automotive
7 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 5 (14.29%) SQL
7 5 (14.29%) .NET
7 5 (14.29%) C++
8 4 (11.43%) C#
8 4 (11.43%) MS Office
8 4 (11.43%) J2EE
8 4 (11.43%) Windows
8 4 (11.43%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
9 3 (8.571%) ITIL
9 3 (8.571%) Internet
9 3 (8.571%) Validation
9 3 (8.571%) VMware

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (14.29%) .NET
2 4 (11.43%) J2EE
3 3 (8.571%) .NET Framework
4 2 (5.714%) HTML
5 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.857%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Office
2 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (2.857%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.571%) Internet
1 3 (8.571%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.857%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (25.71%) LoadRunner
2 4 (11.43%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (8.571%) Selenium
4 1 (2.857%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (14.29%) Finance
1 5 (14.29%) Automotive
2 2 (5.714%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.571%) Client/Server
1 3 (8.571%) iPhone
1 3 (8.571%) Telematics
1 3 (8.571%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.857%) Smartphone
2 1 (2.857%) Statistics
2 1 (2.857%) AS400
2 1 (2.857%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) UNIX
2 4 (11.43%) Windows
3 3 (8.571%) Windows XP
3 3 (8.571%) Android
3 3 (8.571%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.857%) Linux
4 1 (2.857%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 10 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (25.71%) System Testing
4 8 (22.86%) Software Testing
5 6 (17.14%) Performance Testing
6 5 (14.29%) Manual Testing
6 5 (14.29%) Integration Testing
7 3 (8.571%) ITIL
7 3 (8.571%) Validation
7 3 (8.571%) Automated Testing
7 3 (8.571%) Use Case
7 3 (8.571%) Configuration Management
7 3 (8.571%) Change Management
7 3 (8.571%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.714%) Data Migration
8 2 (5.714%) Data Management
8 2 (5.714%) Migration
9 1 (2.857%) Business Continuity
9 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (2.857%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) C
2 5 (14.29%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) C++
3 4 (11.43%) C#
3 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.857%) Degree
2 1 (2.857%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.857%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.86%) QA
2 3 (8.571%) ISO 9001
2 3 (8.571%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (8.571%) VMware ESX
1 3 (8.571%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.714%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.857%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Oracle
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.571%) VMware
3 3 (8.571%) HP
4 2 (5.714%) SAP
4 2 (5.714%) Northgate
4 2 (5.714%) Remedy
5 1 (2.857%) Citrix
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