The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Sussex 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Tester
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £175 £238
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -26.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.50
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
361 604 425
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 95.50% 95.57% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 340 226
Average daily rate £360 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 25 41
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £11.75 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Tester
South East

Functional Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Functional Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Functional Tester Daily Rate Trend

Functional Tester
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories

Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA