The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills 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 Software Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 28 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 14 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 3.665% 0.478% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.263% 0.632% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £320 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+30.90% -14.06%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
266 475 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 69.63% 75.64% 68.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 269 170
Average daily rate £375 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 11
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -37.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.61 £10.00 £15.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.05 £27.15 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Software Testing Daily Rate Trend

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Software Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Software Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Crawley - 8 £320 -
Worthing - 2 - -
Billingshurst - - - -
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 13 (81.25%) ISEB
2 10 (62.50%) Oracle
3 7 (43.75%) Degree
3 7 (43.75%) Automated Testing
4 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Requirements Analysis
5 5 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (31.25%) Test Strategy
5 5 (31.25%) SAP
5 5 (31.25%) HP
5 5 (31.25%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
7 3 (18.75%) SAP PI
7 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
7 3 (18.75%) Load Balancing
7 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
7 3 (18.75%) IBM
7 3 (18.75%) LoadRunner
7 3 (18.75%) Windows
7 3 (18.75%) AIX
8 2 (12.50%) CRM
8 2 (12.50%) Documentum
8 2 (12.50%) ISO 9000
8 2 (12.50%) XML
8 2 (12.50%) Middleware
8 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
8 2 (12.50%) Java
8 2 (12.50%) SQL
8 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) SAP PI
2 2 (12.50%) XML
2 2 (12.50%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) LoadRunner
2 2 (12.50%) TestPartner
2 2 (12.50%) TestComplete
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Test Leader
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Test Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Performance Test Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Graduate
4 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Graduate Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Test Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 2 (12.50%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Automated Testing
2 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Test Strategy
3 5 (31.25%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Load Balancing
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Test Management
6 2 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Web Development
6 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) CRM
6 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
6 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 1 (6.250%) Migration
7 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Java
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) ISEB
2 7 (43.75%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO 9000
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Oracle
2 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 5 (31.25%) HP
3 3 (18.75%) IBM