Test Strategy Contracts in West Sussex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 17 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 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 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 40 46 47
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.259% 1.896% 1.124%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.379% 2.581% 1.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £300 £413 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% -2.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £390
% change year-on-year
-9.67% -0.64%
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 Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 264 465 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 68.39% 73.46% 69.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 277 150
Average daily rate £388 £338 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -12.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 16
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.25 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.26% -27.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.79
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £40.25 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Crawley +10 1 £300 -41.74%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Test Management
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) UNIX
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Smart Meter
5 2 (18.18%) IIBA
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) Data Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (18.18%) ISEB
5 2 (18.18%) Java
5 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
6 1 (9.091%) C#
6 1 (9.091%) C++
6 1 (9.091%) SAP
6 1 (9.091%) Web Services
6 1 (9.091%) VB
6 1 (9.091%) OpenGL
6 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
6 1 (9.091%) Linux
6 1 (9.091%) Requirements Management
6 1 (9.091%) Selenium
6 1 (9.091%) Risk Analysis

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 1 (9.091%) Web Services
1 1 (9.091%) OpenGL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (9.091%) Selenium
2 1 (9.091%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Test Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle Forms Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Test Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Smart Meter
1 2 (18.18%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) UNIX
3 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Test Management
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Data Management
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
4 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.091%) Requirements Management
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
3 1 (9.091%) C#
3 1 (9.091%) C++
3 1 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
2 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle
2 1 (9.091%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) TOWER Software
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