The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank - 88 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.124% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.131% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
-5.83% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.50%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1206 1529 1042
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.74% 94.50% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 849 482
Average daily rate £313 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 70 75
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.64 £10.30 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Tester
Yorkshire

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Software Tester Daily Rate Trend

Software Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Software Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Software Tester
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java