The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 87 90 66
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -24
Contract jobs citing System Testing 5 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.389% 0.312% 0.548%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.546% 0.428% 0.838%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
Average daily rate £320 £250 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -21.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £250 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £250 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
915 1168 716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 71.26% 72.82% 65.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 669 346
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £459 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 27
Average hourly rate £23.75 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.37% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.78 £12.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
System Testing
Yorkshire

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire System Testing Daily Rate Trend

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire System Testing Hourly Rate Trend

System Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bradford - 3 £323 -
Leeds -7 2 £225 -10.00%
System Testing
Yorkshire

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 6 (60.00%) Oracle
1 6 (60.00%) Test Management
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) .NET
3 3 (30.00%) UNIX
3 3 (30.00%) ISEB
4 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (20.00%) EAM
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (20.00%) ETL
4 2 (20.00%) TOAD
4 2 (20.00%) J2EE
4 2 (20.00%) Java
4 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
4 2 (20.00%) XML
4 2 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (20.00%) GIS
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Ajax
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Spatial
4 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (20.00%) Selenium
4 2 (20.00%) JSON
4 2 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (20.00%) Automation Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) J2EE
2 2 (20.00%) XML
2 2 (20.00%) Ajax
2 2 (20.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (20.00%) TOAD
1 2 (20.00%) GIS
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Support Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Test Management
2 2 (20.00%) EAM
2 2 (20.00%) ETL
2 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (20.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Perforce
West Yorkshire
NET -Oracle Application Express -Web-based applications -Server/Client frameworks A System Test Analyst possessing ISEB/ISTQB or equivalent qualifications and a solid experience of using SQL at...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £28,000 Pro Rata
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Yorkshire
NET -Oracle Application Express -Web-based applications -Server/Client frameworks A System Test Analyst possessing ISEB/ISTQB or equivalent qualifications and a solid experience of using SQL at...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £28,000 Pro Rata
Posted: 15 May 2013