The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Wiltshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 51 - 40
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing System Testing 1 0 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.223% - 2.500%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.303% - 3.526%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £425 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £326
% change year-on-year
- -0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
- +10.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
330 408 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.66% 66.02% 70.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 260 217
Average daily rate £425 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £238 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 25
Average hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.64% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £15.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Swindon - 1 £425 -
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Payroll Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
Swindon, South West
Ability to develop new skills quickly.*Ability to change and have a flexible approach to supporting multiple application functionsDesirable Skills: *End to End Payroll Processing, Quick Pay, Elements,...
Sand Resources
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013