Tester Contracts in Wolverhampton
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Wolverhampton 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
Tester
Rank - - 4
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 0 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton - - 31.25%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £19.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+48.71% +2.63%
All Job Titles
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 26 29 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 92.86% 96.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 12
Average daily rate £275 £215 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.90% +7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £149 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £422 £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 £10.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Tester
West Midlands

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wolverhampton Tester Daily Rate Trend

Tester
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) LoadRunner
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) OpenView
4 1 (16.67%) ISEB
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Security Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) LoadRunner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (16.67%) OpenView
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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