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The table below looks at the demand for HP TestDirector for Quality Center skills within the York region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP TestDirector for Quality Center
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1434
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below60.00 %12.50 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£315
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.20£25.74
% change on same period last year+17.35 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
York
Matching contract IT job ads58
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.009 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£310
Average daily rate-£310
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£324
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00-
Average hourly rate£23.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.53£30.81
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
TestDirector North YorkshireTestDirector
North Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

TestDirector
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

York TestDirector Demand Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TestDirector across the York region.

York TestDirector Daily Rate Trend

TestDirector
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

14 (66.67 %)Finance
23 (50.00 %)Pensions
23 (50.00 %)SQL
23 (50.00 %)RAD
23 (50.00 %)SAS
32 (33.33 %)Oracle
32 (33.33 %)BizTalk Server
32 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
32 (33.33 %)Data Migration
32 (33.33 %)Quality Management
32 (33.33 %)Validation
32 (33.33 %)Migration
32 (33.33 %)C
41 (16.67 %)Data Analysis
41 (16.67 %)Insurance
41 (16.67 %)Software Testing
41 (16.67 %)Mainframe
41 (16.67 %)UNIX
41 (16.67 %)ISEB

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

York IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (50.00 %)SAS
22 (33.33 %)BizTalk Server
York IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Finance
23 (50.00 %)Pensions
31 (16.67 %)Insurance
York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Analyst
23 (50.00 %)Test Analyst
32 (33.33 %)Test Manager
41 (16.67 %)Data Analyst
York IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Mainframe
York IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)RAD
22 (33.33 %)Quality Management
22 (33.33 %)Validation
22 (33.33 %)Migration
22 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
22 (33.33 %)Data Migration
31 (16.67 %)Data Analysis
31 (16.67 %)Software Testing
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (33.33 %)C
York IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)ISEB
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle