Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Tester role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Tester
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank105-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.042 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£324
% change on same period last year+11.86 %
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£12.13£13.50
% change on same period last year-10.18 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads23803502
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.843 %3.820 %
Daily rates quoted534816
Average minimum daily rate£336£324
Average daily rate£357£340
% change on same period last year+5.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted274309
Average minimum hourly rate£19.37£20.91
Average hourly rate£20.61£22.24
% change on same period last year-7.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.85£23.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Applications Tester EnglandApplications Tester
England

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.

Applications Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Tester across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire Applications Tester Demand Trend

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Applications Tester Daily Rate Trend

Applications Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Tester within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South YorkshireNew entry-1--
Applications Tester EnglandApplications Tester
England

Applications Tester
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)V-Model
21 (50.00 %)Validation
21 (50.00 %)Software Testing
21 (50.00 %)WAI
21 (50.00 %)Selenium
21 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)ISEB
21 (50.00 %)W3C

Applications Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)CSS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Selenium
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)W3C
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)V-Model
21 (50.00 %)Validation
21 (50.00 %)Software Testing
21 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)ISEB
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)WAI
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle