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The table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank107117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads1423
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.023 %
As % of the category below0.863 %1.137 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£340£379
Average daily rate£340£408
% change on same period last year-16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£341
% change on same period last year+3.93 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£33.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.75£37.07
% change on same period last year+4.54 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads16222023
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.294 %2.048 %
Daily rates quoted408509
Average minimum daily rate£346£350
Average daily rate£368£368
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted121125
Average minimum hourly rate£24.46£26.56
Average hourly rate£26.06£28.30
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.66£30.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Unit Testing EnglandUnit Testing
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.

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Unit Testing across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Unit Testing Daily Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Yorkshire Unit Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Unit Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
West YorkshireUp+29£340+5.69 %
South YorkshireUp+63--
North YorkshireNew entry-1--
Unit Testing EnglandUnit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

126 (57.78 %).NET
225 (55.56 %)SQL Server
225 (55.56 %)C#
321 (46.67 %)XML
415 (33.33 %)VB
513 (28.89 %)SQL
513 (28.89 %)ASP.NET
612 (26.67 %)Oracle
612 (26.67 %)HTML
711 (24.44 %)Microsoft
89 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
89 (20.00 %)Windows
89 (20.00 %)Java
89 (20.00 %)WebServices
98 (17.78 %)CSS
98 (17.78 %)JavaScript
98 (17.78 %)JUnit
98 (17.78 %)Configuration Management
107 (15.56 %)Eclipse
107 (15.56 %)XSLT
107 (15.56 %)ADO.NET
107 (15.56 %)ASP
116 (13.33 %)COM+
116 (13.33 %)UNIX
116 (13.33 %)ADO
116 (13.33 %)MS Excel
116 (13.33 %)UML
116 (13.33 %)VB6
125 (11.11 %)Retail
125 (11.11 %)Software Testing

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (57.78 %).NET
221 (46.67 %)XML
313 (28.89 %)ASP.NET
412 (26.67 %)HTML
59 (20.00 %)WebServices
68 (17.78 %)CSS
77 (15.56 %)XSLT
77 (15.56 %)ADO.NET
77 (15.56 %)ASP
86 (13.33 %)COM+
86 (13.33 %)ADO
93 (6.667 %)JSP
93 (6.667 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
102 (4.444 %)AJAX
102 (4.444 %)WebSphere
102 (4.444 %).NET Framework
102 (4.444 %)WCF
102 (4.444 %)DOM
102 (4.444 %)SAX
102 (4.444 %)J2EE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (8.889 %)BizTalk Server
22 (4.444 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (4.444 %)ATG Dynamo
22 (4.444 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (4.444 %)Apache
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (13.33 %)MS Excel
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.222 %)SAP FI
11 (2.222 %)SAP FI/CO
11 (2.222 %)SAP CO
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.222 %)SSH
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (55.56 %)SQL Server
29 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (8.889 %)Oracle 9i
43 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
43 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (6.667 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (4.444 %)Oracle Reports
52 (4.444 %)Oracle 10g
61 (2.222 %)DB2
61 (2.222 %)Datawarehouse
61 (2.222 %)TOAD
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (17.78 %)JUnit
27 (15.56 %)Eclipse
34 (8.889 %)Visual Studio
43 (6.667 %)Oracle Forms
52 (4.444 %)Visual Studio Team System
61 (2.222 %)NUnit
61 (2.222 %)CheckStyle
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (11.11 %)Retail
24 (8.889 %)Finance
32 (4.444 %)Legal
32 (4.444 %)Publishing
41 (2.222 %)Banking
41 (2.222 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.222 %)Insurance
41 (2.222 %)International Banking
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (86.67 %)Developer
220 (44.44 %).NET Developer
310 (22.22 %)C# Developer
48 (17.78 %)ASP.NET Developer
57 (15.56 %)Java Developer
57 (15.56 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
66 (13.33 %)SQL Developer
74 (8.889 %)Oracle Developer
83 (6.667 %)VB Developer
83 (6.667 %)PL/SQL Developer
92 (4.444 %)Senior .NET Developer
92 (4.444 %)Analyst
92 (4.444 %)Applications Developer
92 (4.444 %)Senior Developer
101 (2.222 %)Senior Analyst
101 (2.222 %)Test Coordinator
101 (2.222 %)Web Developer
101 (2.222 %)Consultant
101 (2.222 %)Analyst Developer
101 (2.222 %)ASP Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.667 %)Multithreading
21 (2.222 %)Data Extraction
21 (2.222 %)N-Tier
21 (2.222 %)AS400
21 (2.222 %)Computer Science
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (20.00 %)Windows
26 (13.33 %)UNIX
33 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
33 (6.667 %)Windows XP
33 (6.667 %)Windows Vista
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (17.78 %)Configuration Management
26 (13.33 %)UML
35 (11.11 %)Regression Testing
35 (11.11 %)Software Testing
35 (11.11 %)Time Management
35 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
44 (8.889 %)E-Commerce
53 (6.667 %)OO
53 (6.667 %)ERD
62 (4.444 %)System Testing
62 (4.444 %)EAI
71 (2.222 %)SOA
71 (2.222 %)Process Management
71 (2.222 %)RAD
71 (2.222 %)DSDM
71 (2.222 %)Web Development
71 (2.222 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (2.222 %)Integration Testing
71 (2.222 %)Workflow
71 (2.222 %)Migration
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (55.56 %)C#
215 (33.33 %)VB
313 (28.89 %)SQL
49 (20.00 %)Java
58 (17.78 %)JavaScript
66 (13.33 %)VB6
75 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
82 (4.444 %)XPath
91 (2.222 %)DHTML
91 (2.222 %)VBScript
91 (2.222 %)VB.NET
91 (2.222 %)Shell Script
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.222 %)ISEB
11 (2.222 %)Sun Certification
11 (2.222 %)Degree
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (11.11 %)QA
21 (2.222 %)HIPAA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (26.67 %)Oracle
211 (24.44 %)Microsoft
33 (6.667 %)Business Objects
33 (6.667 %)Perforce
42 (4.444 %)HP
42 (4.444 %)BEA
42 (4.444 %)webMethods
42 (4.444 %)ATG
51 (2.222 %)SAP
51 (2.222 %)Sun
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