QA Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Bedfordshire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 28 25 36
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +11
Contract jobs citing QA 3 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.579% 2.574% 2.069%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.43% 28.00% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £350 £293 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.65% -6.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -38.93%
Search 5 QA jobs in Bedfordshire
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 14 25 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 7.368% 9.191% 5.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 9
Average daily rate £293 £575 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-49.13% +161.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £298 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £610 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £23.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.94% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
QA
East of England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bedfordshire QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QA across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Luton -5 1 - -
QA
East of England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing QA 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 QA.

1 9 (50.00%) ISEB
2 8 (44.44%) Web Services
3 6 (33.33%) SQL
4 5 (27.78%) .NET
4 5 (27.78%) C#
4 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (22.22%) Bugzilla
5 4 (22.22%) Internet
5 4 (22.22%) Project Management
5 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 4 (22.22%) Client/Server
5 4 (22.22%) ETL
5 4 (22.22%) XML
5 4 (22.22%) Windows
5 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
5 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (22.22%) ISTQB
5 4 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) FogBugz
6 3 (16.67%) Exstream
6 3 (16.67%) Test Management
6 3 (16.67%) PrintSoft PReS
6 3 (16.67%) DOC1
6 3 (16.67%) TDD
6 3 (16.67%) HP
7 2 (11.11%) RDBMS

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing QA 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 QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (44.44%) Web Services
2 5 (27.78%) .NET
3 4 (22.22%) XML
3 4 (22.22%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.556%) Gherkin
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) PrintSoft PReS
1 3 (16.67%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (11.11%) RDBMS
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Bugzilla
1 4 (22.22%) FogBugz
2 1 (5.556%) SpecFlow
2 1 (5.556%) Selenium
2 1 (5.556%) WebDriver
2 1 (5.556%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (5.556%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Test Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Test Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) QA Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Lead Developer
3 2 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 2 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Software Quality Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) QA Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
2 4 (22.22%) ETL
2 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
2 4 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Test Management
3 3 (16.67%) TDD
4 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (5.556%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.556%) BDD
5 1 (5.556%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) ISEB
2 4 (22.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) HP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
Test Manager (6 months FTC)
Luton
The role will provide effective management and control of multiple test activities that are being delivered in a complex programme of work, providing the Programme Manager with management...
I4 Rec
Rate: £40k - 50k per year + Pro Rata
Posted: 16 May 2013
Find IT Jobs| About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Friday 24 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.