Berkshire QA Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT contracts within the Berkshire 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 QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Quality Assurance Engineer
Location Berkshire Birmingham Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Middlesex North West Reading South East South West Stevenage Surrey UK West Midlands	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	131	158
Rank change on same period last year	+27
Matching contract IT job ads	3	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.097 %	0.244 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£253
Average daily rate	-	£253
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£253
UK excluding London average daily rate	£208	£275
% change on same period last year	-24.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.00	£30.50
% change on same period last year	+11.47 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	3083	4510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.167 %	4.447 %
Daily rates quoted	764	1432
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£351
Average daily rate	£362	£369
% change on same period last year	-1.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	227	460
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.99	£28.25
Average hourly rate	£24.71	£29.64
% change on same period last year	-16.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.43	£31.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
QA Engineer South East

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank 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
Reading	+4	3	-	-

QA Engineer South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited QA Engineer 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 QA Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (100.00 %) QA 2 4 (50.00 %) Windows 2 4 (50.00 %) Configuration Management 3 3 (37.50 %) InstallShield 4 2 (25.00 %) VB 5 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Test Scripting 5 1 (12.50 %) Continuous Integration 5 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (12.50 %) TDD 5 1 (12.50 %) NUnit 5 1 (12.50 %) TestPartner 5 1 (12.50 %) Automated Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (12.50 %) QARun

5 1 (12.50 %) QADirector 5 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 5 1 (12.50 %) XML 5 1 (12.50 %) HTML 5 1 (12.50 %) SQL 5 1 (12.50 %) VBScript 5 1 (12.50 %) Regression Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Government 5 1 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (12.50 %) Windows XP 5 1 (12.50 %) TOAD 5 1 (12.50 %) ISEB 5 1 (12.50 %) WinRunner 5 1 (12.50 %) TestDirector 5 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited QA Engineer 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 QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (12.50 %) HTML 1 1 (12.50 %) XML	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (12.50 %) TOAD
Development Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) InstallShield 2 1 (12.50 %) NUnit 2 1 (12.50 %) TestPartner 2 1 (12.50 %) QARun 2 1 (12.50 %) QADirector 2 1 (12.50 %) WinRunner 2 1 (12.50 %) TestDirector	General 1 1 (12.50 %) Government
Operating Systems 1 4 (50.00 %) Windows 2 1 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (12.50 %) Windows XP 2 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (50.00 %) Configuration Management 2 1 (12.50 %) Regression Testing 2 1 (12.50 %) TDD 2 1 (12.50 %) Automated Testing 2 1 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 2 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 1 (12.50 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (12.50 %) Continuous Integration 2 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 2 (25.00 %) VB 2 1 (12.50 %) SQL 2 1 (12.50 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (100.00 %) QA	Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle