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

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 22 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 Buckinghamshire 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 53 60 60
Rank change year-on-year
+7 0
Contract jobs citing QA 16 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.970% 1.296% 1.323%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.86% 13.68% 19.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 5
Average daily rate £250 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £179 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £445 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -33.62%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 70 95 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 8.621% 9.472% 6.711%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 16
Average daily rate £415 £315 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.74% +0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £105 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £405 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 14
Average hourly rate £12.95 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.66% +7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
QA
South East

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire QA Daily Rate Histogram

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Milton Keynes +6 6 £238 +3.26%
Aylesbury - 3 £425 -
QA
South East

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 14 (32.56%) SQL
2 13 (30.23%) Windows
2 13 (30.23%) Scrum
3 11 (25.58%) Finance
3 11 (25.58%) TDD
4 10 (23.26%) .NET
5 9 (20.93%) ISEB
5 9 (20.93%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (20.93%) Test Management
6 8 (18.60%) System Testing
6 8 (18.60%) Performance Testing
6 8 (18.60%) Selenium
6 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (18.60%) C#
7 7 (16.28%) Oracle
7 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
7 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
7 7 (16.28%) Automation Testing
8 6 (13.95%) NUnit
8 6 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (13.95%) Automated Testing
8 6 (13.95%) Software Testing
8 6 (13.95%) WATIR
8 6 (13.95%) MSTest
8 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
8 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
8 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
8 6 (13.95%) WatiN
8 6 (13.95%) BDD
8 6 (13.95%) MS Excel

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 10 (23.26%) .NET
2 4 (9.302%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.326%) STL
3 1 (2.326%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) MS Excel
2 5 (11.63%) MS Visio
3 4 (9.302%) MS Project
4 1 (2.326%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.977%) Firewall
1 3 (6.977%) SAN
1 3 (6.977%) NAS
2 2 (4.651%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.95%) MySQL
3 4 (9.302%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Selenium
2 6 (13.95%) NUnit
2 6 (13.95%) WATIR
2 6 (13.95%) MSTest
2 6 (13.95%) WatiN
3 5 (11.63%) Subversion
4 2 (4.651%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (4.651%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (4.651%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.326%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (25.58%) Finance
2 3 (6.977%) Banking
3 1 (2.326%) Automotive
3 1 (2.326%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Test Manager
3 7 (16.28%) QA Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Architect
4 6 (13.95%) Technical Architect
5 4 (9.302%) SQL Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Report Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Report Analyst
5 4 (9.302%) Analyst Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Programme Analyst
6 3 (6.977%) Programme Office Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.651%) QA Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Tester
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (4.651%) Consultant
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Client/Server
1 3 (6.977%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.23%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Linux
3 4 (9.302%) Windows 7
4 3 (6.977%) UNIX
4 3 (6.977%) Windows NT
4 3 (6.977%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Scrum
2 11 (25.58%) TDD
3 9 (20.93%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (20.93%) Test Management
4 8 (18.60%) System Testing
4 8 (18.60%) Performance Testing
4 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (16.28%) Automation Testing
6 6 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (13.95%) Automated Testing
6 6 (13.95%) Software Testing
6 6 (13.95%) BDD
7 5 (11.63%) Data Analysis
8 3 (6.977%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.977%) Test Scripting
9 2 (4.651%) V-Model
9 2 (4.651%) BCP
9 2 (4.651%) Business Continuity
10 1 (2.326%) Service Delivery
10 1 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) SQL
2 8 (18.60%) C#
3 5 (11.63%) Perl
4 4 (9.302%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.326%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) ISEB
2 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (4.651%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (9.302%) OpenView
2 3 (6.977%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (4.651%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (2.326%) OVSD
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Oracle
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.302%) HP
3 3 (6.977%) StorageTek
3 3 (6.977%) Citrix
3 3 (6.977%) Sun
3 3 (6.977%) Dundas
4 1 (2.326%) Remedy
4 1 (2.326%) Cisco
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