The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank 51 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.367% - 0.588%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.403% - 0.619%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £360 - £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £7.50
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
496 651 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 91.01% 95.45% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 309 231
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 77 85
Average hourly rate £25.00 £33.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.81% +146.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Tester
East of England

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA Tester across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire QA Tester Daily Rate Trend

QA Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire QA Tester Hourly Rate Trend

QA Tester
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited QA 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 QA Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) iOS SDK
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS X
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) Objective-C
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited QA 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 QA Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) iOS SDK
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (66.67%) Mac OS X
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Objective-C
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA