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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3748
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads1014
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.014 %
As % of the category below52.63 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£550£407
Average daily rate£569£419
% change on same period last year+35.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£588£432
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.70£30.50
% change on same period last year+3.93 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads1928
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted813
Average minimum daily rate£531£405
Average daily rate£553£422
% change on same period last year+30.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£574£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£354
% change on same period last year+6.75 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£30.00£40.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.82£25.74
% change on same period last year-7.48 %
QA LondonQA
London

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 across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Canary Wharf QA Demand Trend

QA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Canary Wharf QA Daily Rate Histogram

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf QA Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

17 (58.33 %)Finance
24 (33.33 %)Fixed Income
24 (33.33 %)Front Office
33 (25.00 %)Java
33 (25.00 %)Equities
33 (25.00 %)Banking
33 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
42 (16.67 %)Derivative
42 (16.67 %)Data Analysis
42 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
42 (16.67 %)Use Case
42 (16.67 %)Electronic Trading
42 (16.67 %)Workflow
42 (16.67 %)SQL
42 (16.67 %)Project Management
42 (16.67 %)GAP Analysis
42 (16.67 %)Linux
51 (8.333 %)Client/Server
51 (8.333 %)Adabas
51 (8.333 %)IBM
51 (8.333 %)HP
51 (8.333 %)WinRunner
51 (8.333 %)TestDirector
51 (8.333 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (8.333 %)LoadRunner
51 (8.333 %)MVS
51 (8.333 %)EntireX
51 (8.333 %)NATURAL
51 (8.333 %)JCL
51 (8.333 %)Middleware

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (8.333 %)XML
11 (8.333 %)EntireX
11 (8.333 %)Middleware
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)Adabas
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)WinRunner
11 (8.333 %)TestDirector
11 (8.333 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (8.333 %)LoadRunner
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (58.33 %)Finance
24 (33.33 %)Front Office
33 (25.00 %)Banking
42 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
51 (8.333 %)Back Office
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (58.33 %)Analyst
24 (33.33 %)Business Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Programmer
32 (16.67 %)QA Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Senior QA Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Lead Architect
41 (8.333 %)Senior Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Java Developer
41 (8.333 %)QA Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (8.333 %)Business Project Manager
41 (8.333 %)Business Manager
41 (8.333 %)Developer
41 (8.333 %)Architect
41 (8.333 %)Project Manager
41 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
41 (8.333 %)Analyst Programmer
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (33.33 %)Fixed Income
23 (25.00 %)Equities
32 (16.67 %)Derivative
41 (8.333 %)Credit Risk
41 (8.333 %)Client/Server
41 (8.333 %)Mainframe
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)Linux
21 (8.333 %)MVS
21 (8.333 %)UNIX
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
22 (16.67 %)Data Analysis
22 (16.67 %)Project Management
22 (16.67 %)GAP Analysis
22 (16.67 %)Workflow
22 (16.67 %)Use Case
22 (16.67 %)Electronic Trading
31 (8.333 %)Manual Testing
31 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (8.333 %)Test Management
31 (8.333 %)Test Scripting
31 (8.333 %)Validation
31 (8.333 %)TOGAF
31 (8.333 %)Risk Management
31 (8.333 %)Configuration Management
31 (8.333 %)Enterprise Architecture
31 (8.333 %)Risk Analysis
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)Java
22 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (8.333 %)VB
31 (8.333 %)VBA
31 (8.333 %)NATURAL
31 (8.333 %)JCL
31 (8.333 %)VB6
31 (8.333 %)C#
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)IBM
11 (8.333 %)HP
11 (8.333 %)OpenLink