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The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 17 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 Chester 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.
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3 months to
17 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Quality Assurance (QA) |
| Rank |
21 |
20 |
20 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
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| Contract jobs citing QA |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester |
2.190% |
1.739% |
1.875% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
42.86% |
25.00% |
37.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Average daily rate |
£315 |
£200 |
£356 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
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| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£325 |
£350 |
£360 |
| % change year-on-year |
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| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£28.75 |
£17.50 |
£26.25 |
| % change year-on-year |
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All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Chester |
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
7 |
8 |
8 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester |
5.109% |
6.957% |
5.000% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Average daily rate |
£295 |
£275 |
£356 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£279 |
£200 |
£322 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£311 |
£382 |
£371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£340 |
£350 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
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| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
£14.00 |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£16.35 |
£29.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
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QA
Cheshire |
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