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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Croydon 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1921
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below33.33 %53.85 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£500£280
Average daily rate£550£280
% change on same period last year+96.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£342
% change on same period last year+3.24 %
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£33.38£30.98
% change on same period last year+7.77 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads613
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.013 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£500£352
Average daily rate£550£382
% change on same period last year+43.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£412
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£361
% change on same period last year+5.11 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£21.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.98£24.91
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Croydon QA Demand Trend

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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 across the Croydon region.

Croydon QA Daily Rate Trend

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)ISEB
11 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (50.00 %)Project Management
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Government
11 (50.00 %)Stakeholder Management
11 (50.00 %)Banking
11 (50.00 %)Retail
11 (50.00 %)Retail Banking
11 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Government
11 (50.00 %)Banking
11 (50.00 %)Retail
11 (50.00 %)Retail Banking
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Programme Manager
11 (50.00 %)Test Manager
11 (50.00 %)Programme Office Support
11 (50.00 %)Programme Test Manager
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (50.00 %)Project Management
11 (50.00 %)Stakeholder Management
11 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)ISEB