QA Contracts in Dorset
 
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 Dorset 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 21 24 24
Rank change year-on-year
+3 0
Contract jobs citing QA 11 9 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 5.612% 3.422% 4.950%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 55.00% 26.47% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 10
Average daily rate £360 £375 £329
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +14.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £320 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £417 £410 £391
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.01 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+64.28% -33.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 20 34 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 10.20% 12.93% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 14
Average daily rate £350 £450 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +31.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £320 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £497 £475 £810
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £20.01 £13.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.88% -67.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
QA
South West

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bournemouth +2 7 £411 +9.60%
Poole - 1 £275 -
QA
South West

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 10 (43.48%) Finance
1 10 (43.48%) Banking
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
3 5 (21.74%) Internet
4 4 (17.39%) Legal
4 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
4 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
4 4 (17.39%) Data Mining
4 4 (17.39%) Reference Data
5 3 (13.04%) Test Management
5 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
5 3 (13.04%) Degree
5 3 (13.04%) Resource Management
5 3 (13.04%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Change Control
5 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle
5 3 (13.04%) Java
5 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) Project Management
5 3 (13.04%) TestDirector
5 3 (13.04%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (13.04%) HP
6 2 (8.696%) LoadRunner
6 2 (8.696%) Quality Management

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (8.696%) Spring
2 1 (4.348%) Spring MVC
2 1 (4.348%) jQuery
2 1 (4.348%) Spring Integration
2 1 (4.348%) HTML
2 1 (4.348%) CSS
2 1 (4.348%) JDBC
2 1 (4.348%) Struts
2 1 (4.348%) XML
2 1 (4.348%) ODBC
2 1 (4.348%) Middleware
2 1 (4.348%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
2 3 (13.04%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.348%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Internet
2 1 (4.348%) FTP
2 1 (4.348%) HTTP
2 1 (4.348%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
1 4 (17.39%) Data Mining
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.348%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) TestDirector
1 3 (13.04%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (8.696%) LoadRunner
2 2 (8.696%) WinRunner
3 1 (4.348%) JProbe
3 1 (4.348%) Introscope
3 1 (4.348%) JProfiler
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
1 10 (43.48%) Banking
2 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Legal
4 1 (4.348%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Lead Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Java Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Test Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Test Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Designer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Designer
5 1 (4.348%) QA Leader
5 1 (4.348%) Business Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (4.348%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Tester
5 1 (4.348%) Junior
5 1 (4.348%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Reference Data
2 2 (8.696%) SWIFT
3 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.696%) UNIX
1 2 (8.696%) Windows
1 2 (8.696%) Linux
2 1 (4.348%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
3 3 (13.04%) Project Management
3 3 (13.04%) Resource Management
3 3 (13.04%) Test Management
3 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
3 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (13.04%) Change Control
3 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
4 2 (8.696%) System Testing
4 2 (8.696%) V-Model
4 2 (8.696%) Test Automation
4 2 (8.696%) Integration Testing
4 2 (8.696%) Performance Testing
4 2 (8.696%) Quality Management
4 2 (8.696%) Regression Testing
4 2 (8.696%) UML
4 2 (8.696%) RUP
4 2 (8.696%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) Java
3 2 (8.696%) VB
3 2 (8.696%) VBA
3 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.348%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.348%) VBScript
4 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.348%) C
4 1 (4.348%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) ISEB
2 1 (4.348%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.348%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) HP
2 3 (13.04%) Oracle
3 1 (4.348%) Cisco
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