The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Anglia region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the East Anglia 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 (QA)
Rank 5 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing QA 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Anglia 12.50% 5.797% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 66.67% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -28.57%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
East Anglia
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Anglia 18.75% 5.797% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
QA
East of England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) HP

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP
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