QA Engineer Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 112 132 118
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -14
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 4 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.189% 0.068% 0.149%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.202% 0.072% 0.158%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £360 £344 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £313
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - £32.75
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1980 2769 2539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.40% 93.86% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1018 1292 1115
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 285 325
Average hourly rate £22.66 £23.59 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.92% +24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QA Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England QA Engineer Daily Rate Trend

QA Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England QA Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

QA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QA Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England QA Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

QA Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cambridgeshire +14 4 £360 +4.72%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) C
3 3 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Games
4 2 (33.33%) Objective-C
4 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 2 (33.33%) Mac OS X
4 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (33.33%) iOS SDK
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Android
5 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
5 1 (16.67%) Gherkin
5 1 (16.67%) Game Development
5 1 (16.67%) Selenium
5 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Test Management

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) iOS SDK
2 1 (16.67%) Gherkin
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
1 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (16.67%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS X
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) Game Development
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (16.67%) BDD
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Objective-C
2 2 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) QA
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