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

The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank 108 130 122
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -8
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 6 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.281% 0.068% 0.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.300% 0.072% 0.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £370 £400 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +15.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £354 £380 £326
10% offered a daily rate of more than £374 £420 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £7.50
Search 1 QA Tester jobs in the East of England
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1998 2770 2506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.41% 93.74% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1297 1100
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £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 244 280 320
Average hourly rate £22.66 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.36% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £41.70 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Tester
England

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England QA Tester Daily Rate Trend

QA Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England QA Tester Hourly Rate Trend

QA Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Suffolk +13 2 £375 -6.25%
Cambridgeshire - 2 £360 -
Norfolk - 2 - -
QA Tester
England

QA Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (71.43%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) Games
4 3 (42.86%) .NET
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) OOP
5 2 (28.57%) OO
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
5 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) HP
5 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
5 2 (28.57%) C++
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
5 2 (28.57%) C
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Android
5 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
5 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (28.57%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) WatiN
1 2 (28.57%) SpecFlow
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 4 (57.14%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
1 2 (28.57%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (28.57%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) OOP
1 2 (28.57%) OO
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
1 2 (28.57%) BDD
1 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) TDD
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
2 2 (28.57%) C
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) HP
QA Tester
Hertfordshire, South East
My client, a blue chip based in Hertfordshire, require 2 x Agile QA's for a new team to work on a fast paced agile project.
Mint
Rate: £400 - £600 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
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