QA 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 QA skills 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 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 50 63 55
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -8
Contract jobs citing QA 77 72 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 3.575% 2.443% 3.234%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 47.53% 40.22% 39.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 42 29
Average daily rate £350 £355 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% -5.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £496 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 9
Average hourly rate £42.50 £32.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.78% -0.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+64.28% -33.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 162 179 217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 7.521% 6.074% 8.257%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 91 87
Average daily rate £325 £375 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +11.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £160 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 28
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -63.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £36.20 £38.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
QA
England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England 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
Cambridgeshire +14 26 £350 -1.40%
Essex +2 14 £331 +15.21%
Norfolk +6 12 £325 -11.86%
Hertfordshire +10 11 £456 +30.35%
Suffolk +5 10 £400 -5.88%
East Anglia +11 2 £325 -
Bedfordshire 0 2 £350 +19.65%
QA
England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 29 (21.48%) ISEB
2 28 (20.74%) SQL
3 24 (17.78%) Software Testing
4 23 (17.04%) C#
4 23 (17.04%) Finance
5 21 (15.56%) Test Scripting
6 20 (14.81%) .NET
7 19 (14.07%) Project Management
8 17 (12.59%) Test Automation
9 16 (11.85%) HP
10 15 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 14 (10.37%) Web Services
11 14 (10.37%) PRINCE2
11 14 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (10.37%) Degree
12 13 (9.630%) Agile Software Development
12 13 (9.630%) Windows
12 13 (9.630%) Microsoft
13 12 (8.889%) XML
13 12 (8.889%) ITIL
13 12 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (8.889%) ISTQB
13 12 (8.889%) HP Quality Center
14 11 (8.148%) Change Management
15 10 (7.407%) Java
15 10 (7.407%) Test Strategy
16 9 (6.667%) MS Excel
17 8 (5.926%) Quality Management
17 8 (5.926%) Games
17 8 (5.926%) Python

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 20 (14.81%) .NET
2 14 (10.37%) Web Services
3 12 (8.889%) XML
4 7 (5.185%) ASP.NET
4 7 (5.185%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.963%) HTML
6 3 (2.222%) iOS SDK
7 1 (0.741%) REST
7 1 (0.741%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.741%) Application Packaging
7 1 (0.741%) jQuery
7 1 (0.741%) CSS
7 1 (0.741%) SOAP
7 1 (0.741%) J2EE
7 1 (0.741%) MFC
7 1 (0.741%) LAMP
7 1 (0.741%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.185%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.963%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (1.481%) Documentum
3 2 (1.481%) CMS
4 1 (0.741%) ESB
Applications
1 9 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 8 (5.926%) MS Project
2 8 (5.926%) MS Office
3 3 (2.222%) DOC1
3 3 (2.222%) PrintSoft PReS
3 3 (2.222%) Mingle
4 2 (1.481%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.741%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.963%) SAP MII
2 3 (2.222%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.185%) Internet
2 3 (2.222%) Wireless
3 2 (1.481%) IP Telephony
3 2 (1.481%) Firewall
3 2 (1.481%) SNMP
3 2 (1.481%) SAN
4 1 (0.741%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.926%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (5.185%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (2.963%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.481%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.741%) QlikView
7 1 (0.741%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.741%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.741%) OLAP
7 1 (0.741%) DataStage
7 1 (0.741%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.926%) Selenium
2 7 (5.185%) JIRA
3 5 (3.704%) Bugzilla
4 4 (2.963%) SpecFlow
4 4 (2.963%) FogBugz
5 3 (2.222%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (2.222%) WatiN
6 2 (1.481%) Talend Open Studio
6 2 (1.481%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.741%) MSI
7 1 (0.741%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.741%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.741%) Cucumber
General
1 23 (17.04%) Finance
2 8 (5.926%) Games
3 7 (5.185%) Retail
4 5 (3.704%) Marketing
4 5 (3.704%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.963%) Publishing
5 4 (2.963%) Legal
6 3 (2.222%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.481%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.481%) Banking
8 1 (0.741%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.741%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.741%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.741%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 31 (22.96%) Analyst
2 19 (14.07%) QA Analyst
3 16 (11.85%) Test Manager
3 16 (11.85%) Tester
4 14 (10.37%) Developer
5 13 (9.630%) Test Analyst
6 9 (6.667%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.926%) QA Tester
7 8 (5.926%) Software Manager
8 7 (5.185%) QA Manager
9 6 (4.444%) Test Engineer
9 6 (4.444%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.444%) QA Engineer
10 5 (3.704%) Software Test Manager
10 5 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.704%) Test Leader
11 4 (2.963%) Testing Manager
11 4 (2.963%) Coordinator
11 4 (2.963%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.963%) QA Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.444%) Computer Science
2 5 (3.704%) Client/Server
3 2 (1.481%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (1.481%) Online Games
3 2 (1.481%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (1.481%) Open Source
4 1 (0.741%) Kindle
4 1 (0.741%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.741%) Data Integration
4 1 (0.741%) FMCG
4 1 (0.741%) iPhone
4 1 (0.741%) EPoS
4 1 (0.741%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.741%) E-Learning
4 1 (0.741%) Streaming Media
4 1 (0.741%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.630%) Windows
2 7 (5.185%) Linux
3 4 (2.963%) Windows XP
3 4 (2.963%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.222%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.222%) Windows Mobile
4 3 (2.222%) Android
4 3 (2.222%) Mac OS X
4 3 (2.222%) UNIX
5 1 (0.741%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.741%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.78%) Software Testing
2 21 (15.56%) Test Scripting
3 19 (14.07%) Project Management
4 17 (12.59%) Test Automation
5 14 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
5 14 (10.37%) PRINCE2
6 13 (9.630%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (8.889%) ITIL
8 11 (8.148%) Change Management
9 10 (7.407%) Test Strategy
10 8 (5.926%) Quality Management
10 8 (5.926%) ETL
10 8 (5.926%) E-Commerce
10 8 (5.926%) Automated Testing
10 8 (5.926%) Web Development
10 8 (5.926%) Integration Testing
11 7 (5.185%) TDD
11 7 (5.185%) Test Management
12 6 (4.444%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.74%) SQL
2 23 (17.04%) C#
3 10 (7.407%) Java
4 8 (5.926%) Python
5 7 (5.185%) C++
5 7 (5.185%) C
6 5 (3.704%) VB.NET
7 4 (2.963%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.222%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.222%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.222%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.741%) Ruby
9 1 (0.741%) Korn
9 1 (0.741%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.741%) Bourne shell
9 1 (0.741%) VC++
9 1 (0.741%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.741%) PHP
9 1 (0.741%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.741%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (21.48%) ISEB
2 14 (10.37%) Degree
3 12 (8.889%) ISTQB
4 7 (5.185%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.963%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.963%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.481%) PMP
6 2 (1.481%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.481%) CCNP
6 2 (1.481%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.444%) COBIT
2 5 (3.704%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.222%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.481%) SLA
4 2 (1.481%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.741%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 1 (0.741%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.741%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (0.741%) XenApp
1 1 (0.741%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 12 (8.889%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (2.963%) MOM
3 1 (0.741%) SCCM
3 1 (0.741%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 16 (11.85%) HP
2 13 (9.630%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.185%) SAP
4 4 (2.963%) Wonderware
5 3 (2.222%) JD Edwards
6 2 (1.481%) Cisco
6 2 (1.481%) Talend
6 2 (1.481%) Oracle
7 1 (0.741%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.741%) IBM
7 1 (0.741%) Sun
7 1 (0.741%) Perforce
7 1 (0.741%) CODA
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