East of England QA Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Quality Assurance (QA)
Location Amersham Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Clapham Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnborough Flintshire Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hounslow Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Sale Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stirling Stockport Street Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swadlincote Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	94	80
Rank change on same period last year	-14
Matching contract IT job ads	53	76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.071 %	0.077 %
As % of the category below	20.95 %	32.62 %
Daily rates quoted	15	14
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£322
Average daily rate	£367	£336
% change on same period last year	+9.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£338
% change on same period last year	-1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.20	£28.33
Average hourly rate	£34.03	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+13.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.87	£31.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.07	£30.86
% change on same period last year	-5.79 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	253	233
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.337 %	0.236 %
Daily rates quoted	77	54
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£355
Average daily rate	£375	£383
% change on same period last year	-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£411
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£371
% change on same period last year	-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	47	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.10	£27.81
Average hourly rate	£24.32	£29.26
% change on same period last year	-16.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.53	£30.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.31	£24.73
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
QA England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	+3	25	£408	+8.66 %
Cambridgeshire	+7	14	£250	-15.78 %
Essex	+10	14	£344	+12.24 %
East Anglia	-5	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 23 (22.33 %) Configuration Management 1 23 (22.33 %) TestDirector 2 18 (17.48 %) J2EE 3 17 (16.50 %) .NET 3 17 (16.50 %) Performance Testing 4 16 (15.53 %) Windows 5 15 (14.56 %) MS Excel 6 14 (13.59 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 13 (12.62 %) Games 8 12 (11.65 %) Finance 9 11 (10.68 %) VB 9 11 (10.68 %) MS Office 10 10 (9.709 %) Continuous Integration 10 10 (9.709 %) PowerShell 10 10 (9.709 %) SQL

10 10 (9.709 %) PRINCE2 10 10 (9.709 %) Microsoft 10 10 (9.709 %) Internet 10 10 (9.709 %) Shell Script 11 9 (8.738 %) ISEB 11 9 (8.738 %) Java 11 9 (8.738 %) Oracle 12 8 (7.767 %) HTML 12 8 (7.767 %) Project Management 12 8 (7.767 %) Retail 13 7 (6.796 %) InstallShield 13 7 (6.796 %) Software Testing 13 7 (6.796 %) Risk Management 13 7 (6.796 %) C++ 13 7 (6.796 %) ITIL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 18 (17.48 %) J2EE 2 17 (16.50 %) .NET 3 8 (7.767 %) HTML 4 5 (4.854 %) CSS 5 3 (2.913 %) WebServices 5 3 (2.913 %) XML 5 3 (2.913 %) XHTML 5 3 (2.913 %) Middleware 5 3 (2.913 %) AJAX 6 2 (1.942 %) JSP 7 1 (0.971 %) SOAP 7 1 (0.971 %) STL 7 1 (0.971 %) Struts 7 1 (0.971 %) ASP 7 1 (0.971 %) ASP.NET 7 1 (0.971 %) MVC 7 1 (0.971 %) EDI 7 1 (0.971 %) XSLT 7 1 (0.971 %) ActiveX 7 1 (0.971 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 4 (3.883 %) IBM HTTP Server 2 3 (2.913 %) Oracle HTTP Server 3 2 (1.942 %) IIS 3 2 (1.942 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (0.971 %) SharePoint 4 1 (0.971 %) Content Management Server 4 1 (0.971 %) CMS
Applications 1 15 (14.56 %) MS Excel 2 11 (10.68 %) MS Office 3 5 (4.854 %) MS PowerPoint 4 4 (3.883 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.971 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 1 (0.971 %) BASE24
Communications & Networking 1 10 (9.709 %) Internet 2 4 (3.883 %) HTTP 3 1 (0.971 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.971 %) ATM 3 1 (0.971 %) PSTN 3 1 (0.971 %) X.25 3 1 (0.971 %) X.509 3 1 (0.971 %) IPsec 3 1 (0.971 %) Wireshark	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (0.971 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 23 (22.33 %) TestDirector 2 7 (6.796 %) InstallShield 3 4 (3.883 %) Ant 3 4 (3.883 %) JUnit 3 4 (3.883 %) PVCS 3 4 (3.883 %) QuickTest Pro 3 4 (3.883 %) Selenium 3 4 (3.883 %) WinRunner 4 3 (2.913 %) FitNesse 4 3 (2.913 %) LoadRunner 4 3 (2.913 %) JMeter 5 1 (0.971 %) NUnit 5 1 (0.971 %) CruiseControl 5 1 (0.971 %) Flash 5 1 (0.971 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.971 %) Visual Studio	General 1 13 (12.62 %) Games 2 12 (11.65 %) Finance 3 8 (7.767 %) Retail 4 5 (4.854 %) Electronics 5 4 (3.883 %) Government 6 2 (1.942 %) Automotive 6 2 (1.942 %) Electric 6 2 (1.942 %) Telecoms 6 2 (1.942 %) Pharmaceutical 6 2 (1.942 %) Online Games 7 1 (0.971 %) Insurance 7 1 (0.971 %) Pensions 7 1 (0.971 %) Marketing 7 1 (0.971 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.971 %) Health 7 1 (0.971 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 30 (29.13 %) Analyst 2 20 (19.42 %) QA Analyst 3 13 (12.62 %) Quality Analyst 4 11 (10.68 %) Software Engineer 4 11 (10.68 %) QA Engineer 5 10 (9.709 %) Test Analyst 6 9 (8.738 %) Team Leader 7 8 (7.767 %) Tester 8 7 (6.796 %) Developer 8 7 (6.796 %) Quality Engineer 9 6 (5.825 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 10 5 (4.854 %) QA Test Analyst 11 2 (1.942 %) Release Manager 11 2 (1.942 %) Systems Tester 11 2 (1.942 %) Technical Analyst 11 2 (1.942 %) QA Tester 11 2 (1.942 %) Technical Manager 11 2 (1.942 %) Programme Manager 11 2 (1.942 %) Junior 11 2 (1.942 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (4.854 %) Client/Server 2 1 (0.971 %) N-Tier 2 1 (0.971 %) W3C 2 1 (0.971 %) ASIC 2 1 (0.971 %) DTV 2 1 (0.971 %) STB 2 1 (0.971 %) IPTV 2 1 (0.971 %) Copywriting
Operating Systems 1 16 (15.53 %) Windows 2 4 (3.883 %) Linux 3 2 (1.942 %) UNIX 4 1 (0.971 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.971 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (22.33 %) Configuration Management 2 17 (16.50 %) Performance Testing 3 14 (13.59 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 10 (9.709 %) PRINCE2 4 10 (9.709 %) Continuous Integration 5 8 (7.767 %) Project Management 6 7 (6.796 %) ITIL 6 7 (6.796 %) Software Testing 6 7 (6.796 %) Risk Management 7 6 (5.825 %) Agile Software Development 7 6 (5.825 %) Service Delivery 7 6 (5.825 %) Test Scripting 7 6 (5.825 %) Security Cleared 8 5 (4.854 %) Manual Testing 9 4 (3.883 %) SC Cleared 9 4 (3.883 %) BC Cleared 9 4 (3.883 %) Quality Management 9 4 (3.883 %) CMMI 10 3 (2.913 %) Change Management 10 3 (2.913 %) Scrum
Programming Languages 1 11 (10.68 %) VB 2 10 (9.709 %) Shell Script 2 10 (9.709 %) PowerShell 2 10 (9.709 %) SQL 3 9 (8.738 %) Java 4 7 (6.796 %) C++ 5 5 (4.854 %) C 6 4 (3.883 %) C# 6 4 (3.883 %) JavaScript 7 1 (0.971 %) Python 7 1 (0.971 %) Delphi	Qualifications 1 9 (8.738 %) ISEB 2 5 (4.854 %) Degree 3 3 (2.913 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (2.913 %) MCSE 4 2 (1.942 %) HNC 4 2 (1.942 %) HND 5 1 (0.971 %) MCP 5 1 (0.971 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.971 %) ISEB Practitioner 5 1 (0.971 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (4.854 %) ISO9001 2 2 (1.942 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 2 (1.942 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.971 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 10 (9.709 %) Microsoft 2 9 (8.738 %) Oracle 3 5 (4.854 %) IBM 4 1 (0.971 %) Sybase