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This section looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Quality Assurance Analyst
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank500529
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads65115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.086 %0.115 %
As % of the category below0.103 %0.134 %
Daily rates quoted1724
Average minimum daily rate£272£390
Average daily rate£290£401
% change on same period last year-27.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£295
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
Hourly rates quoted27
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£23.12
Average hourly rate£31.00£23.83
% change on same period last year+30.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£24.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.00£23.22
% change on same period last year+33.51 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads6329785877
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled83.53 %85.53 %
Daily rates quoted2168126543
Average minimum daily rate£379£390
Average daily rate£405£415
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£441
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted54057221
Average minimum hourly rate£22.35£24.34
Average hourly rate£23.97£25.90
% change on same period last year-7.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.59£27.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
QA Analyst UKQA Analyst
UK

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.

QA Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing QA Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England QA Analyst Demand Trend

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England QA Analyst Daily Rate Trend

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England QA Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

QA Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England QA Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

QA Analyst
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+3234£338-31.17 %
South EastUp+3610£305+1.66 %
YorkshireUp+259£190-
East of EnglandUp+237£250-16.66 %
South WestUp+162£294-
West MidlandsDown-12--
North WestUp+71--
QA Analyst UKQA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited QA Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1127 (100.00 %)QA
232 (25.20 %)Finance
330 (23.62 %)ISEB
426 (20.47 %)SQL
523 (18.11 %)Test Scripting
622 (17.32 %)Agile Software Development
719 (14.96 %)Selenium
817 (13.39 %)Banking
817 (13.39 %)Microsoft
916 (12.60 %)C#
916 (12.60 %)UNIX
916 (12.60 %)Software Testing
1015 (11.81 %)Linux
1015 (11.81 %)Java
1114 (11.02 %).NET
1114 (11.02 %)TestDirector
1213 (10.24 %)MS Excel
1213 (10.24 %)Manual Testing
1311 (8.661 %)User Acceptance Testing
1311 (8.661 %)Investment Banking
1410 (7.874 %)Scrum
1410 (7.874 %)Performance Testing
159 (7.087 %)FitNesse
159 (7.087 %)J2EE
159 (7.087 %)QuickTest Pro
168 (6.299 %)Quality Management
168 (6.299 %)Regression Testing
168 (6.299 %)Government
168 (6.299 %)Security Cleared
177 (5.512 %)SC Cleared

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited QA Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (11.02 %).NET
29 (7.087 %)J2EE
35 (3.937 %)XML
44 (3.150 %)AJAX
53 (2.362 %).NET Framework
62 (1.575 %)WCF
62 (1.575 %)Middleware
71 (0.787 %)HTML
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (10.24 %)MS Excel
27 (5.512 %)MS Office
35 (3.937 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.575 %)MS Project
42 (1.575 %)MS Visio
51 (0.787 %)MATLAB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (3.150 %)Global One
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (3.150 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (5.512 %)SQL Server
23 (2.362 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (1.575 %)TOAD
32 (1.575 %)MS Access
41 (0.787 %)BusinessObjects
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (14.96 %)Selenium
214 (11.02 %)TestDirector
39 (7.087 %)FitNesse
39 (7.087 %)QuickTest Pro
44 (3.150 %)WinRunner
44 (3.150 %)LoadRunner
53 (2.362 %)Subversion
62 (1.575 %)Bugzilla
62 (1.575 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.787 %)Rational Rose
71 (0.787 %)Ant
71 (0.787 %)JUnit
71 (0.787 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.787 %)NUnit
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
132 (25.20 %)Finance
217 (13.39 %)Banking
311 (8.661 %)Investment Banking
48 (6.299 %)Government
57 (5.512 %)Front Office
64 (3.150 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (2.362 %)Games
82 (1.575 %)Retail
82 (1.575 %)Back Office
82 (1.575 %)Insurance
91 (0.787 %)Pensions
91 (0.787 %)Education
91 (0.787 %)Electric
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (3.937 %)Equities
23 (2.362 %)Mathematics
32 (1.575 %)Fixed Income
32 (1.575 %)N-Tier
41 (0.787 %)Client/Server
41 (0.787 %)Blackberry
41 (0.787 %)Economics
41 (0.787 %)PDA
41 (0.787 %)Derivative
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (12.60 %)UNIX
215 (11.81 %)Linux
35 (3.937 %)Windows
41 (0.787 %)Windows Server 2008
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (18.11 %)Test Scripting
222 (17.32 %)Agile Software Development
316 (12.60 %)Software Testing
413 (10.24 %)Manual Testing
511 (8.661 %)User Acceptance Testing
610 (7.874 %)Scrum
610 (7.874 %)Performance Testing
78 (6.299 %)Quality Management
78 (6.299 %)Regression Testing
78 (6.299 %)Security Cleared
87 (5.512 %)SC Cleared
87 (5.512 %)Integration Testing
87 (5.512 %)Automated Testing
87 (5.512 %)Service Delivery
96 (4.724 %)ITIL
105 (3.937 %)Web Testing
105 (3.937 %)Unit Testing
105 (3.937 %)Usability Testing
114 (3.150 %)Load Testing
114 (3.150 %)Extreme Programming
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (20.47 %)SQL
216 (12.60 %)C#
315 (11.81 %)Java
47 (5.512 %)C
52 (1.575 %)VB
61 (0.787 %)VBA
61 (0.787 %)Perl
61 (0.787 %)C++
61 (0.787 %)Shell Script
61 (0.787 %)Python
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (23.62 %)ISEB
21 (0.787 %)HND
21 (0.787 %)MCSE
21 (0.787 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.787 %)ITIL Certification
21 (0.787 %)Degree
21 (0.787 %)ISTQB
21 (0.787 %)ISEB Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1127 (100.00 %)QA
21 (0.787 %)21 CFR Part 11
21 (0.787 %)GMP
21 (0.787 %)GLP
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.575 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.362 %)Tivoli
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (13.39 %)Microsoft
27 (5.512 %)Oracle
34 (3.150 %)Sybase
43 (2.362 %)VMware
52 (1.575 %)TIBCO
61 (0.787 %)Business Objects
61 (0.787 %)IBM
61 (0.787 %)HP
61 (0.787 %)Ingenium