QA Analyst Contracts in 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 Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 438 472 471
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -1
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 74 85 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.175% 0.159% 0.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.189% 0.172% 0.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 55 41
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £275 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £17.50
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 May 2013.

England QA Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

QA Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

The table below 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 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
London +8 51 £406 +25.00%
South East +22 10 £300 -
East of England +13 7 £350 -12.50%
South West +24 2 £415 +5.73%
North West +16 2 - -
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 167 (100.00%) QA
2 62 (37.13%) SQL
3 53 (31.74%) Finance
4 32 (19.16%) Selenium
5 31 (18.56%) Test Automation
6 28 (16.77%) Test Scripting
6 28 (16.77%) Derivative
7 27 (16.17%) Agile Software Development
8 26 (15.57%) ISEB
9 25 (14.97%) Banking
10 24 (14.37%) JIRA
11 23 (13.77%) C#
11 23 (13.77%) Scrum
12 22 (13.17%) Software Testing
12 22 (13.17%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (12.57%) BDD
13 21 (12.57%) .NET
13 21 (12.57%) Microsoft
14 20 (11.98%) Oracle
14 20 (11.98%) HP Quality Center
15 19 (11.38%) Cucumber
16 18 (10.78%) Automated Testing
16 18 (10.78%) QuickTest Pro
16 18 (10.78%) Regression Testing
17 17 (10.18%) Java
17 17 (10.18%) Investment Banking
17 17 (10.18%) TDD
18 16 (9.581%) Data Warehouse
18 16 (9.581%) E-Commerce
18 16 (9.581%) Front Office

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 21 (12.57%) .NET
2 15 (8.982%) XML
3 9 (5.389%) HTML
3 9 (5.389%) CSS
4 6 (3.593%) Web Services
5 5 (2.994%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.395%) soapUI
6 4 (2.395%) Gherkin
6 4 (2.395%) XSLT
6 4 (2.395%) J2EE
6 4 (2.395%) WPF
7 3 (1.796%) Drools
7 3 (1.796%) MDX
7 3 (1.796%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.796%) Middleware
8 2 (1.198%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 2 (1.198%) XML Messaging
8 2 (1.198%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (1.198%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (1.198%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (4.790%) Confluence
2 7 (4.192%) TIBCO EMS
2 7 (4.192%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.395%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.599%) Drupal
4 1 (0.599%) ESB
4 1 (0.599%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.599%) MSMQ
4 1 (0.599%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.599%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.192%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.593%) MS Office
3 4 (2.395%) Mingle
4 2 (1.198%) MS Project
4 2 (1.198%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.599%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.198%) SunGard APT
2 1 (0.599%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.395%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.198%) Broadband
3 1 (0.599%) HTTP
3 1 (0.599%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.581%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (8.982%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.796%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 2 (1.198%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.599%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.599%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.599%) TOAD
5 1 (0.599%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.599%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 32 (19.16%) Selenium
2 24 (14.37%) JIRA
3 19 (11.38%) Cucumber
4 18 (10.78%) QuickTest Pro
5 10 (5.988%) WebDriver
6 9 (5.389%) SpecFlow
7 8 (4.790%) Visual Studio
8 7 (4.192%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (2.395%) FogBugz
9 4 (2.395%) Bugzilla
9 4 (2.395%) JUnit
9 4 (2.395%) Git (software)
10 3 (1.796%) Subversion
10 3 (1.796%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (1.198%) JMeter
11 2 (1.198%) LoadRunner
11 2 (1.198%) TestDirector
11 2 (1.198%) JBehave
11 2 (1.198%) FitNesse
11 2 (1.198%) QADirector
General
1 53 (31.74%) Finance
2 25 (14.97%) Banking
3 17 (10.18%) Investment Banking
4 16 (9.581%) Front Office
5 6 (3.593%) Telecoms
5 6 (3.593%) Publishing
6 4 (2.395%) Law
7 3 (1.796%) Back Office
8 2 (1.198%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.198%) Billing
9 1 (0.599%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.599%) Retail
9 1 (0.599%) Electronics
9 1 (0.599%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.77%) Derivative
2 12 (7.186%) Credit Derivative
2 12 (7.186%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (4.790%) Client/Server
3 8 (4.790%) Equities
4 7 (4.192%) Market Risk
4 7 (4.192%) Credit Risk
5 6 (3.593%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.994%) Reference Data
6 5 (2.994%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.395%) Computer Science
8 3 (1.796%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.796%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.198%) Statistics
9 2 (1.198%) Mathematics
9 2 (1.198%) Physics
9 2 (1.198%) Wiki
10 1 (0.599%) Open Source
10 1 (0.599%) Social Gaming
10 1 (0.599%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.784%) UNIX
2 4 (2.395%) Linux
3 2 (1.198%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.198%) Windows
3 2 (1.198%) Android
4 1 (0.599%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.56%) Test Automation
2 28 (16.77%) Test Scripting
3 27 (16.17%) Agile Software Development
4 23 (13.77%) Scrum
5 22 (13.17%) Software Testing
5 22 (13.17%) User Acceptance Testing
6 21 (12.57%) BDD
7 18 (10.78%) Automated Testing
7 18 (10.78%) Regression Testing
8 17 (10.18%) TDD
9 16 (9.581%) E-Commerce
10 15 (8.982%) Performance Testing
11 14 (8.383%) Manual Testing
11 14 (8.383%) Risk Management
12 11 (6.587%) Integration Testing
13 10 (5.988%) Project Management
13 10 (5.988%) Analytics
14 9 (5.389%) Data Modelling
15 8 (4.790%) System Testing
16 7 (4.192%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 62 (37.13%) SQL
2 23 (13.77%) C#
3 17 (10.18%) Java
4 12 (7.186%) Ruby
5 11 (6.587%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.790%) Python
7 7 (4.192%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.395%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.796%) VBScript
9 3 (1.796%) PHP
10 2 (1.198%) VB
10 2 (1.198%) C++
10 2 (1.198%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.599%) Delphi
11 1 (0.599%) C
11 1 (0.599%) Perl
11 1 (0.599%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 26 (15.57%) ISEB
2 14 (8.383%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.796%) Degree
4 2 (1.198%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.599%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.599%) PMP
5 1 (0.599%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (100.00%) QA
2 7 (4.192%) Basel III
3 2 (1.198%) TickIT
3 2 (1.198%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.599%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 20 (11.98%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.599%) SCCM
2 1 (0.599%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.98%) Oracle
3 13 (7.784%) HP
4 7 (4.192%) TIBCO
5 4 (2.395%) Murex
5 4 (2.395%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.198%) SAP
6 2 (1.198%) SunGard
7 1 (0.599%) Calypso
7 1 (0.599%) Sun
7 1 (0.599%) Cognos
7 1 (0.599%) Sybase
7 1 (0.599%) JBoss
7 1 (0.599%) BT
7 1 (0.599%) Sage
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