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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited QA over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank125113
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads9301272
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.226 %1.349 %
As % of the category below32.89 %30.64 %
Daily rates quoted327394
Average minimum daily rate£354£365
Average daily rate£386£388
% change on same period last year-0.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£341
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
Hourly rates quoted71104
Average minimum hourly rate£28.63£29.61
Average hourly rate£30.29£31.64
% change on same period last year-4.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.95£33.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.90£30.52
% change on same period last year-8.59 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance EnglandQuality Assurance & Compliance
England
Matching contract IT job ads28284151
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.729 %4.403 %
Daily rates quoted9641469
Average minimum daily rate£377£396
Average daily rate£405£422
% change on same period last year-4.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£449
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£376
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted288424
Average minimum hourly rate£22.81£23.87
Average hourly rate£24.44£25.46
% change on same period last year-3.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.08£27.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.52£24.90
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
QA UKQA
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.

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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England QA Demand Trend

QA
Daily Rate Trend

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

England QA Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England QA Daily Rate Histogram

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England QA Hourly Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing QA within the England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

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
LondonDown-8451£423+1.42 %
South EastDown-5194£328+0.16 %
North WestUp+1363£333+28.09 %
YorkshireUp+1857£303-19.64 %
East of EnglandDown-2645£367+3.58 %
South WestUp+1744£337-13.83 %
West MidlandsDown-2737£365+17.30 %
East MidlandsDown-1514£316-0.44 %
MidlandsDown-1713£388-0.51 %
North EastUp+76£300+20.00 %
South CoastUp+31--
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1440 (20.73 %)Finance
2347 (16.34 %)SQL
3256 (12.06 %)Oracle
4233 (10.98 %)Banking
5207 (9.750 %)Project Management
5207 (9.750 %)Java
6206 (9.703 %)Windows
7190 (8.950 %)Unix
8185 (8.714 %)User Acceptance Testing
9170 (8.008 %)PRINCE2
10165 (7.772 %)ISEB
11154 (7.254 %).NET
12149 (7.018 %)Test Scripting
13148 (6.971 %)Government
14146 (6.877 %)Microsoft
15141 (6.642 %)TestDirector
16139 (6.547 %)HTML
16139 (6.547 %)MS Office
17138 (6.500 %)XML
17138 (6.500 %)Security Cleared
18130 (6.123 %)Investment Banking
19128 (6.029 %)Software Testing
20126 (5.935 %)Automated Testing
21125 (5.888 %)UML
22121 (5.699 %)C#
23117 (5.511 %)SQL Server
24109 (5.134 %)Degree
25105 (4.946 %)Agile Software Development
25105 (4.946 %)MS Excel
2699 (4.663 %)J2EE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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
1154 (7.254 %).NET
2139 (6.547 %)HTML
3138 (6.500 %)XML
499 (4.663 %)J2EE
564 (3.015 %)CSS
564 (3.015 %)WebServices
644 (2.073 %)ASP.NET
734 (1.602 %)ASP
833 (1.554 %)AJAX
928 (1.319 %)XSLT
1026 (1.225 %)JSP
1120 (0.942 %)Middleware
1218 (0.848 %).NET Framework
1315 (0.707 %)WebSphere
1315 (0.707 %)JDBC
1413 (0.612 %)Servlets
1413 (0.612 %)XHTML
1413 (0.612 %)Hibernate
1510 (0.471 %)Application Packaging
1510 (0.471 %)WCF
Application Platforms
143 (2.025 %)CMS
225 (1.178 %)JBoss
323 (1.083 %)SharePoint
422 (1.036 %)IIS
519 (0.895 %)Exchange Server 2007
617 (0.801 %)Tomcat
716 (0.754 %)Oracle Workflow
814 (0.659 %)BizTalk Server
913 (0.612 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1011 (0.518 %)WebSphere Application Server
1011 (0.518 %)Oracle Application Server
1110 (0.471 %)Lotus Notes
1110 (0.471 %)Apache
129 (0.424 %)MS Exchange
129 (0.424 %)SAS
129 (0.424 %)Content Management Server
138 (0.377 %)Exchange Server 2003
147 (0.330 %)WebLogic
147 (0.330 %)ArcSDE
156 (0.283 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1139 (6.547 %)MS Office
2105 (4.946 %)MS Excel
376 (3.580 %)MS Project
441 (1.931 %)MS Visio
535 (1.649 %)MS PowerPoint
616 (0.754 %)Photoshop
76 (0.283 %)RoboHelp
76 (0.283 %)AutoCAD
76 (0.283 %)FrameMaker
83 (0.141 %)InfoPath
83 (0.141 %)3ds Max
83 (0.141 %)DOC1
92 (0.094 %)Adobe Illustrator
92 (0.094 %)Acrobat
101 (0.047 %)FreeHand
101 (0.047 %)Fireworks
101 (0.047 %)Adobe Premiere
101 (0.047 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.047 %)Paint Shop Pro
101 (0.047 %)MATLAB
Business Applications
124 (1.130 %)Oracle Applications
219 (0.895 %)Oracle EBS
312 (0.565 %)Oracle 11i
312 (0.565 %)Loan IQ
312 (0.565 %)SAP IS-U
410 (0.471 %)BASE24
58 (0.377 %)Oracle iRecruitment
58 (0.377 %)Teamcenter
58 (0.377 %)Oracle ERP
67 (0.330 %)Summit
76 (0.283 %)Microsoft CRM
76 (0.283 %)SAP HR
84 (0.188 %)SAP R/3
84 (0.188 %)Oracle HRMS
84 (0.188 %)RMDS
84 (0.188 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
84 (0.188 %)SAP ERP
93 (0.141 %)Hyperion Enterprise
93 (0.141 %)SAP CO
93 (0.141 %)SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
178 (3.674 %)Internet
227 (1.272 %)SAN
326 (1.225 %)TCP/IP
416 (0.754 %)Wireless
512 (0.565 %)LDAP
611 (0.518 %)DNS
611 (0.518 %)Intranet
79 (0.424 %)WINS
79 (0.424 %)X.25
88 (0.377 %)Broadband
88 (0.377 %)PSTN
97 (0.330 %)Firewall
106 (0.283 %)SMS
115 (0.236 %)DHCP
115 (0.236 %)LAN
115 (0.236 %)HTTP
124 (0.188 %)ATM
124 (0.188 %)GSM
124 (0.188 %)WAN
124 (0.188 %)UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1117 (5.511 %)SQL Server
242 (1.978 %)RDBMS
341 (1.931 %)Oracle Reports
437 (1.743 %)BusinessObjects
536 (1.696 %)Oracle 10g
536 (1.696 %)SQL Server 2005
632 (1.507 %)Datawarehouse
729 (1.366 %)SQL Server 2000
825 (1.178 %)ETL
920 (0.942 %)Oracle Discoverer
920 (0.942 %)DB2
1019 (0.895 %)Crystal Reports
1019 (0.895 %)MS Access
1117 (0.801 %)Oracle 9i
1117 (0.801 %)TOAD
1215 (0.707 %)MySQL
1215 (0.707 %)GIS
1314 (0.659 %)Oracle 8/8i
1314 (0.659 %)Reference Data
1413 (0.612 %)Data Cleansing
Development Applications
1141 (6.642 %)TestDirector
269 (3.250 %)QuickTest Pro
344 (2.073 %)WinRunner
442 (1.978 %)LoadRunner
537 (1.743 %)ClearQuest
632 (1.507 %)Ant
724 (1.130 %)PVCS
724 (1.130 %)Selenium
823 (1.083 %)Visual Studio
922 (1.036 %)Flash
1021 (0.989 %)Eclipse
1120 (0.942 %)ClearCase
1217 (0.801 %)Oracle Forms
1217 (0.801 %)QARun
1217 (0.801 %)QALoad
1314 (0.659 %)TestPartner
1314 (0.659 %)RequisitePro
1413 (0.612 %)NUnit
1510 (0.471 %)Dreamweaver
169 (0.424 %)MSI
General
1440 (20.73 %)Finance
2233 (10.98 %)Banking
3148 (6.971 %)Government
4130 (6.123 %)Investment Banking
588 (4.145 %)Front Office
651 (2.402 %)Retail
748 (2.261 %)Health
846 (2.167 %)Pharmaceutical
944 (2.073 %)Telecoms
1037 (1.743 %)Back Office
1133 (1.554 %)Pensions
1232 (1.507 %)Education
1331 (1.460 %)Financial Institution
1331 (1.460 %)Insurance
1331 (1.460 %)Games
1427 (1.272 %)Automotive
1427 (1.272 %)Manufacturing
1524 (1.130 %)Marketing
1621 (0.989 %)Auditing
1720 (0.942 %)Aerospace
Job Titles
1571 (26.90 %)Analyst
2217 (10.22 %)Tester
3204 (9.609 %)Test Analyst
4194 (9.138 %)Developer
5166 (7.819 %)Business Analyst
6153 (7.207 %)Test Manager
7131 (6.171 %)Project Manager
8106 (4.993 %)QA Analyst
997 (4.569 %)Consultant
1074 (3.486 %)Architect
1074 (3.486 %)QA Manager
1169 (3.250 %)Senior Analyst
1266 (3.109 %)Test Engineer
1266 (3.109 %)QA Tester
1363 (2.967 %)QA Engineer
1450 (2.355 %)Coordinator
1549 (2.308 %)Senior Tester
1644 (2.073 %)Team Leader
1743 (2.025 %)Quality Analyst
1842 (1.978 %)QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
167 (3.156 %)Derivative
262 (2.920 %)Equities
346 (2.167 %)NHS
444 (2.073 %)Fixed Income
543 (2.025 %)Asset Management
626 (1.225 %)Client/Server
722 (1.036 %)Management Information System
818 (0.848 %)Computer Science
916 (0.754 %)Interactive TV
1015 (0.707 %)Equity Derivative
1113 (0.612 %)Mathematics
1113 (0.612 %)Mainframe
1212 (0.565 %)IPTV
1311 (0.518 %)DTV
1311 (0.518 %)STB
1311 (0.518 %)Clustering
1410 (0.471 %)AS400
1410 (0.471 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
159 (0.424 %)N-Tier
168 (0.377 %)PMI
Operating Systems
1206 (9.703 %)Windows
2190 (8.950 %)Unix
393 (4.381 %)Linux
430 (1.413 %)Solaris
525 (1.178 %)Windows XP
624 (1.130 %)Windows 2000
722 (1.036 %)Windows Server 2003
819 (0.895 %)Windows NT
96 (0.283 %)AIX
104 (0.188 %)zOS
113 (0.141 %)VME
113 (0.141 %)Windows Mobile
113 (0.141 %)HPUX
113 (0.141 %)NetWare
122 (0.094 %)FreeBSD
131 (0.047 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.047 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.047 %)Windows CE
131 (0.047 %)Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1207 (9.750 %)Project Management
2185 (8.714 %)User Acceptance Testing
3170 (8.008 %)PRINCE2
4149 (7.018 %)Test Scripting
5138 (6.500 %)Security Cleared
6128 (6.029 %)Software Testing
7126 (5.935 %)Automated Testing
8125 (5.888 %)UML
9105 (4.946 %)Agile Software Development
1092 (4.333 %)Business Analysis
1178 (3.674 %)Migration
1178 (3.674 %)Change Management
1269 (3.250 %)Performance Testing
1366 (3.109 %)Test Management
1464 (3.015 %)Risk Management
1464 (3.015 %)Validation
1563 (2.967 %)RUP
1662 (2.920 %)System Testing
1761 (2.873 %)ITIL
1761 (2.873 %)Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1347 (16.34 %)SQL
2207 (9.750 %)Java
3121 (5.699 %)C#
483 (3.910 %)JavaScript
582 (3.862 %)C++
679 (3.721 %)C
759 (2.779 %)Perl
858 (2.732 %)PL/SQL
951 (2.402 %)VB
1041 (1.931 %)VBScript
1126 (1.225 %)PHP
1222 (1.036 %)Shell Script
1321 (0.989 %)VBA
1420 (0.942 %)Python
1519 (0.895 %)VB.NET
1611 (0.518 %)VB6
1710 (0.471 %)ActionScript
188 (0.377 %)DHTML
196 (0.283 %)Delphi
196 (0.283 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
1165 (7.772 %)ISEB
2109 (5.134 %)Degree
319 (0.895 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
415 (0.707 %)PRINCE2 Certification
513 (0.612 %)Microsoft Certification
610 (0.471 %)ISEB Practitioner
79 (0.424 %)HND
79 (0.424 %)MCSE
79 (0.424 %)ISTQB
86 (0.283 %)HNC
86 (0.283 %)ITIL Certification
95 (0.236 %)CIMA
104 (0.188 %)MBA
104 (0.188 %)ACCA
113 (0.141 %)CISA
113 (0.141 %)MCSD
113 (0.141 %)Citrix Certification
122 (0.094 %)Sun Certification
122 (0.094 %)IRCA
122 (0.094 %)PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
125 (1.178 %)ISO9001
220 (0.942 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
318 (0.848 %)SLA
318 (0.848 %)21 CFR Part 11
417 (0.801 %)GMP
513 (0.612 %)GLP
513 (0.612 %)GCP
69 (0.424 %)ISO9000
69 (0.424 %)GxP
74 (0.188 %)WAI
74 (0.188 %)MiFID
74 (0.188 %)CESG Infosec
82 (0.094 %)COBIT
82 (0.094 %)ISO14001
82 (0.094 %)EFQM
82 (0.094 %)Basel II
82 (0.094 %)TickIT
82 (0.094 %)ISO12207
91 (0.047 %)ISO15504
91 (0.047 %)ISO27001
System Software
146 (2.167 %)Active Directory
28 (0.377 %)NetBackup
35 (0.236 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (0.141 %)MSMQ
52 (0.094 %)AquaLogic
52 (0.094 %)Squid
52 (0.094 %)VMware Workstation
52 (0.094 %)VMware Server
61 (0.047 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.047 %)Xen
61 (0.047 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.047 %)NFS
61 (0.047 %)ISA Server
61 (0.047 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
17 (0.330 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
25 (0.236 %)Unicenter
25 (0.236 %)Tivoli
25 (0.236 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
34 (0.188 %)OpenView
34 (0.188 %)OVSD
34 (0.188 %)Oracle Statspack
43 (0.141 %)OpenView Configuration Management
52 (0.094 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.094 %)SCOM
52 (0.094 %)WSUS
52 (0.094 %)BMC Marimba
52 (0.094 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.047 %)SCCM
61 (0.047 %)AutoSys
Vendors
1256 (12.06 %)Oracle
2146 (6.877 %)Microsoft
375 (3.533 %)SAP
440 (1.884 %)Citrix
538 (1.790 %)HP
637 (1.743 %)Business Objects
729 (1.366 %)IBM
828 (1.319 %)Sybase
923 (1.083 %)Cisco
1022 (1.036 %)Calypso
1120 (0.942 %)Compuware
1218 (0.848 %)Sun
1316 (0.754 %)OpenTV
1414 (0.659 %)Cognos
1513 (0.612 %)EMC
1610 (0.471 %)Siebel
1610 (0.471 %)Lotus
1610 (0.471 %)Remedy
179 (0.424 %)ILOG
179 (0.424 %)Adobe
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