The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 24 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 Glasgow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.214% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.227% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £260
% change year-on-year
-3.44% +39.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £17.50
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
881 750 660
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.43% 95.30% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 352 379
Average daily rate £338 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% -8.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 36 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.77% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Analyst
Scotland

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA Analyst across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow QA Analyst Daily Rate Trend

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) TestComplete
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Solaris
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Sun
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Hudson
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Subversion
3 1 (33.33%) Maven
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Derivative

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (33.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Coherence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
1 2 (66.67%) TestComplete
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Hudson
2 1 (33.33%) Subversion
2 1 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Solaris
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Sun