The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Hampshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Consultant
Rank 99 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a QA Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.066% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1418 1483 1757
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.11% 93.51% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 683 729
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 216 251
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -19.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Consultant
South East

QA Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire QA Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

QA Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire QA Consultant Daily Rate Trend

QA Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Consultant within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Basingstoke - 1 - -
QA Consultant
South East

QA Consultant
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited QA Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) TickIT
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server

QA Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited QA Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) TickIT
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft