Hampshire QA Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT contracts within the Hampshire 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Belfast Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire County Antrim Cumbria East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Midlands Milton Keynes North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth South East South West Stevenage UK	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	86	111
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	11	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.629 %	0.285 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£240
Average daily rate	-	£240
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£240
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£239
% change on same period last year	+25.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.56	£25.83
Average hourly rate	£36.11	£29.58
% change on same period last year	+22.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.67	£33.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.73	£29.58
% change on same period last year	+3.87 %
Job Titles Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1749	2455
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.755 %	2.631 %
Daily rates quoted	411	754
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£345
Average daily rate	£378	£361
% change on same period last year	+4.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	451	442
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.07	£26.56
Average hourly rate	£27.94	£28.67
% change on same period last year	-2.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.81	£30.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
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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 Engineer across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

Location	Rank 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
Portsmouth	-	5	-	-

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Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited QA Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 14 (100.00 %) QA 2 10 (71.43 %) Software Engineering 2 10 (71.43 %) Degree 3 9 (64.29 %) Security Cleared 4 7 (50.00 %) Electronics 5 6 (42.86 %) HNC 6 3 (21.43 %) ISO9000 6 3 (21.43 %) ISO12207 6 3 (21.43 %) ISO15504 6 3 (21.43 %) Auditing 7 2 (14.29 %) Telecoms 7 2 (14.29 %) Windows 8 1 (7.143 %) Linux 8 1 (7.143 %) Windows NT 8 1 (7.143 %) Client/Server

8 1 (7.143 %) Windows XP 8 1 (7.143 %) GPRS 8 1 (7.143 %) CGI 8 1 (7.143 %) CTI 8 1 (7.143 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 8 1 (7.143 %) Validation 8 1 (7.143 %) Replication 8 1 (7.143 %) Wireless 8 1 (7.143 %) MS Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 1 (7.143 %) CGI	Applications 1 1 (7.143 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 1 (7.143 %) GPRS 1 1 (7.143 %) CTI 1 1 (7.143 %) Wireless	General 1 7 (50.00 %) Electronics 2 3 (21.43 %) Auditing 3 2 (14.29 %) Telecoms
Miscellaneous 1 1 (7.143 %) Client/Server 1 1 (7.143 %) Replication	Operating Systems 1 2 (14.29 %) Windows 2 1 (7.143 %) Linux 2 1 (7.143 %) Windows NT 2 1 (7.143 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (71.43 %) Software Engineering 2 9 (64.29 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (7.143 %) Validation	Qualifications 1 10 (71.43 %) Degree 2 6 (42.86 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (100.00 %) QA 2 3 (21.43 %) ISO9000 2 3 (21.43 %) ISO12207 2 3 (21.43 %) ISO15504	Systems Management 1 1 (7.143 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)