The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Haywards Heath region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Haywards Heath 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 (QA)
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing QA 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Haywards Heath 33.33% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -38.93%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Haywards Heath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Haywards Heath 33.33% - 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
QA
West Sussex

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA across the Haywards Heath region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Haywards Heath QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Haywards Heath 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.

1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) TestComplete

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Haywards Heath 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.

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) TestComplete
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000