Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Quality Assurance Engineer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6893
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.326 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£212
% change on same period last year+41.50 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£31.50£35.00
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.96£30.83
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
QA Engineer East of EnglandQA Engineer
East of England

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.

QA Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing QA Engineer across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire QA Engineer Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire QA Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

QA Engineer
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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
StevenageUp+12--
QA Engineer East of EnglandQA Engineer
East of England

QA Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)QA
23 (60.00 %)Electronics
23 (60.00 %)Degree
23 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (20.00 %)BC Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Risk Management
31 (20.00 %)HNC
31 (20.00 %)HND
31 (20.00 %)Six Sigma
31 (20.00 %)Government
31 (20.00 %)Software Engineering

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Electronics
21 (20.00 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (20.00 %)Six Sigma
21 (20.00 %)Risk Management
21 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
21 (20.00 %)BC Cleared
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (60.00 %)Degree
21 (20.00 %)HNC
21 (20.00 %)HND
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (100.00 %)QA