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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Liverpool region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2728
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below85.71 %16.67 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£290-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£305-
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£338
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.07£30.86
% change on same period last year-5.79 %
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Liverpool
Matching contract IT job ads712
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£275£280
Average daily rate£290£280
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£371
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.25
Average hourly rate-£26.13
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£24.73
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
QA MerseysideQA
Merseyside

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 across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Liverpool QA Demand Trend

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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 across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Liverpool QA Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

15 (55.56 %)XML
24 (44.44 %)Java
24 (44.44 %)Oracle
33 (33.33 %)Degree
33 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (33.33 %)HTML
33 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
33 (33.33 %)JavaScript
33 (33.33 %)SQL
33 (33.33 %)HND
42 (22.22 %)UNIX
42 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
42 (22.22 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
42 (22.22 %)CRM
42 (22.22 %)J2EE
42 (22.22 %)XSD
42 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
42 (22.22 %)C
42 (22.22 %)Test Scripting
42 (22.22 %)BC Cleared
42 (22.22 %)Government
42 (22.22 %)Validation
42 (22.22 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
51 (11.11 %)TDD
51 (11.11 %)Spring
51 (11.11 %)Automated Testing
51 (11.11 %)Change Management
51 (11.11 %)Regression Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (55.56 %)XML
23 (33.33 %)HTML
32 (22.22 %)J2EE
32 (22.22 %)XSD
41 (11.11 %)XML Schema
41 (11.11 %)Spring
41 (11.11 %)iBATIS
41 (11.11 %)CSS
41 (11.11 %)JSP
41 (11.11 %)Servlets
41 (11.11 %)Struts
41 (11.11 %)WebServices
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 10gAS
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (11.11 %)Oracle 11i
11 (11.11 %)Oracle CRM
11 (11.11 %)Oracle Applications
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
12 (22.22 %)Oracle 8/8i
12 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
21 (11.11 %)RDBMS
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)Ant
11 (11.11 %)JUnit
11 (11.11 %)Oracle Forms
11 (11.11 %)JDeveloper
11 (11.11 %)TestDirector
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Government
21 (11.11 %)Pensions
21 (11.11 %)Auditing
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Developer
14 (44.44 %)Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Test Analyst
32 (22.22 %)Java Developer
32 (22.22 %)Oracle Developer
32 (22.22 %)Applications Developer
32 (22.22 %)Java Applications Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Developer
41 (11.11 %)Change Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Applications Developer
41 (11.11 %)Consultant
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)UNIX
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
22 (22.22 %)Test Scripting
22 (22.22 %)BC Cleared
22 (22.22 %)CRM
22 (22.22 %)Validation
31 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
31 (11.11 %)TDD
31 (11.11 %)Automated Testing
31 (11.11 %)Change Management
31 (11.11 %)Regression Testing
31 (11.11 %)UML
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (44.44 %)Java
23 (33.33 %)JavaScript
23 (33.33 %)SQL
32 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
32 (22.22 %)C
41 (11.11 %)C++
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (33.33 %)HND
13 (33.33 %)Degree
21 (11.11 %)ISEB
21 (11.11 %)Sun Certification
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)Sun
21 (11.11 %)HP
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