The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 335 321 376
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +55
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 49 89 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.215% 0.335% 0.213%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.234% 0.362% 0.230%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 63 41
Average daily rate £413 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.85% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.58% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20976 24602 29086
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 91.99% 92.53% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 14169 15932 18722
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 447 607 665
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London QA Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London QA Analyst Daily Rate Trend

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London QA Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

QA Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London QA Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

QA Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -7 18 £425 +7.93% 4
Croydon - - - -
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited QA Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 107 (100.00%) QA
2 42 (39.25%) Finance
3 41 (38.32%) SQL
4 26 (24.30%) Derivative
5 25 (23.36%) Test Automation
6 24 (22.43%) JIRA
7 23 (21.50%) Banking
8 22 (20.56%) Selenium
9 21 (19.63%) .NET
10 20 (18.69%) Microsoft
11 19 (17.76%) Agile Software Development
11 19 (17.76%) Regression Testing
12 18 (16.82%) C#
13 16 (14.95%) SQL Server
13 16 (14.95%) QuickTest Pro
13 16 (14.95%) Performance Testing
13 16 (14.95%) BDD
14 15 (14.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (14.02%) Java
14 15 (14.02%) Front Office
14 15 (14.02%) Scrum
14 15 (14.02%) Software Testing
15 14 (13.08%) TDD
15 14 (13.08%) Credit Derivative
15 14 (13.08%) Investment Banking
15 14 (13.08%) HP Quality Center
15 14 (13.08%) Cucumber
16 12 (11.21%) Oracle
17 11 (10.28%) JavaScript
17 11 (10.28%) Equities

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited QA Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (19.63%) .NET
2 9 (8.411%) XML
3 8 (7.477%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.738%) HTML
4 4 (3.738%) CSS
5 3 (2.804%) XSLT
5 3 (2.804%) Drools
5 3 (2.804%) soapUI
6 2 (1.869%) MDX
6 2 (1.869%) WPF
6 2 (1.869%) Java EE
6 2 (1.869%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.869%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.935%) J2EE
7 1 (0.935%) MSMQ
7 1 (0.935%) JNI
7 1 (0.935%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.346%) Confluence
2 7 (6.542%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (0.935%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.935%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.935%) MQSeries
3 1 (0.935%) CMS
3 1 (0.935%) ESB
Applications
1 3 (2.804%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (1.869%) Mingle
3 1 (0.935%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.935%) MS Project
3 1 (0.935%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.869%) SunGard APT
2 1 (0.935%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.607%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.869%) Broadband
3 1 (0.935%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.95%) SQL Server
2 10 (9.346%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.869%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.935%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.935%) TOAD
4 1 (0.935%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 24 (22.43%) JIRA
2 22 (20.56%) Selenium
3 16 (14.95%) QuickTest Pro
4 14 (13.08%) Cucumber
5 8 (7.477%) SpecFlow
6 5 (4.673%) WebDriver
7 4 (3.738%) Visual Studio
8 3 (2.804%) JBehave
9 2 (1.869%) FitNesse
9 2 (1.869%) Git (software)
9 2 (1.869%) JMeter
9 2 (1.869%) Subversion
9 2 (1.869%) JUnit
10 1 (0.935%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.935%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.935%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.935%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.935%) WATIR
10 1 (0.935%) Capybara
10 1 (0.935%) Trac
General
1 42 (39.25%) Finance
2 23 (21.50%) Banking
3 15 (14.02%) Front Office
4 14 (13.08%) Investment Banking
5 5 (4.673%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.673%) Publishing
6 4 (3.738%) Law
7 3 (2.804%) Retail
8 2 (1.869%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.869%) Legal
9 1 (0.935%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.935%) Games
9 1 (0.935%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.30%) Derivative
2 15 (14.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 14 (13.08%) Credit Derivative
4 11 (10.28%) Equities
5 7 (6.542%) Credit Risk
5 7 (6.542%) Market Risk
6 5 (4.673%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.804%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.804%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.869%) Mathematics
8 2 (1.869%) Physics
8 2 (1.869%) Computer Science
8 2 (1.869%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.869%) Statistics
8 2 (1.869%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.935%) PMI
9 1 (0.935%) Data Integration
9 1 (0.935%) Social Media
9 1 (0.935%) Wiki
9 1 (0.935%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.346%) UNIX
2 3 (2.804%) Linux
3 2 (1.869%) Windows
4 1 (0.935%) Solaris
4 1 (0.935%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.36%) Test Automation
2 19 (17.76%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (17.76%) Regression Testing
3 16 (14.95%) Performance Testing
3 16 (14.95%) BDD
4 15 (14.02%) Scrum
4 15 (14.02%) Software Testing
5 14 (13.08%) TDD
6 11 (10.28%) Test Scripting
6 11 (10.28%) Manual Testing
7 10 (9.346%) Analytics
7 10 (9.346%) Risk Management
7 10 (9.346%) Project Management
8 9 (8.411%) Data Modelling
8 9 (8.411%) Automated Testing
8 9 (8.411%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (7.477%) Automation Testing
9 8 (7.477%) E-Commerce
10 7 (6.542%) Risk Analytics
11 6 (5.607%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (38.32%) SQL
2 18 (16.82%) C#
3 15 (14.02%) Java
4 11 (10.28%) JavaScript
5 10 (9.346%) Ruby
6 6 (5.607%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.738%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.804%) Python
9 2 (1.869%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.935%) VBScript
10 1 (0.935%) VB
10 1 (0.935%) Perl
10 1 (0.935%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (6.542%) ISEB
2 4 (3.738%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.935%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.935%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (100.00%) QA
2 7 (6.542%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 14 (13.08%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.935%) SCCM
2 1 (0.935%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.21%) Oracle
3 7 (6.542%) TIBCO
4 5 (4.673%) HP
5 4 (3.738%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.869%) SunGard
7 1 (0.935%) Murex
7 1 (0.935%) Calypso
7 1 (0.935%) Sybase
7 1 (0.935%) JBoss
7 1 (0.935%) VMware
7 1 (0.935%) BT
London
Title: QA / Automation Test Analyst Key Skills: Agile / Scrum experience Test Automation experience .Net / C# experience (Dot Net)Test Driven Development / TDD / BDD / DDD Any experience with (SpecFlow)...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
City of London
Knowledge of credit derivatives, bonds, swaps and commodities trading is beneficial... Technical Skills *.NET and Microsoft Technologies *Experience using PerfMon *PowerShell, basic scripting skills *Knowledge of MS SQL...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Central London / West End
The development environment is entirely Microsoft based, utilising C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, JavaScript, CSS, HTML. You will have strong analytical skills and a natural attention to detail,...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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