The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills 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 over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 53 56 50
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Contract jobs citing QA 786 844 1152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 3.408% 3.169% 3.661%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 45.78% 41.68% 48.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 541 786
Average daily rate £438 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £584 £588 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 18
Average hourly rate £27.00 £14.63 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+84.61% -61.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.65 £11.00 £16.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £22.00 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 £23.75 £30.75
% change year-on-year
-29.46% -22.76%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1717 2025 2366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.445% 7.604% 7.518%
Number of daily rates quoted 1191 1270 1587
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £593 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 49 55
Average hourly rate £24.30 £17.87 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.02% -5.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.11 £11.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.60 £32.35 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
QA
England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London QA Daily Rate Histogram

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London QA Hourly Rate Histogram

QA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the London region over the 3 months to 18 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 -2 227 £425 -2.85% 68
Canary Wharf +4 8 £342 -34.45%
Docklands, London -4 7 £500 +25.00%
Hounslow -8 4 £475 +35.32% 1
Harrow - 2 - -
Croydon 0 1 £225 -53.84%
Uxbridge -3 1 £425 -15.84%
Bromley - 1 - -
Feltham - - - -
Wembley - - - -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - -
Twickenham - - - -
Ealing - - - -
Westminster - - - -
Paddington - - - -
Clapham - - - -
Hammersmith - - - -
QA
England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 430 (29.25%) Finance
2 306 (20.82%) Banking
3 296 (20.14%) Agile Software Development
4 293 (19.93%) Java
5 286 (19.46%) SQL
6 237 (16.12%) Project Management
7 227 (15.44%) Selenium
8 190 (12.93%) TDD
9 183 (12.45%) Investment Banking
10 177 (12.04%) .NET
10 177 (12.04%) Microsoft
11 167 (11.36%) Scrum
12 158 (10.75%) BDD
13 155 (10.54%) Cucumber
13 155 (10.54%) User Acceptance Testing
14 141 (9.592%) Oracle
15 137 (9.320%) E-Commerce
16 124 (8.435%) WebDriver
17 120 (8.163%) Test Automation
18 119 (8.095%) C#
19 118 (8.027%) Automated Testing
20 117 (7.959%) Ruby
21 115 (7.823%) PRINCE2
22 113 (7.687%) SQL Server
23 112 (7.619%) JavaScript
24 111 (7.551%) Degree
25 107 (7.279%) JIRA
26 105 (7.143%) Derivative
27 101 (6.871%) UNIX
28 99 (6.735%) HTML

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 177 (12.04%) .NET
2 99 (6.735%) HTML
3 95 (6.463%) XML
4 76 (5.170%) Web Services
5 73 (4.966%) CSS
6 52 (3.537%) REST
7 50 (3.401%) J2EE
8 41 (2.789%) SOAP
9 39 (2.653%) JSON
10 38 (2.585%) WebSphere
11 33 (2.245%) HTML5
12 32 (2.177%) ASP.NET
13 31 (2.109%) .NET Framework
14 28 (1.905%) XSLT
15 26 (1.769%) Spring
16 25 (1.701%) Hibernate
17 22 (1.497%) Middleware
17 22 (1.497%) JSP
18 20 (1.361%) jQuery
19 19 (1.293%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 49 (3.333%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.769%) Confluence
3 24 (1.633%) Tomcat
4 22 (1.497%) CMS
5 20 (1.361%) Apache
5 20 (1.361%) WebLogic
5 20 (1.361%) TIBCO EMS
6 19 (1.293%) MS Exchange
7 15 (1.020%) IIS
8 12 (0.816%) Exchange Server 2010
9 11 (0.748%) ESB
10 9 (0.612%) WebSphere Application Server
10 9 (0.612%) Exchange Server 2013
11 8 (0.544%) MQSeries
11 8 (0.544%) BizTalk Server
12 7 (0.476%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 7 (0.476%) Windows Azure
13 6 (0.408%) Drupal
14 5 (0.340%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 5 (0.340%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 88 (5.986%) MS Excel
2 69 (4.694%) MS Office
3 57 (3.878%) MS Project
4 44 (2.993%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.633%) MS PowerPoint
6 18 (1.224%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.476%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.340%) Mingle
9 4 (0.272%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.136%) InfoPath
10 2 (0.136%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.136%) Open Workbench
11 1 (0.068%) InDesign
11 1 (0.068%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.068%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 15 (1.020%) Summit
2 7 (0.476%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.340%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (0.340%) Google Analytics
3 5 (0.340%) SAP HR
3 5 (0.340%) Endur
4 4 (0.272%) SAP QM
4 4 (0.272%) Aligne
4 4 (0.272%) ZaiNet
5 3 (0.204%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 3 (0.204%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.204%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.204%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.204%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.204%) WebTrends
5 3 (0.204%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.136%) Hyperion Planning
6 2 (0.136%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.136%) Lawson
6 2 (0.136%) Movex
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.741%) Internet
2 31 (2.109%) HTTP
3 22 (1.497%) LAN
3 22 (1.497%) SAN
4 19 (1.293%) WAN
5 17 (1.156%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.816%) VoIP
7 11 (0.748%) Firewall
7 11 (0.748%) VLAN
8 10 (0.680%) SMTP
9 9 (0.612%) FTP
9 9 (0.612%) DNS
9 9 (0.612%) Intranet
10 8 (0.544%) VPN
10 8 (0.544%) DHCP
11 7 (0.476%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.408%) NAS
13 5 (0.340%) LDAP
13 5 (0.340%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.340%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (7.687%) SQL Server
2 59 (4.014%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (2.245%) MySQL
4 27 (1.837%) SQL Server 2008
5 26 (1.769%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (1.497%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (1.429%) Oracle 11g
8 18 (1.224%) OLAP
9 17 (1.156%) Oracle 10g
10 16 (1.088%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 16 (1.088%) Oracle BI EE
11 15 (1.020%) RDBMS
12 14 (0.952%) Oracle Reports
12 14 (0.952%) SQL Server 2005
13 13 (0.884%) DB2
13 13 (0.884%) Oracle OLAP
14 9 (0.612%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.612%) Oracle 8/8i
14 9 (0.612%) Data Mining
15 8 (0.544%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 227 (15.44%) Selenium
2 155 (10.54%) Cucumber
3 124 (8.435%) WebDriver
4 107 (7.279%) JIRA
5 76 (5.170%) QuickTest Pro
6 75 (5.102%) Subversion
7 58 (3.946%) JUnit
8 48 (3.265%) Maven
9 46 (3.129%) Jenkins
10 45 (3.061%) Git (software)
11 40 (2.721%) SpecFlow
12 35 (2.381%) Team Foundation Server
12 35 (2.381%) Visual Studio
13 33 (2.245%) Hudson
14 29 (1.973%) FitNesse
15 27 (1.837%) WATIR
16 24 (1.633%) TestNG
17 22 (1.497%) TeamCity
17 22 (1.497%) JMeter
18 21 (1.429%) Ant
General
1 430 (29.25%) Finance
2 306 (20.82%) Banking
3 183 (12.45%) Investment Banking
4 80 (5.442%) Front Office
5 68 (4.626%) Retail
6 41 (2.789%) Publishing
7 39 (2.653%) Marketing
8 38 (2.585%) Telecoms
9 37 (2.517%) Back Office
10 34 (2.313%) Games
11 28 (1.905%) Legal
12 25 (1.701%) Law
13 19 (1.293%) Multimedia
14 14 (0.952%) Advertising
15 13 (0.884%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.816%) Retail Banking
17 11 (0.748%) Billing
17 11 (0.748%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.544%) Electronics
19 7 (0.476%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 419 (28.50%) Analyst
2 193 (13.13%) Developer
3 182 (12.38%) Test Analyst
4 115 (7.823%) Tester
5 112 (7.619%) Business Analyst
6 109 (7.415%) QA Analyst
7 89 (6.054%) QA Engineer
8 84 (5.714%) Project Manager
9 79 (5.374%) Architect
10 60 (4.082%) QA Test Analyst
11 52 (3.537%) QA Tester
12 49 (3.333%) Test Manager
13 46 (3.129%) Solutions Architect
14 44 (2.993%) Senior Analyst
15 43 (2.925%) Consultant
15 43 (2.925%) Test Engineer
16 41 (2.789%) Java Developer
17 29 (1.973%) Data Analyst
17 29 (1.973%) QA Manager
18 28 (1.905%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.143%) Derivative
2 61 (4.150%) Fixed Income
3 52 (3.537%) Equities
4 47 (3.197%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 47 (3.197%) Open Source
5 44 (2.993%) Computer Science
6 39 (2.653%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.585%) Mobile App
8 35 (2.381%) Digital Media
9 31 (2.109%) iPhone
10 28 (1.905%) iPad
11 22 (1.497%) Credit Risk
12 20 (1.361%) Data Integration
12 20 (1.361%) Credit Derivative
13 18 (1.224%) Social Media
14 15 (1.020%) PMI
14 15 (1.020%) Market Risk
15 14 (0.952%) Statistics
15 14 (0.952%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (0.884%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 101 (6.871%) UNIX
2 96 (6.531%) Windows
3 93 (6.327%) Linux
4 46 (3.129%) Apple iOS
5 45 (3.061%) Android
6 25 (1.701%) Windows Server 2008
7 19 (1.293%) Windows Server 2003
8 16 (1.088%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (0.952%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.884%) Solaris
10 13 (0.884%) Windows XP
11 11 (0.748%) Windows 7
12 9 (0.612%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.408%) Debian
14 5 (0.340%) Windows Phone
15 4 (0.272%) Windows Mobile
15 4 (0.272%) AIX
16 3 (0.204%) Windows 2000
16 3 (0.204%) OpenVMS
17 2 (0.136%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (20.14%) Agile Software Development
2 237 (16.12%) Project Management
3 190 (12.93%) TDD
4 167 (11.36%) Scrum
5 158 (10.75%) BDD
6 155 (10.54%) User Acceptance Testing
7 137 (9.320%) E-Commerce
8 120 (8.163%) Test Automation
9 118 (8.027%) Automated Testing
10 115 (7.823%) PRINCE2
11 95 (6.463%) Continuous Integration
12 94 (6.395%) Test Scripting
12 94 (6.395%) Configuration Management
13 86 (5.850%) UML
14 82 (5.578%) Software Testing
15 81 (5.510%) Regression Testing
16 80 (5.442%) Change Management
16 80 (5.442%) Stakeholder Management
16 80 (5.442%) Automation Testing
17 76 (5.170%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 293 (19.93%) Java
2 286 (19.46%) SQL
3 119 (8.095%) C#
4 117 (7.959%) Ruby
5 112 (7.619%) JavaScript
6 61 (4.150%) Perl
7 58 (3.946%) Python
8 53 (3.605%) C++
9 32 (2.177%) PL/SQL
10 29 (1.973%) Shell Script
11 25 (1.701%) VBA
12 22 (1.497%) PHP
13 21 (1.429%) T-SQL
13 21 (1.429%) PowerShell
14 20 (1.361%) VB
15 15 (1.020%) XAML
16 14 (0.952%) Bash shell
17 13 (0.884%) Groovy
17 13 (0.884%) Objective-C
17 13 (0.884%) C
Qualifications
1 111 (7.551%) Degree
2 95 (6.463%) ISEB
3 47 (3.197%) ISTQB
4 31 (2.109%) Security Cleared
5 21 (1.429%) PMI Certification
6 19 (1.293%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 16 (1.088%) SC Cleared
8 11 (0.748%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 10 (0.680%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (0.680%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.544%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.544%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.476%) MBA
12 6 (0.408%) PMP
13 5 (0.340%) CCNA
14 3 (0.204%) CCIE
14 3 (0.204%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.204%) CIMA
15 2 (0.136%) Sun Certification
15 2 (0.136%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.429%) PCI DSS
2 11 (0.748%) Basel III
3 10 (0.680%) COBIT
4 4 (0.272%) ISO 9000
5 3 (0.204%) SLA
6 2 (0.136%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.068%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.068%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.068%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.068%) FATCA
System Software
1 30 (2.041%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.088%) Hyper-V
3 9 (0.612%) Oracle RAC
3 9 (0.612%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.544%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 8 (0.544%) NFS
5 7 (0.476%) XenApp
6 6 (0.408%) XenDesktop
6 6 (0.408%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (0.340%) vCloud
8 2 (0.136%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.136%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 2 (0.136%) Veritas File System
8 2 (0.136%) vSphere
9 1 (0.068%) Shibboleth
9 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.068%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 73 (4.966%) HP Quality Center
2 13 (0.884%) SCVMM
3 12 (0.816%) Puppet
4 10 (0.680%) SCOM
5 9 (0.612%) Backup Exec
5 9 (0.612%) BladeLogic
6 8 (0.544%) WSUS
6 8 (0.544%) SCCM
6 8 (0.544%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (0.476%) Nagios
8 5 (0.340%) MOM
9 4 (0.272%) HP SiteScope
10 3 (0.204%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 3 (0.204%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.136%) Zenoss
11 2 (0.136%) Splunk
11 2 (0.136%) OpenView
11 2 (0.136%) AppDNA
12 1 (0.068%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.068%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 177 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 141 (9.592%) Oracle
3 59 (4.014%) HP
4 36 (2.449%) IBM
5 33 (2.245%) SAP
6 26 (1.769%) Informatica
7 25 (1.701%) Sybase
8 23 (1.565%) TIBCO
9 20 (1.361%) VMware
10 19 (1.293%) Adobe
11 17 (1.156%) ATG
12 16 (1.088%) Siebel
13 14 (0.952%) Citrix
13 14 (0.952%) Salesforce.com
13 14 (0.952%) Symantec
14 13 (0.884%) Sun
14 13 (0.884%) Sitecore
15 12 (0.816%) JBoss
15 12 (0.816%) Business Objects
15 12 (0.816%) Red Hat
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