The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior QA Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 382 412 427
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior QA Analyst 5 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.022% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.024% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
Average daily rate £550 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £188
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +126.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20276 25280 28359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.19% 92.47% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13665 16302 18233
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
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 454 629 676
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior QA Analyst
England

Senior QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Senior QA Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Senior QA Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior QA Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior QA Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Senior QA Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior QA Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
3 5 (62.50%) .NET
3 5 (62.50%) C#
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Equities
3 5 (62.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (50.00%) Regression Testing
4 4 (50.00%) Front Office
4 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (50.00%) Confluence
4 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
4 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (50.00%) Derivative
4 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (50.00%) JIRA
5 3 (37.50%) Scrum
6 2 (25.00%) Content Management
6 2 (25.00%) UNIX
6 2 (25.00%) RUP
6 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (25.00%) High Availability
6 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (25.00%) User Stories
7 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
7 1 (12.50%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
7 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center

Senior QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior QA Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
1 1 (12.50%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) TestDirector
2 1 (12.50%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (50.00%) Front Office
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Equities
1 5 (62.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (50.00%) Derivative
3 1 (12.50%) PMI
3 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Content Management
3 2 (25.00%) RUP
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (12.50%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft