The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Maidenhead 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
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank - - 11
Contract jobs citing QA 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead - - 3.261%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -33.62%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
4 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 5.063% 11.39% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
Average daily rate £428 £375 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.00% +56.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £506 £375 £326
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £25.50 £20.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.50% +81.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
QA
Berkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (66.67%) RDBMS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) GMP

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) RDBMS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GMP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft