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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Midlands 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
Rank6459
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads1126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.026 %
As % of the category below26.19 %27.96 %
Daily rates quoted26
Average minimum daily rate£375£313
Average daily rate£388£338
% change on same period last year+14.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£338
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£27.30
Average hourly rate£29.90£27.65
% change on same period last year+8.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.80£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.07£30.86
% change on same period last year-5.79 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads4293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.094 %
Daily rates quoted1132
Average minimum daily rate£471£398
Average daily rate£486£427
% change on same period last year+13.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£371
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted218
Average minimum hourly rate£26.50£23.92
Average hourly rate£28.20£24.97
% change on same period last year+12.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.90£26.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£24.73
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
QA EnglandQA
England

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

Midlands QA Demand Trend

QA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands 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.

16 (21.43 %)Pharmaceutical
25 (17.86 %)Validation
25 (17.86 %)Project Management
25 (17.86 %)Oracle
34 (14.29 %).NET
34 (14.29 %)C#
34 (14.29 %)SQL
34 (14.29 %)WebServices
34 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
34 (14.29 %)ISEB
34 (14.29 %)TestDirector
34 (14.29 %)Risk Analysis
43 (10.71 %)Security Cleared
43 (10.71 %)Microsoft
43 (10.71 %)NHS
43 (10.71 %)Health
43 (10.71 %)PRINCE2
43 (10.71 %)HTML
43 (10.71 %)JavaScript
43 (10.71 %)SQL Server
52 (7.143 %)VB
52 (7.143 %)XML
52 (7.143 %)IIS
52 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
52 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
52 (7.143 %)CSS
52 (7.143 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (7.143 %)Sun
52 (7.143 %)Windows
52 (7.143 %)UML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (14.29 %)WebServices
14 (14.29 %).NET
23 (10.71 %)HTML
32 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
32 (7.143 %)CSS
32 (7.143 %)XML
32 (7.143 %)WinForms
32 (7.143 %)AJAX
32 (7.143 %).NET Framework
32 (7.143 %)WCF
41 (3.571 %)Silverlight
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (7.143 %)IIS
12 (7.143 %)BizTalk Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.571 %)MS Project
11 (3.571 %)MS Excel
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.571 %)Teamcenter
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
23 (10.71 %)SQL Server
32 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (3.571 %)Oracle OLAP
41 (3.571 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (3.571 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (3.571 %)OLAP
41 (3.571 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (3.571 %)Oracle 9i
41 (3.571 %)RDBMS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (14.29 %)TestDirector
22 (7.143 %)QuickTest Pro
22 (7.143 %)NUnit
22 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
22 (7.143 %)Oracle Forms
31 (3.571 %)Oracle Designer 10g
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (21.43 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (10.71 %)Health
32 (7.143 %)Manufacturing
32 (7.143 %)Aerospace
32 (7.143 %)Automotive
41 (3.571 %)Government
41 (3.571 %)Games
41 (3.571 %)Auditing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (21.43 %)Analyst
24 (14.29 %)Programme Manager
33 (10.71 %)Developer
33 (10.71 %)Architect
33 (10.71 %)Test Analyst
33 (10.71 %)Programme Office Manager
33 (10.71 %)Tester
42 (7.143 %)QA Engineer
42 (7.143 %)QA Test Analyst
42 (7.143 %)QA Analyst
42 (7.143 %)Systems Analyst
42 (7.143 %)Technical Architect
42 (7.143 %)Systems Designer
42 (7.143 %)Project Manager
42 (7.143 %)Test Manager
42 (7.143 %).NET Developer
51 (3.571 %)Test Engineer
51 (3.571 %)Technical Analyst
51 (3.571 %)DBA
51 (3.571 %)Solutions Architect
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.71 %)NHS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (7.143 %)Windows
21 (3.571 %)Solaris
21 (3.571 %)UNIX
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (17.86 %)Project Management
15 (17.86 %)Validation
24 (14.29 %)Risk Analysis
33 (10.71 %)PRINCE2
33 (10.71 %)Security Cleared
42 (7.143 %)UML
42 (7.143 %)Use Case
42 (7.143 %)Stakeholder Management
42 (7.143 %)Systems Analysis
51 (3.571 %)Software Testing
51 (3.571 %)PLM
51 (3.571 %)Unit Testing
51 (3.571 %)Test Management
51 (3.571 %)SC Cleared
51 (3.571 %)Migration
51 (3.571 %)Quality Management
51 (3.571 %)Change Management
51 (3.571 %)Risk Management
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (14.29 %)C#
14 (14.29 %)SQL
23 (10.71 %)JavaScript
32 (7.143 %)VB
41 (3.571 %)VB6
41 (3.571 %)Java
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (14.29 %)ISEB
21 (3.571 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.571 %)GMP
11 (3.571 %)GLP
11 (3.571 %)ISO9000
11 (3.571 %)ISO9001
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (17.86 %)Oracle
23 (10.71 %)Microsoft
32 (7.143 %)Sun
41 (3.571 %)Sony
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