The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 20 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 Midlands 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 12 31 17
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -14
Contract jobs citing QA 14 1 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.527% 0.405% 5.484%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 82.35% 14.29% 62.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 11
Average daily rate £375 £275 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -38.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £398
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -18.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 £27.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-38.52% -9.16%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
17 7 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 9.140% 2.834% 8.710%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 14
Average daily rate £375 £438 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -2.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.65% -44.26%
QA
England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Midlands region.

Midlands QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (68.42%) HP
2 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (68.42%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 13 (68.42%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) MSI
2 13 (68.42%) Microsoft App-V
2 13 (68.42%) SCCM
2 13 (68.42%) Windows 7
2 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (31.58%) Software Packaging
4 3 (15.79%) SAS
5 2 (10.53%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) RUP
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
6 1 (5.263%) VBA
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
6 1 (5.263%) Business Objects
6 1 (5.263%) SAP
6 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
6 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
6 1 (5.263%) SOA
6 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
6 1 (5.263%) TIBCO
6 1 (5.263%) SAP BI
6 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.263%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (5.263%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (5.263%) SAP BW

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (31.58%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) SAS
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
1 1 (5.263%) SAP BI
1 1 (5.263%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (5.263%) SAP BW
1 1 (5.263%) Spotfire
1 1 (5.263%) Base SAS
1 1 (5.263%) SAS Enterprise Guide
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (5.263%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (68.42%) MSI
General
1 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
1 1 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Applications Packager
2 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Developer
2 1 (5.263%) Analyst
2 1 (5.263%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Development Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Programmer
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Developer
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Developer
2 1 (5.263%) Technical Manager
2 1 (5.263%) SAS Analyst
2 1 (5.263%) Environment Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Technical Development Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Statistical Programmer
2 1 (5.263%) Development Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2003
1 13 (68.42%) Windows
1 13 (68.42%) Windows 7
1 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Migration
1 2 (10.53%) RUP
1 2 (10.53%) CRM
2 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
2 1 (5.263%) SOA
2 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.263%) Change Management
2 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.263%) Risk Management
2 1 (5.263%) Validation
2 1 (5.263%) Biostatistics
2 1 (5.263%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
2 1 (5.263%) Business Continuity
2 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (5.263%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (5.263%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) CDISC
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 13 (68.42%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 13 (68.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (68.42%) HP
3 1 (5.263%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.263%) SAP
3 1 (5.263%) TIBCO
3 1 (5.263%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (5.263%) Tableau
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