The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 17 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 24 25 22
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing QA 2 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.351% 3.488% 3.077%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 40.00% 64.29% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £300 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
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 £28.75 £17.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+64.28% -33.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
5 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.378% 5.426% 4.103%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £300 £225 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
QA
Tyne and Wear

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 3 (75.00%) RDF
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) iPhone
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) iPad
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) PhoneGap
3 1 (25.00%) GWT
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Handset
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) GWT
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) PhoneGap
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (25.00%) QA Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Handset
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
1 1 (25.00%) iPad
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) RDF
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification