The first table below looks at the demand for QADirector skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QADirector 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 Development Applications category for the North East 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
Compuware QADirector
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing QADirector 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £340 -
% change year-on-year
-15.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
11 48 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 4.120% 9.658% 8.706%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 25 17
Average daily rate £318 £338 £282
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.92% +19.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £265 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £437 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
QADirector
England

QADirector
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QADirector across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North East QADirector Jobs Demand Trend

QADirector
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing QADirector 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 QADirector.

1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

QADirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing QADirector 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 QADirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus