QA Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 70 87 87
Rank change year-on-year
+17 0
Contract jobs citing QA 48 45 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.090% 1.421% 1.462%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 38.71% 21.74% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 19
Average daily rate £245 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £200 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £460 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+64.28% -33.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 124 207 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 5.398% 6.536% 4.644%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 80 65
Average daily rate £248 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £165 £119
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 16
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% +20.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.10 £11.85 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £18.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
QA
England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West QA Daily Rate Histogram

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QA across the North West region.

North West QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +12 16 £190 -41.53%
Merseyside +16 13 £243 -19.16%
Cheshire 0 11 £308 -12.14%
Lancashire +14 7 £238 -43.78%
QA
England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 26 (25.49%) Windows
2 23 (22.55%) MS Office
3 19 (18.63%) Finance
3 19 (18.63%) Software Testing
4 18 (17.65%) SQL
5 17 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 13 (12.75%) Migration
7 12 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (11.76%) Project Management
8 11 (10.78%) Microsoft
9 10 (9.804%) MS Excel
9 10 (9.804%) UNIX
10 8 (7.843%) AIX
11 7 (6.863%) ITIL
11 7 (6.863%) Java
11 7 (6.863%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (6.863%) Change Management
11 7 (6.863%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (6.863%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (6.863%) Replication
11 7 (6.863%) Data Management
11 7 (6.863%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (5.882%) Degree
12 6 (5.882%) Test Scripting
12 6 (5.882%) Workflow
12 6 (5.882%) SAN
12 6 (5.882%) OLTP
12 6 (5.882%) RDBMS
12 6 (5.882%) JavaScript
12 6 (5.882%) HTML

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (5.882%) HTML
2 4 (3.922%) .NET
2 4 (3.922%) CSS
2 4 (3.922%) Web Services
2 4 (3.922%) XML
2 4 (3.922%) Middleware
2 4 (3.922%) soapUI
3 3 (2.941%) jQuery
3 3 (2.941%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
3 3 (2.941%) Web Dynpro
3 3 (2.941%) Software Packaging
3 3 (2.941%) SOAP
4 2 (1.961%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.961%) Flash
4 2 (1.961%) SAP Business Workflow
4 2 (1.961%) REST
4 2 (1.961%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.980%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.980%) HTML5
5 1 (0.980%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.902%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.961%) Magento
3 1 (0.980%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.980%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.980%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.980%) SAS
3 1 (0.980%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (22.55%) MS Office
2 10 (9.804%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.922%) MS Project
4 2 (1.961%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.961%) Acrobat
4 2 (1.961%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.961%) InDesign
5 1 (0.980%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.980%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.980%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.941%) SAP GRC
1 3 (2.941%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.980%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (0.980%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.980%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.980%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.980%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.980%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.980%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.980%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.980%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.882%) SAN
2 3 (2.941%) Firewall
2 3 (2.941%) DNS
2 3 (2.941%) SSL
3 2 (1.961%) HTTP
4 1 (0.980%) VPN
4 1 (0.980%) 2G
4 1 (0.980%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.863%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (6.863%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (6.863%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 6 (5.882%) OLTP
3 6 (5.882%) RDBMS
4 4 (3.922%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.941%) MySQL
5 3 (2.941%) DB2
6 1 (0.980%) MS Access
6 1 (0.980%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.980%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.980%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.922%) Selenium
2 3 (2.941%) MSI
3 2 (1.961%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.961%) AdminStudio
3 2 (1.961%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.961%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (1.961%) WATIR
3 2 (1.961%) FitNesse
3 2 (1.961%) WebDriver
3 2 (1.961%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (1.961%) Hudson
3 2 (1.961%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.980%) PhoneGap
4 1 (0.980%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.980%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.980%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.980%) Subversion
General
1 19 (18.63%) Finance
2 4 (3.922%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.941%) Legal
3 3 (2.941%) Banking
4 1 (0.980%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (0.980%) Welsh Language
4 1 (0.980%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (24.51%) Administrator
2 22 (21.57%) Analyst
3 13 (12.75%) IT Administrator
4 11 (10.78%) Developer
5 9 (8.824%) SQL DBA
5 9 (8.824%) Coordinator
5 9 (8.824%) DBA
6 8 (7.843%) Project Coordinator
6 8 (7.843%) Teradata DBA
7 6 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (5.882%) Test Analyst
8 5 (4.902%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.922%) SharePoint Developer
10 3 (2.941%) Security Manager
10 3 (2.941%) Security Project Manager
10 3 (2.941%) Operations Analyst
10 3 (2.941%) Technical Administrator
10 3 (2.941%) Server Administrator
10 3 (2.941%) SAP Developer
10 3 (2.941%) AIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.863%) Replication
2 4 (3.922%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.941%) HACMP
3 3 (2.941%) LPAR
3 3 (2.941%) DLPAR
4 2 (1.961%) iPad
4 2 (1.961%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.961%) NHS
4 2 (1.961%) E-Learning
4 2 (1.961%) Statistics
5 1 (0.980%) Data Integration
5 1 (0.980%) FMCG
5 1 (0.980%) iPhone
5 1 (0.980%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.980%) Handset
5 1 (0.980%) Clustering
5 1 (0.980%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.980%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 26 (25.49%) Windows
2 10 (9.804%) UNIX
3 8 (7.843%) AIX
4 5 (4.902%) Windows XP
5 4 (3.922%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.922%) Linux
6 3 (2.941%) Solaris
7 1 (0.980%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.980%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.980%) Tru64
7 1 (0.980%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.63%) Software Testing
2 13 (12.75%) Migration
3 12 (11.76%) Project Management
3 12 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (6.863%) Change Management
4 7 (6.863%) ITIL
4 7 (6.863%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (6.863%) Data Management
5 6 (5.882%) Workflow
5 6 (5.882%) PRINCE2
5 6 (5.882%) Test Scripting
6 5 (4.902%) E-Commerce
6 5 (4.902%) Identity Management
6 5 (4.902%) Information Security
7 4 (3.922%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (3.922%) Supplier Management
7 4 (3.922%) Test Management
7 4 (3.922%) Data Migration
7 4 (3.922%) Waterfall
7 4 (3.922%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.65%) SQL
2 7 (6.863%) Java
3 6 (5.882%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.922%) Shell Script
4 4 (3.922%) PHP
5 3 (2.941%) Ruby
5 3 (2.941%) ABAP
5 3 (2.941%) VBA
5 3 (2.941%) Perl
5 3 (2.941%) C
6 2 (1.961%) C#
6 2 (1.961%) C++
6 2 (1.961%) Python
7 1 (0.980%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.980%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.980%) VBScript
7 1 (0.980%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (5.882%) Degree
2 5 (4.902%) ISEB
3 4 (3.922%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.941%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.961%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.961%) PMP
5 2 (1.961%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.980%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.980%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.980%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.941%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.980%) SLA
2 1 (0.980%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.980%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.980%) COBIT
2 1 (0.980%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (2.941%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.941%) Microsoft App-V
1 3 (2.941%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 3 (2.941%) Tivoli
1 3 (2.941%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 3 (2.941%) BladeLogic
1 3 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.980%) SCCM
2 1 (0.980%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (0.980%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 11 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.902%) Adobe
2 5 (4.902%) SAP
2 5 (4.902%) IBM
3 4 (3.922%) HP
4 3 (2.941%) Open Text
4 3 (2.941%) Oracle
5 2 (1.961%) Brocade
5 2 (1.961%) Citrix
6 1 (0.980%) Avaya
6 1 (0.980%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.980%) NetApp
6 1 (0.980%) Sage
6 1 (0.980%) Remedy
6 1 (0.980%) Dell
6 1 (0.980%) AppSense
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Posted: 10 May 2013
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