The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Job Titles advertised for the North Yorkshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £5.93
All Job Titles
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
146 156 210
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 94.81% 93.98% 97.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 70 89
Average daily rate £333 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.83% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £220 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £432
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 28 16
Average hourly rate £25.00 £16.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.51% -41.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.43 £11.25 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £22.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Tester
Yorkshire

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA Tester across the North Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North Yorkshire QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QA Tester across the North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire QA Tester Daily Rate Trend

QA Tester
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
View QA Tester jobs Nationwide