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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the North Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3625
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads920
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.020 %
As % of the category below64.29 %44.44 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£440£300
Average daily rate£441£350
% change on same period last year+25.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£338
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.07£30.86
% change on same period last year-5.79 %
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
North Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads1445
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£345£290
Average daily rate£383£331
% change on same period last year+15.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£371
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£24.73
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
QA YorkshireQA
Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing QA across the North Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North Yorkshire QA Demand Trend

QA
Daily Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HarrogateNew entry-6--
QA YorkshireQA
Yorkshire

QA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

18 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
18 (66.67 %)X.25
18 (66.67 %)Finance
18 (66.67 %)BASE24
27 (58.33 %)PSTN
27 (58.33 %)Tandem
27 (58.33 %)ISEB
34 (33.33 %)Financial Institution
42 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (8.333 %)Test Management
51 (8.333 %)GNVQ
51 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
51 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
51 (8.333 %)Risk Assessment
51 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
51 (8.333 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
51 (8.333 %)Auditing
51 (8.333 %)Degree
51 (8.333 %)Construction
51 (8.333 %)Government
51 (8.333 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (8.333 %)GAP Analysis
51 (8.333 %)Telecoms
51 (8.333 %)HNC
51 (8.333 %)HND
51 (8.333 %)ATM
51 (8.333 %)Six Sigma
51 (8.333 %)BPR
51 (8.333 %)Mainframe

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (66.67 %)BASE24
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
18 (66.67 %)X.25
27 (58.33 %)PSTN
31 (8.333 %)ATM
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (66.67 %)Finance
24 (33.33 %)Financial Institution
31 (8.333 %)Telecoms
31 (8.333 %)Construction
31 (8.333 %)Government
31 (8.333 %)Auditing
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Analyst
28 (66.67 %)Test Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Systems Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Systems Designer
31 (8.333 %)Project Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Project Manager
31 (8.333 %)Business Analyst
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (58.33 %)Tandem
21 (8.333 %)Mainframe
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (8.333 %)Test Management
21 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
21 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
21 (8.333 %)Six Sigma
21 (8.333 %)BPR
21 (8.333 %)GAP Analysis
21 (8.333 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (8.333 %)Risk Assessment
21 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
21 (8.333 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (58.33 %)ISEB
21 (8.333 %)Degree
21 (8.333 %)GNVQ
21 (8.333 %)HNC
21 (8.333 %)HND
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