The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Nottinghamshire 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 (QA)
Rank 28 32 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -12
Contract jobs citing QA 11 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 3.188% 2.857% 5.431%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 52.38% 38.10% 37.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 11
Average daily rate £308 £338 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.88% -15.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £308 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £368 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 £23.75 £30.75
% change year-on-year
-29.46% -22.76%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
21 21 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 6.087% 7.500% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 29
Average daily rate £329 £290 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.36% -14.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £248 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £9.48 £20.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.60% +60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
QA
East Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Nottinghamshire QA Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottingham -2 10 £308 -8.88% 7
Mansfield - - - - 1
QA
East Midlands

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) XML
2 6 (23.08%) Software Testing
3 5 (19.23%) UNIX
3 5 (19.23%) ERP
3 5 (19.23%) HTML
3 5 (19.23%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) Oracle
3 5 (19.23%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (19.23%) Uniface
3 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) HTTPS
4 4 (15.38%) SAP
4 4 (15.38%) ActionScript
4 4 (15.38%) Manual Testing
4 4 (15.38%) ActionScript 2.0
4 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 3 (11.54%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (11.54%) QMS
5 3 (11.54%) Performance Testing
5 3 (11.54%) CSS
5 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 3 (11.54%) HP
5 3 (11.54%) PMP
5 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
5 3 (11.54%) Quality Management
6 2 (7.692%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (7.692%) Banking
6 2 (7.692%) Scrum

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 (23.08%) XML
2 5 (19.23%) HTML
3 3 (11.54%) CSS
4 1 (3.846%) SAP PI
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) SAP MM
1 1 (3.846%) SAP CRM
1 1 (3.846%) SAP Retail
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (3.846%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) HTTPS
2 2 (7.692%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.846%) NetScaler
3 1 (3.846%) Internet
3 1 (3.846%) FTP
3 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 2 (7.692%) Banking
3 1 (3.846%) Retail
3 1 (3.846%) Billing
3 1 (3.846%) French Language
3 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.846%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Developer
1 5 (19.23%) Uniface Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Test Leader
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Test Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) QA Leader
3 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Tester
4 2 (7.692%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Lead Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.846%) NHS Data Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Testing Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Server Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (3.846%) SAP Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) NHS
1 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.846%) FMCG
1 1 (3.846%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) UNIX
2 1 (3.846%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Software Testing
2 5 (19.23%) Project Management
2 5 (19.23%) ERP
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) Manual Testing
3 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 3 (11.54%) QMS
4 3 (11.54%) Quality Management
4 3 (11.54%) Performance Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Unit Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Scrum
5 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.692%) Product Management
5 2 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.846%) Test Strategy
6 1 (3.846%) CRM
6 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.846%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
1 5 (19.23%) Uniface
2 4 (15.38%) ActionScript 2.0
2 4 (15.38%) ActionScript
3 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.846%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) PMP
1 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.846%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) SAP
3 3 (11.54%) HP
4 2 (7.692%) Cisco
5 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.846%) CheckPoint
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