QA Contracts in Oxfordshire
 
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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 35 32 37
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing QA 14 26 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.241% 4.063% 3.378%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 53.85% 61.90% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 4
Average daily rate £325 £400 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +52.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £225 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £454 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £12.12 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+64.28% -33.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 26 42 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.019% 6.563% 6.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 8
Average daily rate £425 £400 £223
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +79.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £255 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £450 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
QA
South East

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -5 7 £325 -27.77%
Abingdon - 1 - -
QA
South East

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 9 (47.37%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (42.11%) Test Strategy
2 8 (42.11%) SQL
3 6 (31.58%) SAP
3 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (26.32%) ISEB
4 5 (26.32%) Finance
5 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
5 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Workflow
6 3 (15.79%) Migration
6 3 (15.79%) CRM
6 3 (15.79%) Cognos
7 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
7 2 (10.53%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
7 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (10.53%) Test Management
8 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
8 1 (5.263%) Web Testing
8 1 (5.263%) System Testing
8 1 (5.263%) Time Management
8 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (5.263%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) Documentum
1 1 (5.263%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Selenium
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Law
2 1 (5.263%) Publishing
2 1 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) QA Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Test Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Software Test Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Test Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Senior QA Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior Test Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) QA Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Test Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Developer
5 2 (10.53%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Cognos Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) SAP Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Web Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) CRM Developer
6 1 (5.263%) QA Leader
6 1 (5.263%) SAP CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (42.11%) Test Strategy
3 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
4 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
5 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) CRM
5 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 3 (15.79%) Workflow
6 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Test Management
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
7 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.263%) Project Management
7 1 (5.263%) Scrum
7 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (5.263%) Content Management
7 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
7 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) ISEB
2 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Cognos
3 2 (10.53%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
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