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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Oxfordshire 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
Rank4149
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.005 %
As % of the category below53.13 %31.25 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£180£300
Average daily rate£190£325
% change on same period last year-41.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£338
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£31.60-
Average hourly rate£31.80-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.07£30.86
% change on same period last year-5.79 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads3216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£290£267
Average daily rate£295£292
% change on same period last year+1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£371
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£27.69£10.66
Average hourly rate£28.58£12.07
% change on same period last year+136.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.46£13.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£24.73
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
QA South EastQA
South East

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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxfordshire QA Hourly Rate Histogram

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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 Oxfordshire 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
BicesterNew entry-4--
OxfordDown-13£190-41.53 %
QA South EastQA
South East

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

17 (29.17 %)PRINCE2
17 (29.17 %)Economics
26 (25.00 %)Project Planning
26 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
35 (20.83 %)SC Cleared
35 (20.83 %)Matrix Management
44 (16.67 %)Siebel
44 (16.67 %)Microsoft
44 (16.67 %)PRINCE
53 (12.50 %)MS Excel
53 (12.50 %)MS Project
53 (12.50 %)ITIL
53 (12.50 %)Government
53 (12.50 %)Pharmaceutical
53 (12.50 %)Logistics
53 (12.50 %)BC Cleared
62 (8.333 %)Degree
62 (8.333 %)Content Management
62 (8.333 %)Penetration Testing
62 (8.333 %)Software Testing
62 (8.333 %)Use Case
62 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (8.333 %)Stress Testing
62 (8.333 %)Integration Testing
62 (8.333 %)System Testing
62 (8.333 %)Regression Testing
62 (8.333 %)XML
62 (8.333 %)MS Office
62 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
62 (8.333 %)GMP

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (8.333 %)XML
21 (4.167 %).NET
21 (4.167 %)ASP.NET
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (12.50 %)MS Project
13 (12.50 %)MS Excel
22 (8.333 %)MS Office
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.167 %)SQL Server
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (12.50 %)Pharmaceutical
13 (12.50 %)Government
21 (4.167 %)Manufacturing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (37.50 %)Analyst
25 (20.83 %)Project Analyst
33 (12.50 %)Project Coordinator
33 (12.50 %)Siebel Business Analyst
33 (12.50 %)Coordinator
33 (12.50 %)Business Analyst
42 (8.333 %)Tester
42 (8.333 %)Project Manager
42 (8.333 %)Support Analyst
42 (8.333 %)Siebel Analyst
42 (8.333 %)Technical Specialist
42 (8.333 %)QA Tester
42 (8.333 %)Project Support Analyst
51 (4.167 %)Project Support Officer
51 (4.167 %)Project Officer
51 (4.167 %)Project Controller
51 (4.167 %)Systems Analyst
51 (4.167 %)Technical Architect
51 (4.167 %)Architect
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (29.17 %)Economics
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (29.17 %)PRINCE2
26 (25.00 %)Project Planning
26 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
35 (20.83 %)SC Cleared
35 (20.83 %)Matrix Management
44 (16.67 %)PRINCE
53 (12.50 %)Logistics
53 (12.50 %)BC Cleared
53 (12.50 %)ITIL
62 (8.333 %)Software Testing
62 (8.333 %)Content Management
62 (8.333 %)Penetration Testing
62 (8.333 %)Use Case
62 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (8.333 %)Stress Testing
62 (8.333 %)Integration Testing
62 (8.333 %)System Testing
62 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
62 (8.333 %)Regression Testing
71 (4.167 %)Validation
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.167 %)C#
11 (4.167 %)SQL
11 (4.167 %)Transact-SQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.333 %)Degree
21 (4.167 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (4.167 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (8.333 %)GMP
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (16.67 %)Siebel
14 (16.67 %)Microsoft
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