The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 20 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 Peterborough 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 13 - 16
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing QA 4 0 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 4.348% - 8.182%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 30.77% - 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
Average daily rate £313 - £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 - £292
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £18.75 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+53.33% -28.57%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
13 1 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 14.13% 1.205% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
Average daily rate £350 £500 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £500 £286
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £72.50 - £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
QA
Cambridgeshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Peterborough QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Talend Open Studio
2 2 (25.00%) Change Control
2 2 (25.00%) Talend
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (25.00%) Process Management
2 2 (25.00%) JD Edwards
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) CODA
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
3 1 (12.50%) E-Learning
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) ESB

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) ESB
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (25.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Business Process Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Process Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Testing Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Software Testing Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Manager
2 1 (12.50%) QA Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
2 1 (12.50%) QA Manager
2 1 (12.50%) QA Tester
2 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (12.50%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Process Management
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) JD Edwards
1 2 (25.00%) Talend
2 1 (12.50%) CODA