QA Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 54 59 50
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -9
Contract jobs citing QA 16 25 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.916% 2.242% 3.359%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.62% 23.36% 42.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 13
Average daily rate £338 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £175 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £690 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -38.93%
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Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 74 107 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 8.862% 9.596% 7.869%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 25
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £77 £125 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £625 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -47.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
QA
Berkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading QA Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 10 (32.26%) Project Management
1 10 (32.26%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (29.03%) Windows
3 7 (22.58%) Java
4 6 (19.35%) Finance
4 6 (19.35%) Selenium
5 5 (16.13%) Automated Testing
5 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
5 5 (16.13%) Change Management
5 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
6 4 (12.90%) Spring
6 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
6 4 (12.90%) Cucumber
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.677%) Facebook
7 3 (9.677%) BDD
7 3 (9.677%) Social Media
7 3 (9.677%) Automation Testing
7 3 (9.677%) WATIR
7 3 (9.677%) Test Automation
7 3 (9.677%) XenApp
7 3 (9.677%) Time Management
7 3 (9.677%) Maven
7 3 (9.677%) FitNesse
7 3 (9.677%) Google
7 3 (9.677%) Project Planning
7 3 (9.677%) TDD
7 3 (9.677%) Altiris
7 3 (9.677%) Hibernate

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 4 (12.90%) Spring
2 3 (9.677%) Hibernate
3 2 (6.452%) .NET
4 1 (3.226%) REST
4 1 (3.226%) CSS3
4 1 (3.226%) Sencha Touch
4 1 (3.226%) HTML5
4 1 (3.226%) Struts2
4 1 (3.226%) jQuery
4 1 (3.226%) WPF
4 1 (3.226%) Grails
4 1 (3.226%) JSON
4 1 (3.226%) Ajax
4 1 (3.226%) HTML
4 1 (3.226%) CSS
4 1 (3.226%) SOAP
4 1 (3.226%) Struts
4 1 (3.226%) Web Services
4 1 (3.226%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) MS Project Server
2 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.226%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (9.677%) MS Excel
1 3 (9.677%) MS Project
2 2 (6.452%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Prophet
2 1 (3.226%) CA Clarity
2 1 (3.226%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.452%) Intranet
1 2 (6.452%) BSS
2 1 (3.226%) GSM
2 1 (3.226%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Selenium
2 4 (12.90%) Cucumber
3 3 (9.677%) WATIR
3 3 (9.677%) Maven
3 3 (9.677%) FitNesse
3 3 (9.677%) Ant
3 3 (9.677%) MSI
4 2 (6.452%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (6.452%) TestComplete
4 2 (6.452%) WebDriver
4 2 (6.452%) Wise Package Studio
5 1 (3.226%) SpecFlow
5 1 (3.226%) JBehave
5 1 (3.226%) QADirector
5 1 (3.226%) Subversion
5 1 (3.226%) Eclipse
5 1 (3.226%) TestDirector
General
1 6 (19.35%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
3 3 (9.677%) Publishing
4 1 (3.226%) Billing
4 1 (3.226%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Project Manager
2 3 (9.677%) Analyst
2 3 (9.677%) Applications Packager
3 2 (6.452%) Software Engineer
3 2 (6.452%) Developer
3 2 (6.452%) Test Manager
3 2 (6.452%) Test Analyst
3 2 (6.452%) Tester
3 2 (6.452%) QA Engineer
3 2 (6.452%) OSS Project Manager
4 1 (3.226%) Training Project Manager
4 1 (3.226%) Automation Tester
4 1 (3.226%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (3.226%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (3.226%) Software Manager
4 1 (3.226%) MSI Packager
4 1 (3.226%) Training Manager
4 1 (3.226%) QA Analyst
4 1 (3.226%) Incident Manager
4 1 (3.226%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) Social Media
2 1 (3.226%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.226%) Smart Meter
2 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.226%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.226%) PMI
2 1 (3.226%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
3 3 (9.677%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.226%) Windows 8
4 1 (3.226%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.226%) Android
4 1 (3.226%) Ubuntu
4 1 (3.226%) Linux
4 1 (3.226%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Project Management
1 10 (32.26%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (16.13%) Automated Testing
2 5 (16.13%) Change Management
3 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (9.677%) BDD
4 3 (9.677%) Automation Testing
4 3 (9.677%) Test Automation
4 3 (9.677%) Time Management
4 3 (9.677%) Project Planning
4 3 (9.677%) TDD
4 3 (9.677%) Validation
4 3 (9.677%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.452%) E-Commerce
5 2 (6.452%) Migration
5 2 (6.452%) Release Management
6 1 (3.226%) MVVM
6 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.226%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) Java
2 3 (9.677%) VBScript
2 3 (9.677%) VB
3 2 (6.452%) SQL
4 1 (3.226%) Scala
4 1 (3.226%) Ruby
4 1 (3.226%) Python
4 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.226%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (9.677%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.452%) PMP
3 1 (3.226%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.226%) Degree
3 1 (3.226%) HNC
3 1 (3.226%) HND
System Software
1 3 (9.677%) XenApp
1 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.677%) Facebook
2 3 (9.677%) Google
2 3 (9.677%) Altiris
2 3 (9.677%) VMware
2 3 (9.677%) Citrix
3 1 (3.226%) Sencha
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle
3 1 (3.226%) SAP
Automated QA Engineer - Financial Services - Agile Development
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium Webdriver - QA - Automated - Cucumber - Java - Agile - Financial Services... As an Automated QA Engineer, you will have strong knowledge of: Automation test tools (Selenium Webdriver, Cucumber, JBehave, Specflow)...
Oliver Bernard
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Active Directory/Exchange Consultant
Reading, Berkshire
Microsoft certified, MCSE or MCTIP preferred Team player, Outstanding Documentation and presentation capabilities, Motivated and autonomous, Lead and direct consultants on implementations, QA and peer review of deliverables.
Sanderson
Posted: 23 May 2013
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