Scotland CSQA Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CSQA over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)
Location Scotland	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
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Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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Qualifications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	239	285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.384 %	0.306 %
Daily rates quoted	43	65
Average minimum daily rate	£261	£286
Average daily rate	£277	£296
% change on same period last year	-6.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£293	£307
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.28	£17.25
Average hourly rate	£29.95	£18.63
% change on same period last year	+60.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.62	£20.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+1.72 %
CSQA UK

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.

CSQA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CSQA across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CSQA
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CSQA 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 CSQA.

1 1 (100.00 %) PVCS 1 1 (100.00 %) ClearQuest 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 1 (100.00 %) GAP Analysis 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) QA

CSQA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CSQA 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 CSQA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) PVCS 1 1 (100.00 %) ClearQuest	General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (100.00 %) Process Analyst	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 1 (100.00 %) GAP Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (100.00 %) QA