The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the Somerset 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £7.50
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
168 163 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.30% 97.02% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 91 69
Average daily rate £310 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £433 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 22
Average hourly rate £10.00 £13.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.52% -11.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Tester
South West

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA Tester across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Somerset QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QA Tester across the Somerset region.

Somerset QA Tester Daily Rate Trend

QA Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset QA Tester Hourly Rate Trend

QA Tester
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA