South East QA Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the South East 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Quality Assurance (QA)
Location Amersham Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hounslow Hove Huntingdon Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stevenage Stratford-upon-Avon Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swadlincote Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	97	96
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	180	257
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.253 %	0.260 %
As % of the category below	30.77 %	32.91 %
Daily rates quoted	45	79
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£336
Average daily rate	£344	£345
% change on same period last year	-0.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£334
% change on same period last year	+7.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.36	£28.10
Average hourly rate	£33.32	£30.69
% change on same period last year	+8.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.27	£33.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.60	£30.03
% change on same period last year	+1.91 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance South East
Matching contract IT job ads	585	781
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.824 %	0.789 %
Daily rates quoted	137	225
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£347
Average daily rate	£374	£363
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£348
% change on same period last year	+6.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	92	110
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.25	£24.45
Average hourly rate	£24.93	£26.14
% change on same period last year	-4.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.61	£27.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.12	£25.92
% change on same period last year	-3.07 %
QA England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing QA across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QA across the South East region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hampshire	+15	42	£332	-4.35 %
Berkshire	+9	40	£409	+9.16 %
Middlesex	+9	30	£306	+51.57 %
Surrey	-3	18	£255	-24.64 %
Oxfordshire	+1	9	£300	-
M4 Corridor	+6	7	-	-
West Sussex	+7	7	£250	-35.30 %
Kent	+14	5	£380	-
East Sussex	+14	5	£338	-
Buckinghamshire	-21	4	£260	-12.77 %
Thames Valley	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 58 (15.06 %) Security Cleared 2 48 (12.47 %) Windows 3 45 (11.69 %) SQL 4 42 (10.91 %) Government 5 40 (10.39 %) Oracle 6 35 (9.091 %) Finance 7 33 (8.571 %) ISEB 7 33 (8.571 %) SC Cleared 7 33 (8.571 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 31 (8.052 %) Pharmaceutical 9 29 (7.532 %) Microsoft 9 29 (7.532 %) Test Scripting 10 27 (7.013 %) Degree 11 26 (6.753 %) MS Office 11 26 (6.753 %) PRINCE2

12 24 (6.234 %) Java 12 24 (6.234 %) Project Management 12 24 (6.234 %) Agile Software Development 13 23 (5.974 %) TestDirector 14 22 (5.714 %) Migration 15 19 (4.935 %) .NET 15 19 (4.935 %) SAP 16 18 (4.675 %) MS Excel 16 18 (4.675 %) HTML 17 17 (4.416 %) UNIX 17 17 (4.416 %) Retail 18 16 (4.156 %) XML 18 16 (4.156 %) Linux 18 16 (4.156 %) 21 CFR Part 11 18 16 (4.156 %) Quality Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 19 (4.935 %) .NET 2 18 (4.675 %) HTML 3 16 (4.156 %) XML 4 9 (2.338 %) ASP.NET 5 8 (2.078 %) J2EE 6 7 (1.818 %) ASP 6 7 (1.818 %) WebServices 6 7 (1.818 %) CSS 7 6 (1.558 %) Application Packaging 8 5 (1.299 %) AJAX 8 5 (1.299 %) MVC 8 5 (1.299 %) XSLT 9 4 (1.039 %) .NET Framework 9 4 (1.039 %) Hibernate 9 4 (1.039 %) Spring 10 3 (0.779 %) SAP XI 10 3 (0.779 %) Velocity 10 3 (0.779 %) Swing 10 3 (0.779 %) JSP 11 2 (0.519 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 8 (2.078 %) CMS 2 6 (1.558 %) ArcSDE 3 5 (1.299 %) Documentum 4 4 (1.039 %) ArcIMS 5 3 (0.779 %) TeamSite 5 3 (0.779 %) BizTalk Server 5 3 (0.779 %) Lotus Notes 5 3 (0.779 %) Apache 5 3 (0.779 %) Tomcat 5 3 (0.779 %) SharePoint 6 2 (0.519 %) Content Management Server 6 2 (0.519 %) ArcGIS 6 2 (0.519 %) Oracle Spatial 7 1 (0.260 %) Umbraco 7 1 (0.260 %) Oracle Workflow 7 1 (0.260 %) IIS 7 1 (0.260 %) Commerce Server 7 1 (0.260 %) SAS
Applications 1 26 (6.753 %) MS Office 2 18 (4.675 %) MS Excel 3 9 (2.338 %) MS Project 4 4 (1.039 %) AutoCAD 4 4 (1.039 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (0.779 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.519 %) Spreadsheet 7 1 (0.260 %) CA Clarity 7 1 (0.260 %) RoboHelp	Business Applications 1 4 (1.039 %) SAP R/3 1 4 (1.039 %) SAP Retail 1 4 (1.039 %) Compiere 2 3 (0.779 %) SAP MM 2 3 (0.779 %) Oracle Applications 2 3 (0.779 %) SAP Payroll 3 2 (0.519 %) Retail-J 3 2 (0.519 %) SAP Oil and Gas 3 2 (0.519 %) SAP HR 4 1 (0.260 %) Cognos Planning 4 1 (0.260 %) MAXIMO
Communications & Networking 1 13 (3.377 %) Wireless 2 10 (2.597 %) TCP/IP 3 6 (1.558 %) Broadband 3 6 (1.558 %) DNS 4 5 (1.299 %) FTP 4 5 (1.299 %) SNMP 5 4 (1.039 %) SAN 6 3 (0.779 %) Internet 7 2 (0.519 %) MPLS 7 2 (0.519 %) VPN 7 2 (0.519 %) CTI 7 2 (0.519 %) SMS 8 1 (0.260 %) UMTS 8 1 (0.260 %) VoIP 8 1 (0.260 %) WAN 8 1 (0.260 %) GPRS 8 1 (0.260 %) GSM 8 1 (0.260 %) LAN 8 1 (0.260 %) Intranet 8 1 (0.260 %) ADSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (3.377 %) SQL Server 2 9 (2.338 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 9 (2.338 %) Datawarehouse 3 6 (1.558 %) MS Access 3 6 (1.558 %) GIS 4 5 (1.299 %) DataStage 5 4 (1.039 %) Oracle 10g 5 4 (1.039 %) TOAD 5 4 (1.039 %) DB2 5 4 (1.039 %) MySQL 6 3 (0.779 %) Oracle 9i 6 3 (0.779 %) BusinessObjects 6 3 (0.779 %) SAP BW 6 3 (0.779 %) SQL Server 2000 7 2 (0.519 %) SQL Server 2005 7 2 (0.519 %) Data Mining 7 2 (0.519 %) ETL 7 2 (0.519 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (0.260 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (0.260 %) Cognos Powerplay
Development Applications 1 23 (5.974 %) TestDirector 2 14 (3.636 %) Selenium 3 12 (3.117 %) InstallShield 4 10 (2.597 %) WebLOAD 5 9 (2.338 %) ClearQuest 5 9 (2.338 %) LoadRunner 6 8 (2.078 %) QuickTest Pro 7 6 (1.558 %) QADirector 8 5 (1.299 %) Bugzilla 8 5 (1.299 %) TestPartner 8 5 (1.299 %) StarTeam 8 5 (1.299 %) ClearCase 8 5 (1.299 %) WinRunner 9 4 (1.039 %) Eclipse 9 4 (1.039 %) Ant 10 3 (0.779 %) JUnit 10 3 (0.779 %) Visual Studio 10 3 (0.779 %) NUnit 10 3 (0.779 %) Subversion 11 2 (0.519 %) JIRA	General 1 42 (10.91 %) Government 2 35 (9.091 %) Finance 3 31 (8.052 %) Pharmaceutical 4 17 (4.416 %) Retail 5 11 (2.857 %) Health 6 10 (2.597 %) Electronics 6 10 (2.597 %) Telecoms 7 9 (2.338 %) Insurance 7 9 (2.338 %) Manufacturing 8 7 (1.818 %) Construction 8 7 (1.818 %) Pensions 9 5 (1.299 %) Education 9 5 (1.299 %) Publishing 10 4 (1.039 %) Auditing 11 3 (0.779 %) Marketing 11 3 (0.779 %) Legal 11 3 (0.779 %) Aerospace 12 2 (0.519 %) Electric 13 1 (0.260 %) Chemicals 13 1 (0.260 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 78 (20.26 %) Analyst 2 34 (8.831 %) Test Analyst 3 30 (7.792 %) Developer 3 30 (7.792 %) Tester 4 26 (6.753 %) QA Engineer 5 23 (5.974 %) Software Engineer 6 22 (5.714 %) Test Engineer 7 19 (4.935 %) Test Manager 7 19 (4.935 %) Quality Manager 7 19 (4.935 %) QA Analyst 8 15 (3.896 %) Quality Engineer 9 14 (3.636 %) Consultant 9 14 (3.636 %) Business Analyst 9 14 (3.636 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 10 12 (3.117 %) Project Manager 10 12 (3.117 %) QA Manager 10 12 (3.117 %) QA Tester 11 11 (2.857 %) Quality Analyst 11 11 (2.857 %) Coordinator 12 10 (2.597 %) Architect	Miscellaneous 1 8 (2.078 %) Computer Science 2 7 (1.818 %) Management Information System 2 7 (1.818 %) Economics 3 6 (1.558 %) AS400 4 5 (1.299 %) Clustering 4 5 (1.299 %) STB 5 4 (1.039 %) DTV 6 3 (0.779 %) PMI 6 3 (0.779 %) EPoS 7 2 (0.519 %) EFT 7 2 (0.519 %) Mainframe 7 2 (0.519 %) Client/Server 7 2 (0.519 %) Replication 7 2 (0.519 %) Informatics 8 1 (0.260 %) Human Factors 8 1 (0.260 %) Data Conversion 8 1 (0.260 %) IPTV 8 1 (0.260 %) CCTV 8 1 (0.260 %) Statistics 8 1 (0.260 %) Handset
Operating Systems 1 48 (12.47 %) Windows 2 17 (4.416 %) UNIX 3 16 (4.156 %) Linux 4 8 (2.078 %) Windows Vista 5 4 (1.039 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (0.779 %) Windows 2000 6 3 (0.779 %) Windows NT 6 3 (0.779 %) Windows XP 6 3 (0.779 %) NetWare 6 3 (0.779 %) AIX 7 2 (0.519 %) Solaris 8 1 (0.260 %) HPUX 8 1 (0.260 %) Ubuntu	Processes & Methodologies 1 58 (15.06 %) Security Cleared 2 33 (8.571 %) SC Cleared 2 33 (8.571 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 29 (7.532 %) Test Scripting 4 26 (6.753 %) PRINCE2 5 24 (6.234 %) Project Management 5 24 (6.234 %) Agile Software Development 6 22 (5.714 %) Migration 7 16 (4.156 %) Quality Management 8 14 (3.636 %) Regression Testing 9 13 (3.377 %) Validation 9 13 (3.377 %) Performance Testing 10 12 (3.117 %) Software Testing 10 12 (3.117 %) Scrum 10 12 (3.117 %) ITIL 10 12 (3.117 %) Unit Testing 10 12 (3.117 %) Test Management 11 11 (2.857 %) System Testing 11 11 (2.857 %) PRINCE 11 11 (2.857 %) Document Management
Programming Languages 1 45 (11.69 %) SQL 2 24 (6.234 %) Java 3 15 (3.896 %) VB 4 14 (3.636 %) C# 5 10 (2.597 %) VBScript 6 8 (2.078 %) JavaScript 6 8 (2.078 %) C 7 5 (1.299 %) Shell Script 8 4 (1.039 %) VB6 8 4 (1.039 %) VB.NET 8 4 (1.039 %) ABAP 8 4 (1.039 %) RPG 8 4 (1.039 %) PHP 8 4 (1.039 %) C++ 9 3 (0.779 %) Delphi 10 2 (0.519 %) Perl 10 2 (0.519 %) PL/SQL 10 2 (0.519 %) VBA 10 2 (0.519 %) PHP5 11 1 (0.260 %) SAS Macro	Qualifications 1 33 (8.571 %) ISEB 2 27 (7.013 %) Degree 3 8 (2.078 %) HNC 4 5 (1.299 %) CCNP 4 5 (1.299 %) CCNA 4 5 (1.299 %) Cisco Certification 4 5 (1.299 %) SAP Certification 4 5 (1.299 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 5 (1.299 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 4 (1.039 %) ISTQB 6 2 (0.519 %) MBA 6 2 (0.519 %) ISEB Practitioner 7 1 (0.260 %) ITIL Certification 7 1 (0.260 %) Microsoft Certification 7 1 (0.260 %) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 16 (4.156 %) 21 CFR Part 11 2 13 (3.377 %) GMP 3 9 (2.338 %) GLP 3 9 (2.338 %) GCP 3 9 (2.338 %) GxP 4 7 (1.818 %) SLA 5 6 (1.558 %) ISO9001 6 4 (1.039 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 7 3 (0.779 %) ISO9000 7 3 (0.779 %) ISO12207 7 3 (0.779 %) ISO15504 8 2 (0.519 %) ISO27001 9 1 (0.260 %) Basel II	System Software 1 7 (1.818 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.519 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 2 (0.519 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 6 (1.558 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 5 (1.299 %) Tivoli 2 5 (1.299 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 4 (1.039 %) Netcool 4 3 (0.779 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 3 (0.779 %) OpenView 5 1 (0.260 %) BMC Marimba	Vendors 1 40 (10.39 %) Oracle 2 29 (7.532 %) Microsoft 3 19 (4.935 %) SAP 4 11 (2.857 %) HP 4 11 (2.857 %) Citrix 5 10 (2.597 %) Cisco 6 7 (1.818 %) IBM 6 7 (1.818 %) Cognos 7 6 (1.558 %) Compuware 8 5 (1.299 %) Novell 9 4 (1.039 %) Perforce 9 4 (1.039 %) EMC 10 3 (0.779 %) Zend 10 3 (0.779 %) webMethods 10 3 (0.779 %) Lotus 10 3 (0.779 %) Interwoven 10 3 (0.779 %) Sun 10 3 (0.779 %) Siebel 10 3 (0.779 %) Business Objects 11 2 (0.519 %) Dell