The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 South West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Lead
Rank 116 - 116
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a QA Leader 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.048% - 0.145%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% - 0.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £375
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1964 3033 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 92.89% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1174 1821 1288
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £228 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 190 241
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £21.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +5.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £37.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
QA Leader
England

QA Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West QA Leader Jobs Demand Trend

QA Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West QA Leader Daily Rate Trend

QA Leader
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dorset - 1 - -
QA Leader
England

QA Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited QA Leader 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 Leader in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) JProfiler
2 1 (50.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (50.00%) JDBC
2 1 (50.00%) ODBC
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Solaris
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) TOAD
2 1 (50.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB

QA Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited QA Leader 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 Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) JDBC
1 1 (50.00%) ODBC
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) FTP
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JProfiler
1 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (50.00%) JProbe
1 1 (50.00%) Introscope
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Solaris
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (50.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) HP