South West Quality Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Quality Analyst role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Quality Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Quality Analyst
Location Amersham Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London East of England England Hampshire Leeds London M4 Corridor North West Reading Salisbury South East South West Southampton Swindon UK Uxbridge West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.093 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£234	£303
% change on same period last year	-22.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.31	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-26.75 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4289	5836
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.039 %	5.898 %
Daily rates quoted	1223	1491
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£337
Average daily rate	£368	£355
% change on same period last year	+3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	600	689
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.38	£25.25
Average hourly rate	£27.16	£26.88
% change on same period last year	+1.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.94	£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
Quality Analyst 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.

Quality Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Quality Analyst across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Quality Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Quality Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Quality Analyst within the South West 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
Wiltshire	-	3	-	-
Bristol	-	1	-	-

Quality Analyst England

Quality Analyst
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Quality Analyst 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 Quality Analyst in their job title.

1 4 (57.14 %) QA 2 2 (28.57 %) Business Objects 2 2 (28.57 %) BusinessObjects 2 2 (28.57 %) Telecoms 3 1 (14.29 %) Health 3 1 (14.29 %) Games 3 1 (14.29 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (14.29 %) Quality Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Change Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Automated Testing 3 1 (14.29 %) Web Testing 3 1 (14.29 %) Mason

Quality Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Quality Analyst 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 Quality Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (14.29 %) Mason	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (28.57 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 2 (28.57 %) Telecoms 2 1 (14.29 %) Health 2 1 (14.29 %) Games	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) Quality Management 1 1 (14.29 %) Change Management 1 1 (14.29 %) Automated Testing 1 1 (14.29 %) Web Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (57.14 %) QA 2 1 (14.29 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 2 (28.57 %) Business Objects