The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staines region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Staines 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank - 18 30
Contract jobs citing QA 0 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines - 2.920% 2.110%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 30.77% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £306 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +36.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £18.75 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+53.33% -28.57%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
0 13 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines - 9.489% 6.751%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £425 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +88.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
QA
Surrey

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QA across the Staines region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Staines QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staines QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 5 (55.56%) C
2 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) QADirector

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) QADirector
Job Titles
1 1 (11.11%) Head of Development
1 1 (11.11%) Head of Software Development
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C