The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Stirling 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 19 15 21
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +6
Contract jobs citing QA 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 1.075% 1.852% 1.087%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.50% 100.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £389
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -16.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-32.99% -16.66%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
8 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 8.602% 1.852% 6.522%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 4
Average daily rate £350 - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.15% -44.26%
QA
Scotland

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) Cadis
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cadis