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QA Contracts in Suffolk
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 17 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 Suffolk 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
17 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 22 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing QA 4 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 2.759% 3.876% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 58.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £300 £395 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.52% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.01 £26.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-23.05% -13.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 4 17 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 2.759% 6.589% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £300 £395 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £23.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.36% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £17.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+8.82% -43.33%
QA
East of England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Bury St Edmunds - - - - 2
Ipswich - - - - 1
QA
East of England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 10 (55.56%) HP
1 10 (55.56%) HP Quality Center
2 9 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (44.44%) Test Scripting
4 7 (38.89%) Finance
5 6 (33.33%) Validation
6 5 (27.78%) Integration Testing
7 4 (22.22%) Migration
7 4 (22.22%) ISEB
8 3 (16.67%) SAP
8 3 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
9 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
9 2 (11.11%) Project Management
9 2 (11.11%) SQL
10 1 (5.556%) MFC
10 1 (5.556%) Oracle
10 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
10 1 (5.556%) MS Office
10 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
10 1 (5.556%) C
10 1 (5.556%) C++
10 1 (5.556%) SOAP
10 1 (5.556%) Windows
10 1 (5.556%) VC++
10 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
10 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
10 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
10 1 (5.556%) ETL
10 1 (5.556%) TOAD

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (5.556%) MFC
1 1 (5.556%) SOAP
1 1 (5.556%) soapUI
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.556%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) QA Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Test Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Tester
4 3 (16.67%) QA Test Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) QA Tester
5 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Software Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.556%) UAT Manager
6 1 (5.556%) Testing Manager
6 1 (5.556%) Validation Specialist
6 1 (5.556%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior QA Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior QA Tester
6 1 (5.556%) Quality Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.556%) Quality Manager
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
1 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 6 (33.33%) Validation
4 5 (27.78%) Integration Testing
5 4 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
7 1 (5.556%) Image Processing
7 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
7 1 (5.556%) Manual Testing
7 1 (5.556%) System Testing
7 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
7 1 (5.556%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (5.556%) Test Management
7 1 (5.556%) ETL
7 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) VC++
2 1 (5.556%) C
2 1 (5.556%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) ISEB
2 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) HP
2 3 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.556%) Sun
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle
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Suffolk, East Anglia
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