QA Contracts in Swindon
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 22 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 Swindon 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 37 38 35
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing QA 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 1.027% 0.822% 0.633%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.091% 13.64% 8.696%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £425 £363 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% +20.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -33.62%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 33 22 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 11.30% 6.027% 7.278%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 12 16
Average daily rate £423 £406 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +25.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £186 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
QA
Wiltshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) ISEB
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (11.11%) NHS
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle HRMS

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 (11.11%) Web Services
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Payroll Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Manager
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Security
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Office Management
3 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Management
3 1 (11.11%) System Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (11.11%) CISA
1 1 (11.11%) CISM
1 1 (11.11%) PCI QSA
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
Payroll Functional Consultant - Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1.3
Swindon, South West
Ability to develop new skills quickly.*Ability to change and have a flexible approach to supporting multiple application functionsDesirable Skills: *End to End Payroll Processing, Quick Pay, Elements,...
Sand Resources
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
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