The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Uxbridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank - 16 21
Contract jobs citing QA 0 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge - 5.926% 0.943%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 57.14% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Average daily rate - £525 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £26.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -38.93%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
13 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 13.27% 10.37% 8.491%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 4
Average daily rate £385 £545 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.35% +25.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £489 £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £588 £794 £462
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £21.36 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
QA
London

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge QA Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge QA Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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 (66.67%) Flash
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) E-Learning
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) Informatica
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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 2 (66.67%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Development Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) E-Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Informatica