The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford 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 Watford 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 11 20 14
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -6
Contract jobs citing QA 5 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 6.944% 1.942% 4.938%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 33.33% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £438 - -
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 £26.00 £20.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -38.93%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
5 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 6.944% 5.825% 7.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £438 £375 £115
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +226.08%
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 - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
QA
Hertfordshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford QA Daily Rate Trend

QA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the Watford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Watford QA Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Watford QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) iPhone
2 2 (33.33%) iPad
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 2 (33.33%) Games
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Selenium
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) ISEB
3 1 (16.67%) EPoS
3 1 (16.67%) BDD
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) FMCG

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 (16.67%) Web Services
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Tester
2 2 (33.33%) QA Test Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 2 (33.33%) QA Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 2 (33.33%) iPhone
1 2 (33.33%) iPad
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) EPoS
2 1 (16.67%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) BDD
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft