QA Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QA over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 52 54 36
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -18
Contract jobs citing QA 46 56 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.736% 2.492% 3.708%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 43.40% 37.09% 55.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 27 32
Average daily rate £325 £350 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £265 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.57% +41.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.70 £35.00 £7.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.30 £35.00 £38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -28.57%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 106 151 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 6.306% 6.720% 6.717%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 60 54
Average daily rate £325 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £194 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 10
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.14% -22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.68 £8.90 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £58.50 £24.40 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
QA
England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands QA Daily Rate Histogram

QA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands QA Hourly Rate Trend

QA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QA across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands QA Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Birmingham +4 11 £350 +7.69%
Worcestershire -6 7 £315 -10.00%
Warwickshire - 6 £325 -
Staffordshire +11 5 £220 -29.60%
Coventry -3 5 £200 -27.27%
Shropshire +3 3 £371 +6.07%
QA
England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 26 (30.59%) SQL
2 17 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (20.00%) Finance
3 14 (16.47%) Windows
4 13 (15.29%) Software Testing
5 10 (11.76%) J2EE
5 10 (11.76%) Oracle
5 10 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (10.59%) .NET
6 9 (10.59%) C#
6 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
7 8 (9.412%) E-Commerce
7 8 (9.412%) UNIX
7 8 (9.412%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 8 (9.412%) Test Scripting
7 8 (9.412%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (8.235%) SCCM
8 7 (8.235%) System Testing
8 7 (8.235%) Change Management
8 7 (8.235%) Migration
8 7 (8.235%) CMS
8 7 (8.235%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (8.235%) HTML
8 7 (8.235%) JavaScript
8 7 (8.235%) Active Directory
9 6 (7.059%) HP
9 6 (7.059%) OLTP
9 6 (7.059%) RDBMS
9 6 (7.059%) Java

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (11.76%) J2EE
2 9 (10.59%) .NET
3 7 (8.235%) HTML
4 6 (7.059%) jQuery
4 6 (7.059%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.882%) JSTL
5 5 (5.882%) CSS
5 5 (5.882%) JSP
6 4 (4.706%) Web Services
6 4 (4.706%) ASP.NET
7 3 (3.529%) Software Packaging
7 3 (3.529%) ASP.NET MVC 2
7 3 (3.529%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (2.353%) XML
8 2 (2.353%) Application Packaging
9 1 (1.176%) GWT
9 1 (1.176%) WCF
9 1 (1.176%) HTML5
9 1 (1.176%) Java RMI
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.235%) CMS
2 5 (5.882%) Apache
2 5 (5.882%) Tomcat
3 4 (4.706%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.529%) SAS
5 1 (1.176%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (5.882%) MS Office
2 4 (4.706%) MS Excel
3 3 (3.529%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (3.529%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.529%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.176%) ENOVIA
2 1 (1.176%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.882%) DNS
1 5 (5.882%) DHCP
2 3 (3.529%) Internet
3 2 (2.353%) HTTP
4 1 (1.176%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.176%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.176%) RIP
4 1 (1.176%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.176%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.412%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (7.059%) OLTP
3 6 (7.059%) RDBMS
3 6 (7.059%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (3.529%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (3.529%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 2 (2.353%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.353%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (2.353%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (5.882%) Maven
1 5 (5.882%) Subversion
1 5 (5.882%) Ant
1 5 (5.882%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.706%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (4.706%) MSI
2 4 (4.706%) Selenium
3 3 (3.529%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.176%) JIRA
4 1 (1.176%) PhoneGap
4 1 (1.176%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.176%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.176%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (20.00%) Finance
2 5 (5.882%) Legal
3 3 (3.529%) Retail
3 3 (3.529%) Automotive
4 1 (1.176%) Banking
4 1 (1.176%) Marketing
4 1 (1.176%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.176%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (17.65%) Developer
2 12 (14.12%) Analyst
3 8 (9.412%) Tester
3 8 (9.412%) Web Developer
4 7 (8.235%) SQL DBA
4 7 (8.235%) DBA
5 6 (7.059%) Administrator
5 6 (7.059%) Test Manager
5 6 (7.059%) QA Analyst
6 5 (5.882%) Java Web Developer
6 5 (5.882%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 5 (5.882%) Teradata DBA
6 5 (5.882%) Test Leader
6 5 (5.882%) IT Manager
6 5 (5.882%) Systems Analyst
6 5 (5.882%) Java Developer
6 5 (5.882%) Applications Packager
7 4 (4.706%) Software Tester
7 4 (4.706%) Systems Tester
7 4 (4.706%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.882%) Replication
2 3 (3.529%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.529%) Smart Meter
2 3 (3.529%) N-Tier
3 2 (2.353%) NHS
3 2 (2.353%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.353%) Statistics
4 1 (1.176%) Economics
4 1 (1.176%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.176%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (1.176%) iPad
4 1 (1.176%) LPAR
4 1 (1.176%) DLPAR
4 1 (1.176%) iPhone
4 1 (1.176%) HACMP
4 1 (1.176%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.176%) Handset
4 1 (1.176%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.47%) Windows
2 8 (9.412%) UNIX
3 5 (5.882%) Windows 7
4 4 (4.706%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.353%) Linux
6 1 (1.176%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.176%) Android
6 1 (1.176%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.176%) AIX
6 1 (1.176%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (15.29%) Software Testing
2 10 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (9.412%) E-Commerce
3 8 (9.412%) Test Scripting
4 7 (8.235%) System Testing
4 7 (8.235%) Change Management
4 7 (8.235%) Migration
5 6 (7.059%) ITIL
5 6 (7.059%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (7.059%) Manual Testing
6 5 (5.882%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (5.882%) Data Protection
7 4 (4.706%) CRM
7 4 (4.706%) PRINCE2
7 4 (4.706%) Workflow
7 4 (4.706%) Service Management
7 4 (4.706%) Risk Management
7 4 (4.706%) Configuration Management
7 4 (4.706%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 26 (30.59%) SQL
2 9 (10.59%) C#
3 7 (8.235%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.059%) Java
5 5 (5.882%) Shell Script
5 5 (5.882%) C++
5 5 (5.882%) C
6 4 (4.706%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.353%) COBOL
7 2 (2.353%) VBA
7 2 (2.353%) VB
8 1 (1.176%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.176%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (4.706%) Degree
2 3 (3.529%) ISEB
3 2 (2.353%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.353%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.176%) CEH
4 1 (1.176%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.176%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.176%) GCIA
4 1 (1.176%) GCIH
4 1 (1.176%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.529%) Data Quality
1 3 (3.529%) TickIT
1 3 (3.529%) ISO 9001
1 3 (3.529%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.235%) Microsoft App-V
1 7 (8.235%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.882%) Terminal Services
3 3 (3.529%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.529%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (9.412%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 7 (8.235%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (11.76%) Oracle
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.059%) HP
4 4 (4.706%) hybris
5 3 (3.529%) VMware
6 2 (2.353%) SAP
7 1 (1.176%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.176%) Remedy
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