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The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 2 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Quality Assurance (QA) |
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6 months to
2 Jul 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
68 |
56 |
66 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-12 |
+10 |
-6 |
| Contract jobs citing QA |
36 |
141 |
116 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire |
2.08% |
3.34% |
2.94% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
22.09% |
25.64% |
23.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
17 |
74 |
55 |
| Median daily rate |
£390 |
£450 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-13.33% |
+12.50% |
+14.29% |
| 10th Percentile |
£340 |
£300 |
£328 |
| 90th Percentile |
£493 |
£584 |
£588 |
| South East median daily rate |
£400 |
£450 |
£425 |
| % change year-on-year |
-11.11% |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
6 |
3 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
£19.50 |
£13.50 |
- |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+44.44% |
- |
- |
| South East median hourly rate |
£19.44 |
£44.46 |
£55.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-56.27% |
-19.17% |
+152.87% |
QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills Berkshire |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills |
163 |
550 |
493 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire |
9.42% |
13.02% |
12.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
64 |
219 |
231 |
| Median daily rate |
£395 |
£450 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-12.22% |
+12.50% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£209 |
£250 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£596 |
£590 |
£588 |
| South East median daily rate |
£400 |
£430 |
£425 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.98% |
+1.18% |
+2.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
14 |
20 |
18 |
| Median hourly rate |
£19.50 |
£73.75 |
£29.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-73.56% |
+154.31% |
+52.63% |
| 10th Percentile |
£14.16 |
£12.44 |
£16.91 |
| 90th Percentile |
£34.85 |
£87.50 |
£49.13 |
| Median hourly rate |
£19.47 |
£42.50 |
£23.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-54.19% |
+80.85% |
+25.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Berkshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2020.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Berkshire.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2020.
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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 July 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location |
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads |
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Live
Job
Vacancies |
| Reading |
-7 |
16 |
£375 |
-10.18% |
6 |
| Newbury |
-5 |
9 |
£375 |
-21.05% |
1 |
| Bracknell |
+33 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
| Slough |
+9 |
1 |
- |
- |
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South East |
For the 6 months to 2 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region with a requirement for QA.
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Co-occurring IT Skills in Berkshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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