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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Basildon region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-29
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads012
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %42.86 %
Salaries quoted012
Average minimum salary-£51,667
Average salary-£52,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£53,333
UK excluding London average salary£37,188£38,678
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
Basildon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Basildon
Matching permanent IT job ads3328
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted626
Average minimum salary£29,667£44,808
Average salary£30,667£45,865
% change on same period last year-33.13 %
Average maximum salary£31,667£46,923
UK excluding London average salary£39,799£40,168
% change on same period last year-0.91 %
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QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Basildon QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Basildon region.

Basildon QA Salary Trend

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Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 IT job ads sampled that cited QA.

13 (100.00 %)J2EE
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
13 (100.00 %)TestDirector
13 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
13 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (100.00 %)Performance Testing
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)Ant
22 (66.67 %)JUnit
22 (66.67 %)PVCS
31 (33.33 %)Client/Server
31 (33.33 %)HTTP
31 (33.33 %)IBM
31 (33.33 %)Oracle HTTP Server
31 (33.33 %)IBM HTTP Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 IT job ads sampled that cited QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Basildon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)J2EE
Basildon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)Oracle HTTP Server
11 (33.33 %)IBM HTTP Server
Basildon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)HTTP
Basildon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (100.00 %)TestDirector
22 (66.67 %)Ant
22 (66.67 %)JUnit
22 (66.67 %)PVCS
Basildon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Developer
Basildon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Client/Server
Basildon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
13 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (100.00 %)Performance Testing
Basildon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL
Basildon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)IBM