The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 32 32 52
Rank change year-on-year
0 +20
Permanent jobs citing QA 45 30 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 6.818% 5.146% 1.792%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 53.57% 43.48% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 43 23 7
Average salary £37,500 £43,500 £63,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.79% -30.95%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
84 69 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 12.73% 11.84% 9.935%
Number of salaries quoted 73 46 35
Average salary £37,500 £43,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.79% -25.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £40,300
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%
QA
Hampshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Basingstoke QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

1 55 (61.80%) C#
2 43 (48.31%) .NET
3 40 (44.94%) SQL
4 39 (43.82%) SQL Server
5 38 (42.70%) ASP.NET
6 37 (41.57%) Degree
7 30 (33.71%) C++
8 23 (25.84%) Microsoft
8 23 (25.84%) Selenium
9 21 (23.60%) Computer Science
9 21 (23.60%) Oracle
10 20 (22.47%) OO
10 20 (22.47%) VC++
10 20 (22.47%) OOD
10 20 (22.47%) PKI
10 20 (22.47%) Systems Analysis
11 17 (19.10%) WPF
12 16 (17.98%) .NET Framework
12 16 (17.98%) WinForms
12 16 (17.98%) NUnit
12 16 (17.98%) Subversion
12 16 (17.98%) Infragistics
12 16 (17.98%) ADO.NET
13 15 (16.85%) Java
14 14 (15.73%) HTML
14 14 (15.73%) Web Testing
14 14 (15.73%) Test Scripting
15 13 (14.61%) Unit Testing
15 13 (14.61%) JavaScript
16 11 (12.36%) SOA

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Application Development
1 43 (48.31%) .NET
2 38 (42.70%) ASP.NET
3 17 (19.10%) WPF
4 16 (17.98%) .NET Framework
4 16 (17.98%) WinForms
4 16 (17.98%) ADO.NET
5 14 (15.73%) HTML
6 10 (11.24%) XML
7 5 (5.618%) XSL
8 4 (4.494%) J2ME
9 3 (3.371%) Web Services
10 2 (2.247%) SOAP
11 1 (1.124%) COM
11 1 (1.124%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.742%) IIS
2 1 (1.124%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.124%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.247%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.494%) VLAN
2 2 (2.247%) LAN
3 1 (1.124%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.124%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (43.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.124%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 23 (25.84%) Selenium
2 16 (17.98%) NUnit
2 16 (17.98%) Subversion
3 9 (10.11%) WATIR
3 9 (10.11%) FitNesse
4 6 (6.742%) Firebug
4 6 (6.742%) Fiddler
5 5 (5.618%) JIRA
6 4 (4.494%) Maven
6 4 (4.494%) Cucumber
6 4 (4.494%) WebDriver
6 4 (4.494%) Git (software)
7 2 (2.247%) Bugzilla
8 1 (1.124%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (6.742%) Telecoms
2 3 (3.371%) Finance
3 1 (1.124%) Publishing
3 1 (1.124%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (53.93%) Analyst
2 25 (28.09%) Test Analyst
3 21 (23.60%) Systems Analyst
4 18 (20.22%) Developer
5 17 (19.10%) Tester
5 17 (19.10%) C# Developer
6 16 (17.98%) .NET Developer
6 16 (17.98%) C# .NET Developer
7 10 (11.24%) Software Tester
8 9 (10.11%) QA Test Analyst
8 9 (10.11%) QA Analyst
9 8 (8.989%) Graduate Software Tester
9 8 (8.989%) Testing Analyst
9 8 (8.989%) Software Test Analyst
9 8 (8.989%) Manual Test Analyst
9 8 (8.989%) Graduate
10 7 (7.865%) QA Engineer
10 7 (7.865%) Lead Test Analyst
11 5 (5.618%) Quality Manager
11 5 (5.618%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.60%) Computer Science
2 20 (22.47%) PKI
3 8 (8.989%) IVR
4 4 (4.494%) Blackberry
4 4 (4.494%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.124%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.24%) Linux
2 9 (10.11%) Windows
3 4 (4.494%) Windows Mobile
3 4 (4.494%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.494%) Android
4 3 (3.371%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (3.371%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.247%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.47%) OO
1 20 (22.47%) OOD
1 20 (22.47%) Systems Analysis
2 14 (15.73%) Web Testing
2 14 (15.73%) Test Scripting
3 13 (14.61%) Unit Testing
4 11 (12.36%) SOA
4 11 (12.36%) Manual Testing
4 11 (12.36%) BDD
5 10 (11.24%) TDD
6 9 (10.11%) Change Management
6 9 (10.11%) V-Model
7 8 (8.989%) Software Engineering
8 7 (7.865%) Service Delivery
9 6 (6.742%) Regression Testing
9 6 (6.742%) Automation Testing
10 5 (5.618%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (4.494%) User Stories
12 3 (3.371%) PRINCE
12 3 (3.371%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 55 (61.80%) C#
2 40 (44.94%) SQL
3 30 (33.71%) C++
4 20 (22.47%) VC++
5 15 (16.85%) Java
6 13 (14.61%) JavaScript
7 9 (10.11%) Python
7 9 (10.11%) Perl
7 9 (10.11%) C
8 1 (1.124%) VB
8 1 (1.124%) VB6
Qualifications
1 37 (41.57%) Degree
2 10 (11.24%) ISEB
3 7 (7.865%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.371%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.124%) PMP
5 1 (1.124%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.124%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.618%) ISO 14001
1 5 (5.618%) ISO 9001
1 5 (5.618%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.247%) COBIT
2 2 (2.247%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.247%) COSO
System Software
1 2 (2.247%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.247%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 23 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 21 (23.60%) Oracle
3 16 (17.98%) Infragistics
4 4 (4.494%) Symbian
5 2 (2.247%) VMware
5 2 (2.247%) HP
6 1 (1.124%) Ektron
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Demonstrable strong systems analysis background including proficiency with a mixture of Visual C++, C#, MSSQL, Oracle Server, .NET, asp.NET and PKI... Technical Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, OOD,...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 Per Annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Demonstrable strong systems analysis background including proficiency with a mixture of Visual C++, C#, MSSQL, Oracle Server, .NET, asp.NET and PKI... Technical Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, OOD,...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 Per Annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Based in Basingstoke, the role requires a solid foundation in operational security management, incident response, change management, web application security assessments, vulnerability assessments, forensic investigation and ethical hacking /...
Hudson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allow+ Bens
Posted: 28 May 2013