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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Basingstoke 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 last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank8560
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching permanent IT job ads2619
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.008 %
As % of the category below21.67 %46.34 %
Salaries quoted2513
Average minimum salary£40,880£83,462
Average salary£42,620£83,846
% change on same period last year-49.16 %
Average maximum salary£44,360£84,231
UK excluding London average salary£37,774£37,884
% change on same period last year-0.28 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance BasingstokeQuality Assurance & Compliance
Basingstoke
Matching permanent IT job ads12041
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.018 %
Salaries quoted8733
Average minimum salary£40,416£53,308
Average salary£43,312£54,423
% change on same period last year-20.41 %
Average maximum salary£46,208£55,538
UK excluding London average salary£38,448£40,801
% change on same period last year-5.76 %
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QA
Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Basingstoke region over the past 3 months.

Basingstoke QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA.

129 (55.77 %)Finance
214 (26.92 %)ISEB
313 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
313 (25.00 %)Telecoms
412 (23.08 %)Banking
412 (23.08 %)Perl
511 (21.15 %)Change Management
511 (21.15 %)Test Scripting
610 (19.23 %)Linux
610 (19.23 %)PMP
610 (19.23 %)PMI Certification
79 (17.31 %)VERITAS
79 (17.31 %)BPR
79 (17.31 %)Solaris
79 (17.31 %)Sun
79 (17.31 %)HP
79 (17.31 %)Unix
79 (17.31 %)Risk Management
79 (17.31 %)Investment Banking
88 (15.38 %)Software Testing
88 (15.38 %)Pensions
97 (13.46 %)Project Management
97 (13.46 %)Insurance
105 (9.615 %)Performance Testing
105 (9.615 %)Automated Testing
114 (7.692 %)Compatibility Testing
114 (7.692 %)Manual Testing
114 (7.692 %)Investment Management
114 (7.692 %)Business Development
114 (7.692 %)QuickTest Pro

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing QA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (5.769 %).NET
13 (5.769 %)ASP
13 (5.769 %)ASP.NET
13 (5.769 %)COM+
Applications
13 (5.769 %)MS Project
21 (1.923 %)MS Excel
21 (1.923 %)CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
14 (7.692 %)Bluetooth
23 (5.769 %)Internet
31 (1.923 %)GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (7.692 %)SQL Server
14 (7.692 %)RDBMS
23 (5.769 %)MySQL
Development Applications
14 (7.692 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (5.769 %)Visual Studio
23 (5.769 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (1.923 %)Flash
31 (1.923 %)TestDirector
31 (1.923 %)LoadRunner
31 (1.923 %)QADirector
General
129 (55.77 %)Finance
213 (25.00 %)Telecoms
312 (23.08 %)Banking
49 (17.31 %)Investment Banking
58 (15.38 %)Pensions
67 (13.46 %)Insurance
72 (3.846 %)Electronics
81 (1.923 %)Financial Institution
81 (1.923 %)Education
81 (1.923 %)Government
81 (1.923 %)Retail
81 (1.923 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
113 (25.00 %)Consultant
210 (19.23 %)Analyst
39 (17.31 %)Tester
39 (17.31 %)IT Consultant
39 (17.31 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
48 (15.38 %)Test Analyst
56 (11.54 %)Senior Consultant
56 (11.54 %)Senior Manager
56 (11.54 %)3rd Line Support
56 (11.54 %)Project Manager
56 (11.54 %)Senior Project Manager
56 (11.54 %)UNIX Support
56 (11.54 %)Project Consultant
56 (11.54 %)Senior Project Consultant
64 (7.692 %)Junior Test Analyst
64 (7.692 %)Junior Analyst
64 (7.692 %)EMC Engineer
64 (7.692 %)Software Tester
64 (7.692 %)Business Manager
64 (7.692 %)Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
11 (1.923 %)Cryptography
Operating Systems
110 (19.23 %)Linux
29 (17.31 %)Solaris
29 (17.31 %)Unix
32 (3.846 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
113 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
211 (21.15 %)Change Management
211 (21.15 %)Test Scripting
39 (17.31 %)Risk Management
39 (17.31 %)BPR
48 (15.38 %)Software Testing
57 (13.46 %)Project Management
65 (9.615 %)Automated Testing
65 (9.615 %)Performance Testing
74 (7.692 %)Compatibility Testing
74 (7.692 %)Manual Testing
74 (7.692 %)Investment Management
74 (7.692 %)Business Development
83 (5.769 %)Project Planning
83 (5.769 %)Stakeholder Management
83 (5.769 %)PRINCE
83 (5.769 %)UML
92 (3.846 %)Configuration Management
92 (3.846 %)Regression Testing
101 (1.923 %)Migration
Programming Languages
112 (23.08 %)Perl
23 (5.769 %)SQL
23 (5.769 %)Transact-SQL
23 (5.769 %)VB
23 (5.769 %)Python
23 (5.769 %)VB6
23 (5.769 %)C#
31 (1.923 %)C
Qualifications
114 (26.92 %)ISEB
210 (19.23 %)PMP
210 (19.23 %)PMI Certification
33 (5.769 %)ISTQB
33 (5.769 %)Degree
41 (1.923 %)ISEB Practitioner
41 (1.923 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (1.923 %)HNC
41 (1.923 %)HND
Vendors
19 (17.31 %)Sun
19 (17.31 %)HP
19 (17.31 %)VERITAS
24 (7.692 %)EMC
31 (1.923 %)Apple
31 (1.923 %)Sony
31 (1.923 %)Compuware
31 (1.923 %)IBM
31 (1.923 %)Microsoft
31 (1.923 %)Adobe
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