The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 84 83 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 11 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.010% 0.206% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.068% 0.214% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 0
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1030 933 808
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.58% 95.99% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 915 788 764
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
East of England

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedfordshire QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -2 6 £30,000 -
Luton - 1 £28,500 -
QA Engineer
East of England

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (85.71%) MS Excel
3 9 (64.29%) System Testing
4 7 (50.00%) ISEB
4 7 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (50.00%) ISTQB
5 6 (42.86%) Degree
6 5 (35.71%) VLAN
6 5 (35.71%) IPv6
6 5 (35.71%) Electronics
6 5 (35.71%) NFS
6 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
6 5 (35.71%) UNIX
6 5 (35.71%) Windows
6 5 (35.71%) Linux
6 5 (35.71%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
7 4 (28.57%) Automation Testing
7 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
7 4 (28.57%) TestComplete
7 4 (28.57%) Wiki
7 4 (28.57%) XML
7 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
7 4 (28.57%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (28.57%) Automated Testing
7 4 (28.57%) JIRA
8 3 (21.43%) Regression Testing
8 3 (21.43%) .NET

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (28.57%) XML
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
Applications
1 12 (85.71%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) VLAN
1 5 (35.71%) IPv6
1 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 4 (28.57%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
1 4 (28.57%) TestComplete
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
2 3 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
4 1 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (7.143%) LoadRunner
4 1 (7.143%) Cucumber
4 1 (7.143%) WebDriver
4 1 (7.143%) Selenium
General
1 5 (35.71%) Electronics
2 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (28.57%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) UNIX
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (64.29%) System Testing
3 7 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
5 4 (28.57%) Automation Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Automated Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Regression Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Software Architecture
7 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
7 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
7 1 (7.143%) Lean Six Sigma
7 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C
1 1 (7.143%) C#
1 1 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) ISEB
1 7 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) NFS
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft