The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 62 35 46
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +11
Permanent jobs citing QA 31 47 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.886% 4.932% 3.132%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.14% 44.34% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 27 39 27
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £75,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
140 106 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 13.04% 11.12% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 122 89 102
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,450 £25,100
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £47,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
East of England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bedfordshire QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Luton -20 8 £37,500 -6.25%
Bedford -8 6 £30,000 -7.69%
Dunstable - 3 £27,000 -
QA
East of England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 27 (31.76%) .NET
2 26 (30.59%) SQL Server
2 26 (30.59%) Microsoft
3 23 (27.06%) Windows
3 23 (27.06%) Agile Software Development
4 22 (25.88%) Web Services
5 21 (24.71%) SQL
6 20 (23.53%) C#
7 18 (21.18%) SQL Server 2005
7 18 (21.18%) SQL Server 2008
8 17 (20.00%) Internet
9 16 (18.82%) ISEB
9 16 (18.82%) System Testing
10 15 (17.65%) ISTQB
10 15 (17.65%) XML
10 15 (17.65%) Scrum
11 14 (16.47%) Test Scripting
12 13 (15.29%) Degree
12 13 (15.29%) MS Excel
12 13 (15.29%) ETL
12 13 (15.29%) Project Management
13 12 (14.12%) Selenium
14 11 (12.94%) .NET Framework
14 11 (12.94%) Software Testing
14 11 (12.94%) Web Testing
14 11 (12.94%) Waterfall
14 11 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (12.94%) Visual Studio
15 10 (11.76%) E-Commerce
15 10 (11.76%) HP

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 27 (31.76%) .NET
2 22 (25.88%) Web Services
3 15 (17.65%) XML
4 11 (12.94%) .NET Framework
5 6 (7.059%) ASP.NET
6 4 (4.706%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (2.353%) HTML
8 1 (1.176%) CSS
8 1 (1.176%) JSP
8 1 (1.176%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 9 (10.59%) Exstream Dialogue
2 1 (1.176%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (1.176%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.176%) Lync
2 1 (1.176%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.176%) ColdFusion
2 1 (1.176%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 13 (15.29%) MS Excel
2 9 (10.59%) PrintSoft PReS
2 9 (10.59%) DOC1
3 1 (1.176%) Fireworks
3 1 (1.176%) MS Project
3 1 (1.176%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.176%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (10.59%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.00%) Internet
2 5 (5.882%) VLAN
2 5 (5.882%) TCP/IP
2 5 (5.882%) IPv6
3 1 (1.176%) NAS
3 1 (1.176%) iSCSI
3 1 (1.176%) Network Security
3 1 (1.176%) DNS
3 1 (1.176%) DHCP
3 1 (1.176%) HTTP
3 1 (1.176%) SAN
3 1 (1.176%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (30.59%) SQL Server
2 18 (21.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 18 (21.18%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (10.59%) RDBMS
5 8 (9.412%) MySQL
6 5 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (5.882%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (14.12%) Selenium
2 11 (12.94%) Visual Studio
3 5 (5.882%) Visual Studio Team System
3 5 (5.882%) FogBugz
3 5 (5.882%) Bugzilla
4 4 (4.706%) JIRA
4 4 (4.706%) TestComplete
5 3 (3.529%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (3.529%) QADirector
6 2 (2.353%) WebDriver
6 2 (2.353%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.176%) WATIR
7 1 (1.176%) Jasmine
7 1 (1.176%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (1.176%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.176%) NUnit
General
1 6 (7.059%) Electronics
1 6 (7.059%) Finance
2 2 (2.353%) Law
3 1 (1.176%) Turkish Language
3 1 (1.176%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.176%) Advertising
3 1 (1.176%) Retail
3 1 (1.176%) Games
Job Titles
1 32 (37.65%) Analyst
2 21 (24.71%) Test Analyst
3 14 (16.47%) QA Engineer
4 13 (15.29%) Test Engineer
5 12 (14.12%) QA Analyst
6 10 (11.76%) Developer
6 10 (11.76%) Test Manager
7 8 (9.412%) C# Developer
7 8 (9.412%) Development Manager
7 8 (9.412%) C# .NET Developer
8 6 (7.059%) .NET Developer
8 6 (7.059%) Tester
9 5 (5.882%) Hardware Test Engineer
9 5 (5.882%) Hardware Engineer
10 4 (4.706%) QA Tester
10 4 (4.706%) Developer Analyst
10 4 (4.706%) .NET Programmer
10 4 (4.706%) C# Analyst Programmer
10 4 (4.706%) Analyst Programmer
10 4 (4.706%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.059%) Client/Server
2 5 (5.882%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 5 (5.882%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.706%) Wiki
4 2 (2.353%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.353%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.176%) Open Source
5 1 (1.176%) iPad
5 1 (1.176%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 23 (27.06%) Windows
2 6 (7.059%) Linux
3 5 (5.882%) UNIX
4 4 (4.706%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (4.706%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (4.706%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.176%) Android
5 1 (1.176%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.06%) Agile Software Development
2 16 (18.82%) System Testing
3 15 (17.65%) Scrum
4 14 (16.47%) Test Scripting
5 13 (15.29%) ETL
5 13 (15.29%) Project Management
6 11 (12.94%) Software Testing
6 11 (12.94%) Web Testing
6 11 (12.94%) Waterfall
6 11 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (11.76%) E-Commerce
7 10 (11.76%) BDD
8 8 (9.412%) TDD
8 8 (9.412%) Service Delivery
8 8 (9.412%) Change Management
8 8 (9.412%) Test Automation
9 7 (8.235%) Web Development
9 7 (8.235%) Automated Testing
10 6 (7.059%) Risk Analysis
11 4 (4.706%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (24.71%) SQL
2 20 (23.53%) C#
3 5 (5.882%) Java
4 2 (2.353%) Python
4 2 (2.353%) C
4 2 (2.353%) Ruby
5 1 (1.176%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.176%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (18.82%) ISEB
2 15 (17.65%) ISTQB
3 13 (15.29%) Degree
4 2 (2.353%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.353%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.353%) CCNP
4 2 (2.353%) CCNA
4 2 (2.353%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (2.353%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (1.176%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.176%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.176%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.176%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.176%) MCITP
5 1 (1.176%) MCTS
5 1 (1.176%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.176%) MCSE
5 1 (1.176%) MCSA
5 1 (1.176%) MCP
5 1 (1.176%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.529%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.176%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (7.059%) NFS
2 4 (4.706%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.706%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.706%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.706%) XenServer
3 1 (1.176%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.176%) XenApp
3 1 (1.176%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (4.706%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.76%) HP
3 9 (10.59%) XMPie
3 9 (10.59%) Oracle
4 4 (4.706%) VMware
4 4 (4.706%) LANDesk
5 1 (1.176%) VocaLink
5 1 (1.176%) EMC
5 1 (1.176%) Citrix
5 1 (1.176%) CommVault
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