The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 27 32 10
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -22
Permanent jobs citing QA 16 6 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 6.584% 3.077% 14.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 59.26% 28.57% 75.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 20
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £36,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £36,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
27 21 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 11.11% 10.77% 19.58%
Number of salaries quoted 24 6 20
Average salary £31,000 £14,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+117.54% -59.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £14,144 £14,250 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,500 £25,375
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
County Antrim

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Belfast QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 28 (48.28%) Java
2 23 (39.66%) UNIX
3 17 (29.31%) Linux
3 17 (29.31%) SQL
4 13 (22.41%) Tomcat
5 12 (20.69%) Games
5 12 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (18.97%) Derivative
6 11 (18.97%) Finance
6 11 (18.97%) WebLogic
7 10 (17.24%) Selenium
7 10 (17.24%) Electronic Trading
8 9 (15.52%) Integration Testing
8 9 (15.52%) C
8 9 (15.52%) OO
9 6 (10.34%) JavaScript
9 6 (10.34%) Oracle
9 6 (10.34%) Unit Testing
9 6 (10.34%) Software Testing
9 6 (10.34%) Degree
9 6 (10.34%) HTML5
10 5 (8.621%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (8.621%) jQuery
10 5 (8.621%) CSS
10 5 (8.621%) E-business
10 5 (8.621%) ERP
11 4 (6.897%) .NET
11 4 (6.897%) Perl
11 4 (6.897%) Dutch Language
11 4 (6.897%) Norwegian Language

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 6 (10.34%) HTML5
2 5 (8.621%) jQuery
2 5 (8.621%) CSS
3 4 (6.897%) .NET
4 3 (5.172%) HTML
4 3 (5.172%) XML
5 2 (3.448%) CSS3
5 2 (3.448%) KnockoutJS
5 2 (3.448%) Middleware
5 2 (3.448%) Ajax
5 2 (3.448%) JSON
5 2 (3.448%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.724%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (1.724%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.724%) WPF
6 1 (1.724%) WF
6 1 (1.724%) Silverlight
6 1 (1.724%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.724%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 13 (22.41%) Tomcat
2 11 (18.97%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.448%) Apache
4 1 (1.724%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.724%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.724%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.724%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.724%) Oracle ASCP
2 1 (1.724%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.448%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.448%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.448%) DB2
1 2 (3.448%) OLAP
2 1 (1.724%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Selenium
2 2 (3.448%) Gradle
3 1 (1.724%) WATIR
3 1 (1.724%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.724%) ClearQuest
3 1 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (20.69%) Games
2 11 (18.97%) Finance
3 4 (6.897%) Dutch Language
3 4 (6.897%) Norwegian Language
4 3 (5.172%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.448%) Banking
6 1 (1.724%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.724%) Advertising
6 1 (1.724%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Tester
2 11 (18.97%) Applications Support
3 10 (17.24%) Automated Tester
4 8 (13.79%) Technical Support
5 7 (12.07%) Developer
6 4 (6.897%) Consultant
6 4 (6.897%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (5.172%) QA Tester
7 3 (5.172%) Junior Tester
7 3 (5.172%) Software Tester
7 3 (5.172%) Analyst
7 3 (5.172%) Junior
8 2 (3.448%) Java Engineer
8 2 (3.448%) Junior Software Tester
8 2 (3.448%) Architect
8 2 (3.448%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.448%) Web Developer
8 2 (3.448%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.448%) COBOL Developer
8 2 (3.448%) Mainframe Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Derivative
2 3 (5.172%) Open Source
3 2 (3.448%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.448%) RIA
3 2 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.448%) Life Science
4 1 (1.724%) Equities
4 1 (1.724%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.724%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.724%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (39.66%) UNIX
2 17 (29.31%) Linux
3 3 (5.172%) Windows
3 3 (5.172%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (17.24%) Electronic Trading
3 9 (15.52%) Integration Testing
3 9 (15.52%) OO
4 6 (10.34%) Unit Testing
4 6 (10.34%) Software Testing
5 5 (8.621%) E-business
5 5 (8.621%) ERP
6 3 (5.172%) Change Management
6 3 (5.172%) Test Management
7 2 (3.448%) Responsive Web Design
7 2 (3.448%) Automation Testing
7 2 (3.448%) E-Commerce
7 2 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (3.448%) Project Management
7 2 (3.448%) ITIL
7 2 (3.448%) Risk Management
7 2 (3.448%) Web Design
8 1 (1.724%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (1.724%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 28 (48.28%) Java
2 17 (29.31%) SQL
3 9 (15.52%) C
4 6 (10.34%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.897%) Perl
5 4 (6.897%) Ruby
6 2 (3.448%) Groovy
6 2 (3.448%) JCL
6 2 (3.448%) C#
6 2 (3.448%) C++
6 2 (3.448%) COBOL
7 1 (1.724%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.724%) Python
7 1 (1.724%) XAML
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (1.724%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.448%) YUM
2 1 (1.724%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Oracle
2 3 (5.172%) JBoss
3 2 (3.448%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.448%) VMware
4 1 (1.724%) IBM
4 1 (1.724%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.724%) BEA
4 1 (1.724%) UC4