The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 201 149 182
Rank change year-on-year
-52 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 15 70 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.290% 1.141% 0.436%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.309% 1.208% 0.462%
Number of salaries quoted 14 68 18
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +0.74%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £31,750
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £41,200 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4862 5796 4977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.44% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3861 4940 4138
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
South East

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire QA Engineer Salary Trend

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 Berkshire 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
Newbury -18 4 £32,500 -4.41%
Bracknell -19 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £42,500 -
Slough - 1 £37,500 -
QA Engineer
South East

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 36 (100.00%) QA
2 31 (86.11%) Windows
3 29 (80.56%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (47.22%) UNIX
4 17 (47.22%) NFS
4 17 (47.22%) TCP/IP
5 16 (44.44%) IPv6
5 16 (44.44%) Veritas
5 16 (44.44%) Legato
5 16 (44.44%) VLAN
5 16 (44.44%) Degree
6 15 (41.67%) Telecoms
7 13 (36.11%) ISEB
7 13 (36.11%) ISTQB
8 12 (33.33%) Scrum
9 11 (30.56%) Regression Testing
9 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
9 11 (30.56%) GSM
9 11 (30.56%) UMTS
10 9 (25.00%) Nokia
10 9 (25.00%) Test Scripting
10 9 (25.00%) Manual Testing
10 9 (25.00%) NAS
11 8 (22.22%) HP
11 8 (22.22%) Product Management
11 8 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
11 8 (22.22%) Performance Testing
11 8 (22.22%) System Testing
11 8 (22.22%) Computer Science
12 7 (19.44%) Team Foundation Server

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 1 (2.778%) WPF
1 1 (2.778%) WinForms
1 1 (2.778%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.778%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (47.22%) TCP/IP
2 16 (44.44%) IPv6
2 16 (44.44%) VLAN
3 11 (30.56%) GSM
3 11 (30.56%) UMTS
4 9 (25.00%) NAS
5 1 (2.778%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (2.778%) LDAP
5 1 (2.778%) CHAP
Development Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (5.556%) Selenium
3 1 (2.778%) TestComplete
General
1 15 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.778%) Electronics
2 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 4 (11.11%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 31 (86.11%) Windows
2 17 (47.22%) UNIX
3 4 (11.11%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.778%) Linux
4 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (80.56%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (33.33%) Scrum
3 11 (30.56%) Regression Testing
4 9 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 9 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 8 (22.22%) Product Management
5 8 (22.22%) Performance Testing
5 8 (22.22%) System Testing
6 3 (8.333%) Automation Testing
7 1 (2.778%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.778%) QMS
7 1 (2.778%) Document Management
7 1 (2.778%) Automated Testing
7 1 (2.778%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.778%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.556%) Java
2 1 (2.778%) SQL
2 1 (2.778%) Python
2 1 (2.778%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) Degree
2 13 (36.11%) ISEB
2 13 (36.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (2.778%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.778%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (47.22%) NFS
Systems Management
1 16 (44.44%) Legato
2 8 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Veritas
2 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
3 9 (25.00%) Nokia
4 8 (22.22%) HP
5 4 (11.11%) Hitachi
Reading, Berkshire
Responsible for test automation within QA . Create, execute and maintain automated test scripts . Implement automation tests using Selenium Webdriver . Implement automation service tests using SoapU or JMeter . Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
Enterprise Software solutions company are looking for a talented and experienced QA Engineer with strong Automation experience and solid Java development skills and background... You will have a...
Arden Resourcing Limited
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading digital broadcast organisation, near Bracknell, as a Validation Engineer. You will be fully responsible for the validation activities within...
set2recruit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013