QA Jobs in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 79 34 80
Rank change year-on-year
-45 +46
Permanent jobs citing QA 158 330 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.033% 5.356% 3.076%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.71% 46.09% 31.81%
Number of salaries quoted 124 313 138
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
Search 33 QA jobs in Berkshire
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 483 716 503
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 9.271% 11.62% 9.671%
Number of salaries quoted 385 648 416
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £85,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
South East

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Reading -31 63 £49,250 +31.33%
Bracknell -36 21 £50,000 +25.00%
Newbury -21 20 £34,000 +4.61%
Slough -16 10 £44,250 +10.62%
Maidenhead +17 8 £40,000 +6.66%
Wokingham -2 4 £44,500 -15.23%
Hungerford 0 2 £41,750 +9.86%
QA
South East

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 81 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 77 (22.13%) .NET
3 76 (21.84%) Java
3 76 (21.84%) Agile Software Development
4 74 (21.26%) SQL
4 74 (21.26%) Windows
5 72 (20.69%) Degree
6 67 (19.25%) C#
7 60 (17.24%) SQL Server
8 52 (14.94%) JavaScript
9 50 (14.37%) ISEB
10 48 (13.79%) Finance
11 46 (13.22%) Scrum
12 45 (12.93%) MS Excel
13 43 (12.36%) HTML
13 43 (12.36%) Telecoms
14 41 (11.78%) Project Management
15 38 (10.92%) Computer Science
16 35 (10.06%) Oracle
16 35 (10.06%) UNIX
17 34 (9.770%) ASP.NET
18 33 (9.483%) SQL Server 2008
19 32 (9.195%) Test Scripting
19 32 (9.195%) Web Services
20 31 (8.908%) TCP/IP
20 31 (8.908%) TDD
21 30 (8.621%) Selenium
21 30 (8.621%) MS Office
22 29 (8.333%) ISTQB
23 28 (8.046%) Software Testing

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 77 (22.13%) .NET
2 43 (12.36%) HTML
3 34 (9.770%) ASP.NET
4 32 (9.195%) Web Services
5 26 (7.471%) J2EE
6 25 (7.184%) CSS
7 20 (5.747%) Hibernate
7 20 (5.747%) XML
8 19 (5.460%) Spring
9 13 (3.736%) jQuery
9 13 (3.736%) Silverlight
9 13 (3.736%) XHTML
10 12 (3.448%) HTML5
10 12 (3.448%) CGI
11 8 (2.299%) JDBC
11 8 (2.299%) COM
12 7 (2.011%) WebSphere
12 7 (2.011%) WCF
12 7 (2.011%) WinForms
12 7 (2.011%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 15 (4.310%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.299%) IIS
3 7 (2.011%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.724%) Apache
4 6 (1.724%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.149%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (1.149%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.862%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.862%) CMS
6 3 (0.862%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.287%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.287%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.287%) SAS
Applications
1 45 (12.93%) MS Excel
2 30 (8.621%) MS Office
3 5 (1.437%) MS Project
4 3 (0.862%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.862%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.575%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.575%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.724%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.575%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.287%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.287%) Taleo
3 1 (0.287%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.287%) SAP MDM
3 1 (0.287%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.908%) TCP/IP
2 18 (5.172%) NAS
3 16 (4.598%) IPv6
3 16 (4.598%) VLAN
4 13 (3.736%) UMTS
5 12 (3.448%) GSM
6 9 (2.586%) Internet
6 9 (2.586%) SAN
7 5 (1.437%) LTE
7 5 (1.437%) 3G
8 4 (1.149%) Junos
8 4 (1.149%) SNMP
8 4 (1.149%) DHCP
8 4 (1.149%) VPN
8 4 (1.149%) DNS
8 4 (1.149%) Broadband
8 4 (1.149%) Wireless
8 4 (1.149%) Network Security
9 3 (0.862%) FTP
9 3 (0.862%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 33 (9.483%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (6.034%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (1.724%) Big Data
4 6 (1.724%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.724%) Oracle BI EE
5 5 (1.437%) DB2
5 5 (1.437%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.437%) SAP Data Services
6 4 (1.149%) TOAD
7 3 (0.862%) MySQL
7 3 (0.862%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.575%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.575%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.575%) Oracle 9i
8 2 (0.575%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.287%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.287%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.287%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (8.621%) Selenium
2 26 (7.471%) Subversion
3 17 (4.885%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (2.874%) QuickTest Pro
5 9 (2.586%) Visual Studio
5 9 (2.586%) JUnit
6 7 (2.011%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (2.011%) Ant
7 6 (1.724%) QADirector
8 5 (1.437%) Maven
8 5 (1.437%) TestComplete
8 5 (1.437%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.437%) JProbe
8 5 (1.437%) JMeter
8 5 (1.437%) ClearCase
8 5 (1.437%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.149%) Rational Robot
10 3 (0.862%) NUnit
10 3 (0.862%) TestPartner
10 3 (0.862%) CruiseControl
General
1 48 (13.79%) Finance
2 43 (12.36%) Telecoms
3 17 (4.885%) Aerospace
4 9 (2.586%) Banking
5 6 (1.724%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (1.724%) Marketing
6 5 (1.437%) Retail
6 5 (1.437%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.437%) Electronics
7 4 (1.149%) Billing
8 2 (0.575%) Law
8 2 (0.575%) Military
8 2 (0.575%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.287%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.287%) Advertising
9 1 (0.287%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 77 (22.13%) Developer
2 56 (16.09%) Analyst
3 36 (10.34%) QA Engineer
4 32 (9.195%) Tester
5 31 (8.908%) Project Manager
6 28 (8.046%) QA Analyst
7 21 (6.034%) QA Tester
8 20 (5.747%) Senior Developer
9 19 (5.460%) Software Engineer
9 19 (5.460%) Java Developer
10 18 (5.172%) Test Analyst
11 15 (4.310%) Test Engineer
12 14 (4.023%) Consultant
12 14 (4.023%) Bid Manager
13 12 (3.448%) DBA
13 12 (3.448%) Senior QA Engineer
13 12 (3.448%) C# Developer
14 11 (3.161%) Senior Tester
14 11 (3.161%) Test Leader
14 11 (3.161%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.92%) Computer Science
2 28 (8.046%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (5.460%) Open Source
4 15 (4.310%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.736%) Mathematics
6 12 (3.448%) Statistics
6 12 (3.448%) SaaS
7 9 (2.586%) EPoS
8 8 (2.299%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 6 (1.724%) Clustering
10 5 (1.437%) iPhone
10 5 (1.437%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.149%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.149%) Handset
11 4 (1.149%) Smartphone
12 3 (0.862%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.862%) FMCG
12 3 (0.862%) BBC
12 3 (0.862%) Firmware
12 3 (0.862%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 74 (21.26%) Windows
2 35 (10.06%) UNIX
3 27 (7.759%) Linux
4 19 (5.460%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (3.736%) Windows Vista
6 12 (3.448%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.011%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.724%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.724%) Mac OS X
8 6 (1.724%) Android
9 3 (0.862%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.862%) Windows 2000
9 3 (0.862%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.287%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.287%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.287%) SUSE
10 1 (0.287%) VMS
10 1 (0.287%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (21.84%) Agile Software Development
2 46 (13.22%) Scrum
3 41 (11.78%) Project Management
4 32 (9.195%) Test Scripting
5 31 (8.908%) TDD
6 28 (8.046%) Software Testing
7 25 (7.184%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (6.609%) Automated Testing
9 22 (6.322%) Regression Testing
10 21 (6.034%) Test Automation
11 19 (5.460%) ITIL
12 18 (5.172%) Manual Testing
13 17 (4.885%) OO
14 16 (4.598%) OOP
15 15 (4.310%) Product Management
15 15 (4.310%) System Testing
16 14 (4.023%) Quality Management
16 14 (4.023%) Configuration Management
17 13 (3.736%) Software Engineering
17 13 (3.736%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 76 (21.84%) Java
2 74 (21.26%) SQL
3 67 (19.25%) C#
4 52 (14.94%) JavaScript
5 27 (7.759%) VB
6 23 (6.609%) C++
7 19 (5.460%) C
8 18 (5.172%) Python
9 13 (3.736%) PHP
10 9 (2.586%) VB6
10 9 (2.586%) Perl
11 7 (2.011%) VB.NET
12 6 (1.724%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.724%) Scala
12 6 (1.724%) Ruby
13 5 (1.437%) Objective-C
13 5 (1.437%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.437%) ABAP
13 5 (1.437%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.575%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 72 (20.69%) Degree
2 50 (14.37%) ISEB
3 29 (8.333%) ISTQB
4 20 (5.747%) Security Cleared
5 19 (5.460%) SC Cleared
6 11 (3.161%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.011%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.011%) CCNP
8 6 (1.724%) CCNA
9 5 (1.437%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.437%) PMP
9 5 (1.437%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.149%) CCSP
10 4 (1.149%) CCSA
10 4 (1.149%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.149%) JNCIS
11 3 (0.862%) CCSE
11 3 (0.862%) MCSE
11 3 (0.862%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.575%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.460%) SLA
2 5 (1.437%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.149%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.149%) COBIT
4 3 (0.862%) HMG Infosec
4 3 (0.862%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.862%) GxP
5 1 (0.287%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.287%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.287%) GAMP
System Software
1 22 (6.322%) NFS
2 10 (2.874%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.437%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.862%) vSphere
4 3 (0.862%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.575%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.287%) XenApp
6 1 (0.287%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.287%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 18 (5.172%) Legato
2 16 (4.598%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (1.149%) Nagios
4 3 (0.862%) Ganglia
4 3 (0.862%) Zenoss
5 1 (0.287%) Puppet
Vendors
1 81 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.06%) Oracle
3 25 (7.184%) HP
4 18 (5.172%) Veritas
5 14 (4.023%) VMware
6 13 (3.736%) SAP
7 9 (2.586%) Nokia
7 9 (2.586%) JBoss
8 7 (2.011%) Salesforce.com
8 7 (2.011%) Cisco
9 6 (1.724%) Citrix
9 6 (1.724%) Business Objects
10 5 (1.437%) Remedy
10 5 (1.437%) Hitachi
11 4 (1.149%) Juniper
11 4 (1.149%) Sun
11 4 (1.149%) IBM
11 4 (1.149%) Symantec
12 3 (0.862%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.862%) Red Hat
Technical Development Lead (C#, .Net) - £60k - Berkshire
Bracknell, Berkshire
C#, ASP.Net, SQL Server, Web Applications Bracknell, Berkshire £50k to £60k plus excellent benefits An exciting newly created opportunity to work with an award winning global organization...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bupa, Pension, 25 days holiday
Posted: 23 May 2013
Technical Development Lead - Java, C#, .Net
Bracknell, Berkshire
Technical Lead - Senior Developer (Java and .Net) C#, .Net, Java, JEE, SQL Bracknell, Berkshire £50k to £60k plus excellent benefits An exciting newly created opportunity to work with...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
QA Engineer - 40000 - Winnersh
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
Test Analyst
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Analyst your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Proven track record of testing complex user interfaces Thorough experience and understanding of structured test methods and...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Senior QA Tester
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium, QTP, TestComplete) Experience of working within an Agile environment... Strong SQL knowledge and experience (Postgresql an advantage) Experience of Server OS (Linux, Windows Server, Suse and Ubuntu)...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Analyst (HP QC or QTP)
Berkshire, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 1 May 2013
Business Analyst, Implementation Analyst
Berkshire
Roc Search, Business Analyst, Implementation analyst, Life and Pensions, Permanent, Bracknell, Berkshire, Data Mapping, Interface requirements, developing, project documents, data mapping specifications, pension calculation specifications, interface specifications excel,...
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
QA Engineer + need C#
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
Technical Consultant Java/J2EE/SQL - (Design Optimisation Team) - RG
Reading, Berkshire
7+ years of professional related experience in Java/J2EE/SQL - Extensive experience in database design and concepts, strong SQL/PL- SQL skills - Experience designing/implementing high performance SQL...
JPS Selection
Salary: From £50,000 to £80,000 per annum + Stock Options + Company Pension +
Posted: 22 May 2013
Perl Product Developer - Test/QA, Open Source, Perl, Browser
Reading, Berkshire
Perl product developer - Open Source, Perl, Browser, SQL, JavaScript, C, JSON, HTML, Subversion/GIT required for a permanent position based in Reading... Other experience that would be desirable...
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Automated Test Analyst (QTP)
Berkshire
As part of the Product delivery team they are looking for a QA Analyst with experience of Quality Center (QTP) to introduce this product into the business... You...
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £37,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits incl. private
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Automation Analyst - stock control/warehouse/distribution software
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Analyst - QTP Automation Testing Specialist - QTP Tester
Hungerford, Berkshire, South East
With through on-going training and career management, the Company offers opportunities for individual growth and development.Responsibilities: To develop and maintain automated test scripts in HP QTP...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £37,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Java Developer (Mobile Applications)
Slough, Berkshire
Our technology stack includes:SQL Server, SQL/TSQL, iBatis, Java, Servlets, .Net, XML, XSLT, Javascript, ExtJS, JQuery, HTML5/CSS3, Web Services, Native, iOS and Android... Experience in C#,...
Concur Technologies
Posted: 13 May 2013
Graduate Software Developer
Berkshire
Oracle. Visual Basic. SQL... This is a fantastic opportunity for a Computer Science Graduate to begin their career in software development. You will be joining a highly skilled...
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,500 per annum plus bonus + excellent bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reddot/OpenText Developer
Reading, Berkshire
For my client, an international digital media organisation I am currently looking for a Reddot/Opentext Developer... Quality assurance and documentation throughout the entire project... Experience with technologies...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
Reddot/OpenText Developer
Reading, Thames Valley
For my client, an international digital media organisation I am currently looking for a Reddot/Opentext Developer. As part of the OTMS (RedDot) team you will be working...
RSG-PLC
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Tester/Senior Tester- Mobile apps
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
E-Resourcing is recruiting for an experienced Tester to join our clients expanding development team.This is a green-field opportunity to create a new QA function to...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technical Author - Software
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
The role "may" involve travel within the UK and overseas, a valid driving licence is essential.Technical Author - QA Main Accountabilities: - To develop and maintain product help files...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35k+bonus +VG benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Technical Author - QA Dept
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
The role "may" involve travel within the UK and overseas, a valid driving licence is essential.Technical Author - QA Main Accountabilities: - To develop and maintain product help files...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Technical Author - QA
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
The role "may" involve travel within the UK and overseas, a valid driving licence is essential.Technical Author - QA Main Accountabilities: - To develop and maintain product help files...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Test Manager
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Extensive track record within testing & quality assurance including more recent experience of Test Management on large integration...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Test Lead
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Lead your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Strong track record within testing and quality assurance Excellent knowledge of testing methodologies, industry standards, and tools.....
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
SalesForce Developer / VisualForce Developer /CRM
Slough, Thames Valley
My client is a leading business in I.T. Systems and services based in the UK within government and public sectors. More positions within the company have become...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
SalesForce Developer / VisualForce Developer /CRM
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Systems and services based in the UK within government and public sectors. More positions within the company have become available due to promotion and growth. This company enables...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
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