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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 11 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing QA 9 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Borehamwood 11.69% - 5.556%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 90.00% - 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 2
Average salary £32,500 - £24,000
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 - £23,200
10% offered a salary of more than £36,500 - £24,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Borehamwood
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Borehamwood 12.99% - 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 3
Average salary £32,500 - £25,000
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 - £23,400
10% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £29,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Hertfordshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Borehamwood 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 Borehamwood region.

Borehamwood QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Borehamwood QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Borehamwood 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 9 (69.23%) Java
2 8 (61.54%) C
2 8 (61.54%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) C++
2 8 (61.54%) LabVIEW
3 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
3 6 (46.15%) C#
4 5 (38.46%) Finance
4 5 (38.46%) Web Services
4 5 (38.46%) XML
5 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (23.08%) Scrum
6 3 (23.08%) Spring
6 3 (23.08%) Maven
6 3 (23.08%) Ajax
6 3 (23.08%) XSLT
6 3 (23.08%) Advertising
6 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
6 3 (23.08%) JUnit
6 3 (23.08%) Salesforce.com
6 3 (23.08%) jQuery
6 3 (23.08%) Apex Code
6 3 (23.08%) REST
7 2 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (15.38%) Test Management
7 2 (15.38%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
7 2 (15.38%) TIBCO
7 2 (15.38%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (15.38%) Project Management

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Borehamwood 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 5 (38.46%) Web Services
1 5 (38.46%) XML
2 3 (23.08%) Spring
2 3 (23.08%) Ajax
2 3 (23.08%) XSLT
2 3 (23.08%) jQuery
2 3 (23.08%) REST
3 2 (15.38%) JMS
3 2 (15.38%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
1 2 (15.38%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) LabVIEW
2 3 (23.08%) Maven
2 3 (23.08%) JUnit
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) QA Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Test Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Tester
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Test Management
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) SOA
3 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Java
2 8 (61.54%) C
2 8 (61.54%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) C++
3 6 (46.15%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 3 (23.08%) Apex Code
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (15.38%) TIBCO
2 2 (15.38%) IBM
2 2 (15.38%) SAP