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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Bournemouth region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5249
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads629
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.012 %
As % of the category below31.58 %72.50 %
Salaries quoted526
Average minimum salary£26,000£36,808
Average salary£28,700£40,769
% change on same period last year-29.60 %
Average maximum salary£31,400£44,731
UK excluding London average salary£37,338£37,279
% change on same period last year+0.15 %
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Bournemouth
Matching permanent IT job ads1940
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.016 %
Salaries quoted1536
Average minimum salary£31,133£33,833
Average salary£34,533£38,236
% change on same period last year-9.68 %
Average maximum salary£37,933£42,639
UK excluding London average salary£39,355£39,963
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
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QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Bournemouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bournemouth QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Bournemouth region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Bournemouth QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bournemouth 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.

122 (68.75 %)Banking
221 (65.63 %)Test Management
318 (56.25 %)Finance
46 (18.75 %)Wealth Management
46 (18.75 %)Windows SharePoint Services
46 (18.75 %)Investment Banking
46 (18.75 %)Oracle
46 (18.75 %)ASP
55 (15.63 %)JSP
55 (15.63 %)Solaris
55 (15.63 %)HTML
55 (15.63 %)Government
64 (12.50 %)Validation
64 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (12.50 %)WebSphere
64 (12.50 %)Software Testing
64 (12.50 %)Java
64 (12.50 %)SQL Server
64 (12.50 %)VB
64 (12.50 %)Linux
64 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
64 (12.50 %)XML
64 (12.50 %)Tomcat
64 (12.50 %)N-Tier
64 (12.50 %)HTTP
64 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
64 (12.50 %)SNA
64 (12.50 %)Windows
64 (12.50 %)AIX
64 (12.50 %)JBoss

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bournemouth 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.

Bournemouth IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (18.75 %)ASP
16 (18.75 %)Windows SharePoint Services
25 (15.63 %)JSP
25 (15.63 %)HTML
34 (12.50 %)XML
34 (12.50 %)WebSphere
42 (6.250 %).NET Framework
42 (6.250 %).NET
51 (3.125 %)CSS
51 (3.125 %)AJAX
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (12.50 %)JBoss
14 (12.50 %)Tomcat
21 (3.125 %)Apache
Bournemouth IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.125 %)Photoshop
11 (3.125 %)Fireworks
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (12.50 %)HTTP
14 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
14 (12.50 %)SNA
21 (3.125 %)Internet
21 (3.125 %)SSH
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (12.50 %)SQL Server
14 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (3.125 %)RDBMS
21 (3.125 %)Oracle 10g
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (9.375 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (3.125 %)Oracle APEX
Bournemouth IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (68.75 %)Banking
218 (56.25 %)Finance
36 (18.75 %)Investment Banking
45 (15.63 %)Government
52 (6.250 %)Retail
61 (3.125 %)Insurance
61 (3.125 %)Graphic Design
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (46.88 %)Analyst
214 (43.75 %)QA Analyst
313 (40.63 %)Quality Analyst
45 (15.63 %)Tester
54 (12.50 %)Quality Manager
54 (12.50 %)QA Manager
62 (6.250 %)Test Engineer
62 (6.250 %)Software Engineer
62 (6.250 %)Developer
62 (6.250 %)Software Test Engineer
62 (6.250 %)QA Tester
71 (3.125 %)Applications Tester
71 (3.125 %)Test Manager
71 (3.125 %)Web Developer
71 (3.125 %)Analyst Developer
Bournemouth IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (12.50 %)N-Tier
23 (9.375 %)Mainframe
23 (9.375 %)Management Information System
31 (3.125 %)Replication
31 (3.125 %)Credit Risk
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (15.63 %)Solaris
24 (12.50 %)Linux
24 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
24 (12.50 %)Windows
24 (12.50 %)AIX
31 (3.125 %)UNIX
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (65.63 %)Test Management
26 (18.75 %)Wealth Management
34 (12.50 %)Validation
34 (12.50 %)Software Testing
43 (9.375 %)Automated Testing
43 (9.375 %)RAD
43 (9.375 %)RUP
52 (6.250 %)Regression Testing
61 (3.125 %)SEO
61 (3.125 %)Workflow
61 (3.125 %)Configuration Management
61 (3.125 %)OO
61 (3.125 %)Test Scripting
61 (3.125 %)Manual Testing
Bournemouth IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (12.50 %)Java
14 (12.50 %)VB
23 (9.375 %)SQL
23 (9.375 %)JavaScript
31 (3.125 %)PHP
31 (3.125 %)PL/SQL
31 (3.125 %)PHP5
31 (3.125 %)PHP4
Bournemouth IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.125 %)ISEB
Bournemouth IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.125 %)AquaLogic
Bournemouth IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (18.75 %)Oracle
21 (3.125 %)Microsoft
21 (3.125 %)Sun
21 (3.125 %)HP
21 (3.125 %)BEA
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