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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 20 24 27
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Permanent jobs citing QA 8 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromley 6.015% 2.000% 1.739%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 61.54% 7.407% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 2
Average salary £66,250 £72,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.62% +38.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £68,500 £34,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £76,500 £70,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bromley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
13 27 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromley 9.774% 27.00% 3.478%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 4
Average salary £70,000 £35,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -41.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £25,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £67,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
London

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bromley QA Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Bromley QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

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

Bromley QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromley 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 (81.82%) Java
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Scrum
2 7 (63.64%) Fixed Income
2 7 (63.64%) Equities
2 7 (63.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (63.64%) C#
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Investment Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Derivative
3 5 (45.45%) C
4 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
4 4 (36.36%) Performance Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Stress Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Test Management
5 3 (27.27%) soapUI
5 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
5 3 (27.27%) SOA
5 3 (27.27%) CA
5 3 (27.27%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (27.27%) VBScript
6 2 (18.18%) PMP
6 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
6 2 (18.18%) Project Management
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
7 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Java EE
7 1 (9.091%) System Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Test Automation

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromley 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 3 (27.27%) soapUI
2 1 (9.091%) Java EE
2 1 (9.091%) HTML
2 1 (9.091%) J2EE
2 1 (9.091%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
2 3 (27.27%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (9.091%) Eclipse
3 1 (9.091%) ClearCase
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Test Manager
1 4 (36.36%) Performance Test Manager
1 4 (36.36%) Performance Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
3 1 (9.091%) J2EE Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Fixed Income
1 7 (63.64%) Equities
1 7 (63.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (63.64%) Derivative
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) zOS
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Scrum
2 4 (36.36%) Performance Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Stress Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Test Management
3 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
3 3 (27.27%) SOA
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
5 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) System Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
5 1 (9.091%) UML
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) Java
2 7 (63.64%) C#
3 5 (45.45%) C
4 3 (27.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PMP
1 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) CA
2 1 (9.091%) Thunderhead