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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 3 10 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bury 14.29% 4.762% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £25,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bury 14.29% 4.762% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £25,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.27%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Manchester

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bury 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 Bury region.

Bury QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bury 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 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bury 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.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree