The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 107 105 119
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 16 18 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.882% 0.896% 0.233%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.926% 0.930% 0.246%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 3
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1936 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.21% 96.32% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1644 1847
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
Cambridgeshire

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 51 (100.00%) QA
2 46 (90.20%) Software Testing
3 39 (76.47%) Degree
4 22 (43.14%) Postgraduate
5 19 (37.25%) ISEB
6 18 (35.29%) C#
6 18 (35.29%) ISTQB
7 14 (27.45%) HTML
7 14 (27.45%) JavaScript
7 14 (27.45%) CSS
8 13 (25.49%) Java
8 13 (25.49%) C++
9 12 (23.53%) C
9 12 (23.53%) Performance Testing
9 12 (23.53%) User Stories
10 11 (21.57%) Games
11 10 (19.61%) Web Services
12 9 (17.65%) Grid Computing
12 9 (17.65%) Natural Language Processing
12 9 (17.65%) Chemistry
12 9 (17.65%) Life Science
12 9 (17.65%) Text Mining
13 8 (15.69%) Linux
14 7 (13.73%) Windows
14 7 (13.73%) Photoshop
14 7 (13.73%) Adobe Illustrator
14 7 (13.73%) Agile Software Development
14 7 (13.73%) Selenium
14 7 (13.73%) Adobe
15 6 (11.76%) NUnit

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (27.45%) HTML
1 14 (27.45%) CSS
2 10 (19.61%) Web Services
3 9 (17.65%) Natural Language Processing
4 6 (11.76%) .NET
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Photoshop
1 7 (13.73%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (11.76%) MS Office
3 3 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.843%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.65%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Selenium
2 6 (11.76%) NUnit
3 5 (9.804%) TestComplete
4 4 (7.843%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 11 (21.57%) Games
2 1 (1.961%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.961%) Finance
2 1 (1.961%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Grid Computing
1 9 (17.65%) Chemistry
1 9 (17.65%) Life Science
2 1 (1.961%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.961%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.69%) Linux
2 7 (13.73%) Windows
3 5 (9.804%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (90.20%) Software Testing
2 12 (23.53%) Performance Testing
2 12 (23.53%) User Stories
3 7 (13.73%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (7.843%) Test Scripting
4 4 (7.843%) Multithreading
4 4 (7.843%) Project Management
5 3 (5.882%) Manual Testing
6 2 (3.922%) Web Usability
6 2 (3.922%) Automation Testing
6 2 (3.922%) Web Testing
7 1 (1.961%) Scrum
7 1 (1.961%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.961%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (35.29%) C#
2 14 (27.45%) JavaScript
3 13 (25.49%) Java
3 13 (25.49%) C++
4 12 (23.53%) C
5 4 (7.843%) VB
6 2 (3.922%) VB.NET
6 2 (3.922%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (76.47%) Degree
2 22 (43.14%) Postgraduate
3 19 (37.25%) ISEB
4 18 (35.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Adobe
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
Cambridge, East Anglia
Quality Assurance Engineer £35-45k, Cambridge One of our largest clients are looking for a QA Engineer to join their development team which works on making the development...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
QA Engineer - Software QA, Linux, IP, Wi-Fi, Mobile. A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Software QA professional with mobile software knowledge to get involved in technical Android...
Anderson Lamb
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum plus benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You must have experience with Linux, Mac OS X and/or Windows as well as having a basic understanding of programming and familiarity with scripting languages (such as...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + Share Units
Posted: 23 May 2013