QA Jobs in Cambridgeshire
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 37 44 60
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +16
Permanent jobs citing QA 176 149 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 6.687% 5.190% 3.756%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 58.67% 66.22% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 165 123 90
Average salary £37,500 £40,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.97% +1.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 300 225 184
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 11.40% 7.837% 6.170%
Number of salaries quoted 250 183 144
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
East of England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +5 103 £37,500 -6.25%
Peterborough +19 37 £47,500 -34.48%
Huntingdon +8 7 £37,500 -42.30%
QA
East of England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 180 (48.52%) Software Testing
2 119 (32.08%) Selenium
3 114 (30.73%) Automated Testing
4 113 (30.46%) Degree
5 99 (26.68%) ISEB
6 94 (25.34%) Test Scripting
7 93 (25.07%) SQL
8 84 (22.64%) ISTQB
8 84 (22.64%) Agile Software Development
9 80 (21.56%) Python
10 77 (20.75%) Perl
11 75 (20.22%) UNIX
12 74 (19.95%) Windows
13 73 (19.68%) C#
14 72 (19.41%) HTML
15 71 (19.14%) Linux
16 65 (17.52%) Web Testing
17 53 (14.29%) TDD
17 53 (14.29%) Computer Science
17 53 (14.29%) Microsoft
18 49 (13.21%) Java
19 48 (12.94%) Security Testing
20 45 (12.13%) JavaScript
21 41 (11.05%) SQL Server
21 41 (11.05%) CSS
21 41 (11.05%) Manual Testing
22 39 (10.51%) Test Automation
22 39 (10.51%) Ruby
23 38 (10.24%) Finance
23 38 (10.24%) .NET

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 72 (19.41%) HTML
2 41 (11.05%) CSS
3 38 (10.24%) .NET
4 32 (8.625%) XML
5 12 (3.235%) ASP
6 11 (2.965%) Web Services
7 10 (2.695%) CGI
8 9 (2.426%) jQuery
8 9 (2.426%) Natural Language Processing
9 8 (2.156%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.078%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 4 (1.078%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.809%) J2EE
11 3 (0.809%) COM
11 3 (0.809%) HTML5
11 3 (0.809%) Spring
11 3 (0.809%) Ajax
12 2 (0.539%) Java EE
12 2 (0.539%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.539%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 14 (3.774%) Tomcat
2 12 (3.235%) Apache
3 6 (1.617%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.617%) IIS
4 3 (0.809%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (0.809%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.539%) CMS
6 1 (0.270%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (6.469%) MS Excel
2 14 (3.774%) Photoshop
3 12 (3.235%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (2.156%) MS Office
5 3 (0.809%) MS Project
5 3 (0.809%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.809%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.539%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.617%) Internet
2 5 (1.348%) RIP
3 2 (0.539%) Firewall
4 1 (0.270%) LAN
4 1 (0.270%) VoIP
4 1 (0.270%) WAN
4 1 (0.270%) SNMP
4 1 (0.270%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.270%) IPv6
4 1 (0.270%) SAN
4 1 (0.270%) Wireless
4 1 (0.270%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.270%) VLAN
4 1 (0.270%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.270%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.121%) MySQL
3 14 (3.774%) DB2
4 9 (2.426%) Text Mining
5 4 (1.078%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.078%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.078%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.539%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.539%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 119 (32.08%) Selenium
2 37 (9.973%) WATIR
2 37 (9.973%) Jasmine
3 33 (8.895%) Team Foundation Server
3 33 (8.895%) MSTest
4 24 (6.469%) WebDriver
5 21 (5.660%) FitNesse
6 19 (5.121%) QuickTest Pro
7 16 (4.313%) Visual Studio
8 12 (3.235%) JIRA
9 11 (2.965%) Subversion
10 9 (2.426%) NUnit
11 8 (2.156%) TestComplete
12 3 (0.809%) LabVIEW
13 2 (0.539%) Git (software)
13 2 (0.539%) JUnit
14 1 (0.270%) Bugzilla
14 1 (0.270%) PHPUnit
General
1 38 (10.24%) Finance
2 11 (2.965%) Games
3 5 (1.348%) Banking
4 3 (0.809%) Retail
5 2 (0.539%) Retail Banking
5 2 (0.539%) Back Office
5 2 (0.539%) Law
6 1 (0.270%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.270%) Electronics
6 1 (0.270%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (23.45%) Tester
2 61 (16.44%) Test Engineer
3 56 (15.09%) Software Engineer
4 55 (14.82%) Developer
5 54 (14.56%) QA Engineer
6 51 (13.75%) Software Tester
7 48 (12.94%) Software Test Engineer
8 47 (12.67%) Analyst
9 39 (10.51%) QA Manager
10 32 (8.625%) Software Developer
11 18 (4.852%) Test Analyst
12 16 (4.313%) QA Analyst
12 16 (4.313%) Project Manager
13 14 (3.774%) Test Manager
13 14 (3.774%) Junior
14 13 (3.504%) QA Test Manager
14 13 (3.504%) Senior Tester
15 12 (3.235%) Business Analyst
15 12 (3.235%) Junior Tester
15 12 (3.235%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 22 (5.930%) Mathematics
3 9 (2.426%) Chemistry
3 9 (2.426%) Life Science
3 9 (2.426%) Grid Computing
4 5 (1.348%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.348%) Mobile App
5 3 (0.809%) Wiki
5 3 (0.809%) Statistics
5 3 (0.809%) Animation
5 3 (0.809%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.539%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (0.539%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.539%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.539%) Social Media
6 2 (0.539%) Open Source
6 2 (0.539%) Firmware
7 1 (0.270%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.270%) W3C
7 1 (0.270%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 75 (20.22%) UNIX
2 74 (19.95%) Windows
3 71 (19.14%) Linux
4 21 (5.660%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.809%) Windows XP
5 3 (0.809%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.539%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.539%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (48.52%) Software Testing
2 114 (30.73%) Automated Testing
3 94 (25.34%) Test Scripting
4 84 (22.64%) Agile Software Development
5 65 (17.52%) Web Testing
6 53 (14.29%) TDD
7 48 (12.94%) Security Testing
8 41 (11.05%) Manual Testing
9 39 (10.51%) Test Automation
10 34 (9.164%) E-Commerce
11 26 (7.008%) Web Development
12 24 (6.469%) Project Management
13 21 (5.660%) User Stories
14 19 (5.121%) Automation Testing
15 18 (4.852%) Regression Testing
16 16 (4.313%) Business Analysis
17 15 (4.043%) PRINCE2
18 14 (3.774%) System Testing
18 14 (3.774%) Performance Testing
18 14 (3.774%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (25.07%) SQL
2 80 (21.56%) Python
3 77 (20.75%) Perl
4 73 (19.68%) C#
5 49 (13.21%) Java
6 45 (12.13%) JavaScript
7 39 (10.51%) Ruby
8 31 (8.356%) C
9 30 (8.086%) C++
10 18 (4.852%) Bash shell
11 11 (2.965%) Embedded C
12 6 (1.617%) VB
12 6 (1.617%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.348%) VBScript
13 5 (1.348%) PHP
14 4 (1.078%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.078%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.809%) Embedded C++
16 1 (0.270%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 113 (30.46%) Degree
2 99 (26.68%) ISEB
3 84 (22.64%) ISTQB
4 29 (7.817%) Postgraduate
5 3 (0.809%) HNC
6 1 (0.270%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.270%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.270%) PMP
6 1 (0.270%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.270%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.270%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.078%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (0.270%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.270%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 8 (2.156%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 53 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.008%) Oracle
3 12 (3.235%) Adobe
4 10 (2.695%) Sybase
5 9 (2.426%) HP
6 3 (0.809%) SAP
7 2 (0.539%) Temenos
7 2 (0.539%) Sun
8 1 (0.270%) Cisco
8 1 (0.270%) VMware
8 1 (0.270%) Zend
Test Analyst
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - commutable...
A well known global publisher is looking for a Test Analyst to join their Test Team, within the Business Solutions Group based in Cambridge.Reporting to the Test...
Networx Recruitment
Salary: £23,050 -£24,824
Posted: 2 May 2013
Software Tester
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1+ years recent experience of software testing - Recent experience of testing /developing applications based on Microsoft technologies... - Database experience using Microsoft SQL Server or other relational DB - TFS,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
QA Test Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
My client is look for software tester with experience of .Net, C#.Net, Visual Basic and nUnit... Key Skills: List of key skills for the role; ISEB, ISTQB,...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Test Developer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2+ years recent experience of C# programming - 1+ years recent experience of software testing - Testing and/or developing applications based on Microsoft technologies - Unit testing libraries (for example,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Software Test Developer, Cambridge- Advanced IP Networks
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
perhaps more for exceptional candidates) Senior Software Test Developer required to join an industry leading organisation providing advanced IP networking that facilitates rapid video content delivery over the...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Test Developer - Linux, Networking, Manual & Automated Tests, Cambridge, £Excellent
Cambridge, East Anglia
Our client is a world leading provider of Digital Media Delivery Platforms. With strong growth they are looking for experienced Software Test Developers.Role: - Undertake various automated and...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent
Posted: 2 May 2013
Test Engineer Manual Automated Scientific Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Perform QA Test tasks requiring planning, scheduling, and testing to assure that developed products meet design specifications and are within quality management limits and standards... Produce error reports...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Fantastic + prospects
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal C++ Linux Python Software Engineer- Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Main Responsibilities: To demonstrate Software Engineering excellence. Continuously improving the code base Providing input into the estimation process Review designs and architecture Input into the technical strategy of...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £55000 per annum + Good benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
QA manager (Agile)
Peterborough, East Midlands
Customer advocates - Industry leading QA team - World leading agile QA through innovation Purpose & scope of the role - Managing and leading the QA community. - Contribute to the evolving culture...
NBS Recruitment
Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Quality Assurance Manager
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join compare the market .com as a Quality Assurance (QA) Manager. The successful candidate will manage and lead the QA community in...
comparethemarket.com
Salary: up to £70k - 30 days leave plus excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Head of PSO
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will also support Project Managers in administration work, and have an input into proposals for the Quality Assurance strategy. You will need to have a strong understanding...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £56000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Head of PSO
Cambridge, East Anglia
You will also support Project Managers in administration work, and have an input into proposals for the Quality Assurance strategy. You will need to have a strong understanding...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £56000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Quality Assurance Engineer
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
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